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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, OCTOBER 18, 1985
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•The downtown waterfront would make one think he were in England. The
large Empress Hotel, built during the first decade of this century,
and the Provincial Government buildings are stately edifices of
English rather than American architecture. All this and much more is
located across from the beautiful harbor.
•services were held in the elegant Royal Theatre, which is one of only
two 'Royal' theatres in canada, I was told. About 1,500 brethren
attended this Festival. Because of the size of the meeting hall,
about 800 requests for transfer had to be denied for this popular site
in 1985.
•From our perspective, the Feast operated smoothly, without any
serious problem. In Victoria, services were interrupted briefly by a
woman from some other church who apparently wanted to tell us how
wrong we were. Her Bible apparently did not contain I Corinthians
14:34-35.
The commotion did not hinder the service, but instead
seemed to liven things up a bit, and ended somewhat amusingly.
•we were impressed more than ever before with the love and respect
that was shown to us as two representatives from Pasadena. Everyone
was greatly disappointed that Mr. Armstrong was ill and not able to
speak live on the first Holy Day. They continually asked us how he
was doing and I was pleased to be able to give almost daily progress
reports.
The sermons seemed outstanding and spiritually edifying.
The love, friendliness and unity evident was .most gratifying.•
"l'banks Thanks to all of you for your part in making this Feast so
successful. Your yieldedness to God makes it possible for His Spirit
to work in you to do Bis good pleasure. Keep up the good work!
International News
Proa Nr. Stan Bass August was a busy month for the Caribbean Regional
Office.
August 14 through 22 found Mr. Stan Bass and Business Manager Bryan
Weeks in England for talks with Messrs. David Gunn, Jerry van de Wende
and Tony Lodge about the printing and mailing of the Caribbean edition
of •The Plain Truth.•
On the way back to San Juan, Messrs. Bass and Weeks stopped in
Barbados. While there, Mr. Bass was able to meet with and obtain the
permission of the Barbados Postmaster General for local mailing of
•The Plain Truth.• In addition to that, we are now able to secure a
mailing permit. This means that the magazines will not have to be
franked. They can be picked up at Customs and taken directly to the
Post Office for mailing. Mr. Simpson has received assurances from the
Central Bank that there will be no problem in paying for the magazines
as long as the documentation is in order.
Good news from Bermuda, where we are already mailing about 7,000
magazines to parts of the Caribbean and tn Central and South America.
We now have permission to use a mailing permit, eliminating the need
to lug the magazines up to the office for franking.