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PASTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT
TOTHEMINISTRYOFTHE
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WORLDWIDECHURCH OF GOD
VOL.7, N0.47
PASADENA, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 13, 1985
FROM THE PASTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE
The following letter from Mr. Herbert Armstrong was mailed to all members
on December 9, 1985.
December 9, 1985
Dear Brethren:
At this time I feel I must make a statement regarding my own physical
condition and also changes being made in the Work.
I have delayed a
definite
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statement
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about my health hoping that my physical condition
would improve and that the statement I now make could be alleviated.
Last August 3, I left Pasadena for Orr, Minnesota, having planned to
continue to the Summer Educational Program camp in Scotland, then to
London, and from London across the North Pole to Tokyo. A trip had been
planned from To kyo to Seoul, South Korea, to meet with their president.
I was to be accompanied
by
the Japanese Minister of Labor, Toshio
Yamaguchi. I had become ill and was forced to return to Pasadena from
Orr, Minnesota, early in the morning, too ill to be fully dressed. I
retµrned iDlllediately to my home. I was able to make a few trips to the
office until the first day of the Feast of Tabernacles in late September.
I have not been outside of my home since that day. From that date, my
regular physician has been making daily,· and sometimes twice daily, trips
to my home.
I had hoped for a tur n to the better so that I could retur n for daily
work in my office and a recovery from this illness, but unfortunately,
that has not occurred.
My
blood level is far below normal and has left
me in a very weak condition. I have not been able to dress turther than
bed clothes and robes since the day before the Feast of Tabernac les.
My physician says that with blood transfusions I could go to the
office for three to four weeks. But then another blood tr ansfusion would
be necessary. It is my judgment that such a transfusion would be risky
and of very short duration.
And my physician
acquiesces in this
decision. Frequently I have very serious and painful angina attac ks of
the heart. I have been able to make certain necessary decisions in brief
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Media Purchasing update• • • • 4
Media Services update. •
On the World Scene • • •
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telephone contact with those at
the office and will continue this
as and when my very limited
physical strength permits.
Until the present moment I
£elt that God might provide a way
for complete recovery, an d He
still may.
So I have withheld
this statement until now, but I
feel it is better that you all
know the condition. I am now in