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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 31, 1981
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Pastor General Armstrong convened a meeting of the Council on Monday, July
20, preceding his trip to Europe. He conducted some official Church matters
and updated the Advisory group on the various aspects of the Work.
H.W.A. DIARY
by Robert E. Fahey
This is Thursday, July 30, and I am behind on writing for the Pastor
General's Report. So far everything on the trip is moving so fast that I
have the feeling I have gotten myself into a movie that is running at "fast
forward." I am groping around trying to find the "normal speed" button, so
far without success.
It is beginning to dawn on me that working in the
Pastor General's Office, fast forward is normal!
On Tuesday, July 21, Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong, Ruth Nestor, Evelyn and I, de
parted Los Angeles on the G-II at 1 p.m. for Orr, Minnesota. Our SEP camp is
very close to the flight path we would have to take from Los Angeles to Lon
don, so we decided to combine Mr. Armstrong's visit with the trip to Europe.
We arrived on schedule at 6:30 p.m. and were met by Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Dean,
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Register, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Horchak and a host of campers.
Before Mr. HWA left the plane he put on the YOU cap that was presented him
when he visited the first session. It is royal blue and white and under the
YOU monogram the words "Pastor General" appear. When Mr. Armstrong stepped
through the plane door, the hat caught everyone by surprise. It took a sec
ond or two to recognize who was under it. But when the crowd did see that it
was HWA in a YOU cap, a rousing cheer went up that must have been heard for
miles!
The cheering and laughter lasted till we all deplaned. It was a
great welcome to SEP!
We had dinner that night at the guest lodge with all ministers at the camp.
It was a chance to chat and get acquainted.
The next morning we had brunch with all the staff in the main dining room.
Flowers gathered from around the camp site graced every table and the ging
ham-curtained room could not have looked more cheerful and inviting.
After breakfast, we toured the camp. The girls' dorm, previously judged the
neatest, received an "inspection" from HWA. It was certainly an outstanding
example of what a dorm can and should be. Most pleasing of all was the JOY
written on the faces of the children of God
I
s Church--and the esprit de
corps!
We then toured various facilities around the camp and a boys' dorm. The same
JOY and excitement was on all faces as Mr. Armstrong walked through each
room. In one of them he spotted my son Jonathan standing beside the neatest
bed Jonathan has ever made in his life!
Now I know Jon can do it!
The
secret is out!
Mr. Armstrong addressed the campers that afternoon. He had been told the
youngsters had two main questions. First, what to do after high school? Mr.
Armstrong said that was one of the reasons for opening Big Sandy again: to
give as many as we could the opportunity to attend Ambassador College. But
even so, there would not be enough room for everyone. He said he could not
recommend the universities of this world. The main thing wrong in the world