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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, OCTO�ER 18, 1985
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I was listening to one of the nation's top musical groups of
today [Van Halen] this afternoon. This group's music has
been for so long a great part of my life. It gave me a
feeling that the world was ugly, worthless and nothing, and
I didn't have to care about anybody. As I listened to the
album full blast, I spotted my parents' •Festival of Music"
cassettes on top of our stereo.
I took Van Halen out, put the Young Ambassadors in.
Suddenly, I heard a powerful, high-quality sound, equal to
the power of the other kind of music. The only difference
was, I felt good inside, almost as if something had touched
me from the outside and came into my heart. I suddenly felt
things did matter. I thought, If I don't care, who will?
Today, I felt the beauty of God's way, and in the past felt
so different with the other music. God was not behind that
music. Mr. Armstrong, you were right all along. Thank you,
Young Ambassadors, for the beauty I've seen for the first
time. I wish your music could touch all the hearts of the
young people in America.
Supply, North Carolina
Correspondence Course Helps Keep Family Together
I am writing this letter to again give my blessings to all
involved in the great works of the •correspondence Course!"
I have recently gone through many trying and difficult
moments in my life just as many others do, also. Without
your giving through the grace of God, it is very hard to say
where my family would be standing today.
My husband and I have had an uneasy marriage ever since the
day we said our vows to one another.
I thought that my
husband would not be at all interested [in God's truth]
because of his own beliefs he has had for so many years.
Therefore, I was going to do it on my own, without my
family. I still continued to pray for us all, but yet had
my mind set on leaving. When the time came for me to leave,
my husband was devastated. He sought answers to the reasons
for our confusion.
On his own initi ative through God, he turned to the Holy
Bible and also one of your booklets, "The Ten Commandments."
He began reading to me from I Corinthians 7 about marriage.
We are now trying our hardest to keep our family together.
I have introduced my husband to the "Correspondence Course,"
and he is very dedicated to this day
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I give all my
blessings to you and to our Father in heaven for what has
happened.
Boise, Idaho
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center