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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JUNE 1, 1984
Appreciation for Ministerial Refreshing Program III
Dear Mr. Tkach:
My wife and I want to express our thanks to you, your staff and
the many instructors who made our stay during the Refreshing Pro
gram (the third session) so enjoyable and profitable. This was
our first Refreshing Program and in retrospect we wish we could
have attended the previous two programs!
It has been nine years since we graduated from college and in
that time we've seen many changes in the Church. After spending
two weeks in Pasadena, we both were encouraged and excited to see
the sincerity, the enthusiasm and serving attitudes among the
ministry and the brethren.
On several occasions we had the
chance to be with old friends and the good fruits of Mr. Arm
strong's leadership and the faithful service rendered by the
ministry was evident in them. We hope a lot of it rubbed off on
us!
Thanks also to Mr. Green and his staff. I made a special effort
to test all his food and his meals were excellent. In fact, I can
still see some of the "fruits" of his labors around my waist.
Guy and Jennifer Swenson
Comments From Monthly Church Reports
From the United States
GREEN BAY, WI--D. FIEDLER: Several tornadoes ripped through this
area. One went just behind our house. It killed one woman and
reduced a barn and several homes to kindling wood. Forty cows
just disappeared into thin air. They still have not been found,
even after a week. Thankfully none of the brethren sustained any
property damage.
LAUREL, DE--D. REGISTER:
We had a dramatic miracle here this
month when one of the long-time members, who works in construc
tion, accidentally fell 30 feet from a skylight window in a roof.
He landed, head first, on a cement floor. His son, who witnessed
the accident while on the same job, ran to his father and found
him unconscious with little or no heartbeat. His son and wife
called for an anointing and by the time I got to the hospital, God
had already intervened! The member was cqnscious and X-rays re
vealed he had no broken bones or major injuries.
He suffered
only a few scratches and a slight headache for a couple of days.
We know that God miraculously intervened in preserving his life!
LONDON, KY--DENNIS DIEHL: A local man who is a state congressman
and minister led a church drive to oust the PT from our best spot.
Having had enough of this, we confronted him firmly but politely,
reminding him of the first amendment and his congressional
responsibilities. We also asked him not to mix his politics and