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�ASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, MARCH 1, 1985
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Soon, the admissions teams of both campuses will begin selecting those A.A.
and A.S. students who will be admitted into the four-year Bachelor of Arts
program at Pasadena. This will take many hundreds of man hours.
God continues to bless both campuses of His College. We are -continuing to
have a very good year on both campuses, and I know God will con-tinue to
bless us richly--if we continue to make certain (as the Founder and Chan
cellor has taught us) that the Word of God is the FOUNDATION of every class
and activity of Ambassador College!
AMBASSADOR COLLEGE UPDATE
(Big Sandy Campus) 2/12/85
--Raymond F� McNair, Deputy Chancellor
Greetings again to everyone from the campus in Big Sandy. It has been sev
eral weeks since the last update on the activities here. During that time a
new semester has begun and there has been a variety of activities.
January fifth, after our afternoon Sabbath services, 149 students boarded
three buses and some of the college vans to leave for what has become the
annual ski trip to Vail, Colorado. We were joined there by 83 students from
the Pasadena campus. Everyone had a most enjoyable time. It is an excel
lent opportunity for the students to get to know one another, as well as a
number of the faculty, in one of the most delightful settings possible.
We stayed at the Antlers Hotel, which was the condominium unit used by the
ministry when the Feast was held in Vail in 1980. The conditions were
ideal. Once again, we had a number of students alorig who had never seen
snow, so the opportunity to roll in it, throw it and ski on it was well
received.
The Big Sandy students stayed in the homes of Church members on Friday night
and seemed to make a good impression. I talked with one family who had
asked to host some students, hoping they would be girls. As might be ex
pected, they somehow got fellows. But the wife said she would ask for men
next time because they were such a good example of helping with dishes, etc.
The Denver church then made us welcome on the Sabbath with a potluck meal
after services before everyone set out for home.
Shortly after returning to Big Sandy, the weather turned cold and we ended
up with ten inches of snow. This is the second consecutive year in which we
have had heavy snow and, for us, very cold weather. For the first time I am
aware of, we had to cancel services for the Big Sandy church on the Sabbath.
We did have services for the students, but it was too dangerous for the
outlying members to drive to the campus. The snow is gone now and we are
back to normal East Texas winter days of about fifty-five degrees (13 de
grees Celsius) and clear skies.
Mr. Raymond McNair is here this week on the faculty exchange program. Some
of the faculty from both campuses spend a week in classes on the other cam
pus. The program gives us the opportunity to coordinate various activi
ties more closely. This exchange program began many years ago when Mr.
McNair and I exchanged between Bricket Wood and Big Sandy. Those involved
in the program find it very profitable. My wife Marion and I will be going
out to Pasadena shortly for our week out there.