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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TO THE MINISTRY OF THE
WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD
VOL.3, N0.35
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
REBIRTH OF BIG SANDY
AUGUST 28, 1981
Ambassador College at Big Sandy has be-en BORN
AGAIN! And what a glorious resurrection!
by Herbert
w.
Armstrong
What an exciting start! The Big Sandy campus came alive with a burst of
love, harmony, dedication!
Ambassador at Big Sandy, Texas, is only a two-year junior college at
present (though it may become more within the first two years)--but it
started off with one of the most enthusiastic and joyful starts of any year
at any of the three Ambassador campuses of the past thirty-four years.
Orientation of students began Friday, August 21st. The faculty-student
reception began the preceding evening.
Most students already were
registered by that time.
The opening activities continued on past the
Sabbath, August 22nd. Brethren from a number of surrounding churches came
for the Sabbath service, with perhaps the largest attendance ever gathered
together at Big Sandy except at the Feast of Tabernacles. Brethren of the
entire area seemed overjoyed that the Big Sandy campus had come alive again.
Rejoicing permeated the air.
And God blessed the air with beautiful
weather. Some 4,000 attended the Sabbath service.
Mrs. Armstrong and I, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fahey, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy
Neff, Mrs. Ruth Nestor, Mrs. Rona Martin and Mr. Mel Olinger flew over in the
G-II jet Thursday. Crew members Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Dean also attended the
various activities.
Thursday evening at 7 p.m. the faculty-student reception was held in
the registration building adjoining the feast site. I made a very short
introductory speech of welcome to the new students. Then the new freshmen
came by one by one to shake hands with Mrs. Armstrong and me. We were more
than well impressed by the evident quality of the new students. They were
beaming. Had not the decision been made to reopen the Big Sandy campus they
could not have become Ambassador students. They seemed thrilled and over
joyed at the blessing God had opened for them.
Then the sophomores came by for a handshake. One year at Ambassador,
Pasadena campus, showed its fruits in their faces and manners. I'm sure they
will set a fine example for the new freshmen as Ambassador students.
Then the faculty came by.
And what a capable, loyal and competent
faculty they are! And all are members of God's Church!