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on my job in 1970 and was out of work

for a year and a half. Well, to makc a

long story short, while on disability

(benefits of only $87.50 per week) we

started a small business which we never

thought much would ever come of. Af–

ter about six months of tithing, one of

our suppliers, from whom we were only

purchasing maybe $2500 per year,

trusted us with over $ 135,000 of mer–

chandise on an open-account basis to

sell and pay back at only S percent in–

terest. a ra te unheard of. This led to

more and more in tithes and olferings

until in 1976 we h ave given over

$12,000

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the Church. My wife and 1

are dedicating our lives and financia!

resources to the Work in this last-ditch

elfort, and hope we can expand our

business and give a contribution of

$100,000 to the Work in 1977. We wi ll

help get the broadcast on the air more.

and more

Plain

Truths

in more loca–

tions. 1 am not praying to God just to

increase

our

gain, but each and every

member's business, so we can all con–

tribute more. We are praying tha t we

can keep our goal in mind and not Jet

the increased amount of money "go to

our heads."

Name withheld,

California

Promotlon Comes from God

Last June 1 decided to go out into the

"big world of business" as a nurse's

aide. My children were all in school ,

and 1 wanted to do something "big"! 1

got a job at a nursing borne working

part time. In December the owner

sta ted he was looking his employees

over, as he had room for a promotion

for one person. 1 discussed it with God

and applied for the promotion. Wonder

of wonders, the owners chose me- gave

me the promotíon, and a raise-and af–

ter three months l'm to receive another

raise after "proving" myself. I'm in

charge of this new program-have one

employee under me and will have an–

other soon. 1 had beco working the 3-to-

11 shift- now 1 work 8 to 4 Monday

through Friday. Great, huh? You see, in

my discussion with God 1 gently " re–

minded" Him of the tithes and olferings

He's prompted me to give back- and

now 1 needed Him to help me get that

promot.ion over women who had worked

the re for years. He listened, and acted

fast. By the way, a t the year's end the

owners of the home gave out bonuses.

Employees that had worked there'for 10

or 15 years received S15 or $25- 1 re–

ceived $50 and had only worked there

since June. Talk about God being on

His cbildren's side! He's the greatest!

Name withheld,

Nebraska

The

PLAIN TRUTH June 1977

Money lnherlted

Back in the '40s we were sending

money to various organizations who

were on radio at the time.

lt

was about

th is time that we had started to hear

Mr. Armstrong, and decided we would

send the money to him instead. This

was before we were associated with the

Church. But we were blessed for tith–

ing and giving even then. After we

were baptized, we started giving more

and made severa! loans to the Work, as

we had a little money saved. So we

were blessed even more. Then after a

few years we decided to cancel the

loan and Je t the Church have the

money. Well , it was not long after this

that we received money from an estate.

The more we gave the more we were

blessed.

Name withheld.

Kansas

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This

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TWO PROPHETS

(Continued from page 27)

does our Father have in mind to

keep us

busy,

joyfully, eternally pro–

ductive? And if God is eventually

going to save the great majority of

mankind anyway, wby bother about

it

now?

Moses knew the answers to these

questions-do

you?

Read them in

the next issue!

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To Be Continued)