Legacy Letter December 2013

18 August 2016 Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, During the Olympics in Brazil, the Egyptian Judo contestant refused to shake the hand of his victorious Israeli opponent, a breach of Olympic etiquette. Why is there so much animosity by Muslims shown toward Israel and the Western nations? Some people try to blame it on the Crusades, but it goes far deeper than the battles between the Franks and the Muslims for control of the Holy Land in the eleventh and twelfth centuries…

Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers,
Last month I received a surprise telephone call from Queen Sirikit’s deputy private secretary. She said that Her Majesty was inviting Gloria and me to come to Bangkok for a concert. I explained that Gloria was already in California taking care of her 96-year-old Aunt Gerda for a few months. She said she would get back to me. A short time later, the queen’s secretary called back and asked if I would agree to accept the invitation and come alone. I said I would accept.

Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, – The Feast of Tabernacles is over and it is back to the grind for all of us. God gives us a very small taste of the future and it remains only a shadow of what is to come. Three times a year God tells us to gather together before Him. The spring convocations remind us that Jesus Christ died for us so we do not have to die. His sacrifice opens the door for all mankind to obtain eternal life…