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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, DECEMBER
30,
1986
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QnbH
(Railway Station Trading Coo, Inc.) in Berlin, which
owns
and
operates
40
of the best newsstand outlets in the Berlin subway system,
one in Berlin's main train station and two at the International Airport,
agreed to distribute our magazine. Funds at this time only allow us to
use
17
of their outlets, but this alone gives us an estimated circulation
of
10,000
per month. Up until now, after one and a half years of working
with the program, circulation had just reached the
10,000
mark.
(Submitted by Frank Schnee, Regional Director)
Prom
Halawi Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ken Buck left Monday evening, December
8,
to
take up their assi'gnment in Blantyre, Malawai. Over the last few weeks
One of their first assignments is to oversee the construction of a Church
building in Blantyre, which will double up as a Feast of Tabernacles
site. Permission has been granted for this building by the Planning
Committee and details are presently with the Lands Committee before being
moved on
for
final permission by the Lands Officer. We hope to be able
to begin groundbreaking early in the new year and anticipate completion
by the summer.
-they have been very busy making final arrangements for their trip.
I
am sure you would all like to join with me in wishing
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Buck
all
the best for a successful stay in Malawi. I am sure the Church in
Malawi will benefit greatly from their presence there.
From Bigcria The following report was received from
Mr.
Lateef Edalere,
our minister in Nigeria.
Locusts from the neighboring countries of Niger and Chad
invaded the northern states of Nigeria. Current reports from
BOrno, Sokoto,
Kano
and Kwara States said that the destruction
of this year's crops was total. Before long millions
of
people
may have to migrate to the south to avoid starvation. The 2nd-
Tier Foreign Exchange Market, on the other hand, has sent the
Naira crashing into oblivion. This past two weeks, costs have
gone up
500%.
We live to see what happens next!
Good news from Nigeria is that the need to have import licenses has now
been removed. We are able to send in the necessary supplies of booklets,
stationery, home and office supplies. needed by the Work. We are also
able to import motor vehicles. This has been almost impossible for the
last couple of years and has meant that our vehicles in Nigeria have not
been able to be replaced, since none are available locally, and are now
in a sorry state of repair.
Prop
Ghana
From David Stirk: On my recent trip to Ghana I had the
opportunity
of
visiting our farm project, which is moving ahead with
leaps and bounds. The dam has now been completed and stocked with fish,
together with a couple
of
mud fish in order to keep the population down!
Also,
from the dam, irrigation works have been laid to enable rice
paddies to be developed in order to cultivate rice. This project was
already well under way and will provide a great source of food and
revenue for our members.
An
area in front of the bungalows has been
cleared and is used as a sports area for Church socials. We have also
added a piece of equipment. This is a multipurpose hand-guided tractor.