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IN THIS LETTER: 1. King Bhumibol of Thailand 2. Volunteer Teacher Needed 3. Prophecy Marches Onward Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, Last month on December 5, King Bhumibol of Thailand turned 85. The king has the distinction of being the longest reigning monarch on earth. He has now been on the throne for over 60 years, his coronation having taken place on May 5, 1950.
Legacy Institute sponsors the non-aligned Feast of Tabernacles site with services each day for the full eight days every year in Thailand. This year the location for the Festival celebrations will be in Chiang Mai at the Empress Hotel and Convention Center. Chiang Mai is called…
Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong met King Bhumibol Adulyadej the first time in 1971. At that time, the king told him about a new project to educate the ethnic hill tribes that inhabited the highland border region of northern Thailand. These hill tribes grew opium and sold it to Chinese middle-men as their only cash crop. The king wanted to teach them to grow other crops, such as peaches and vegetables, to replace the opium they grew. This would be more profitable for the hill tribes and much less destructive to the upland forests and humanity as a whole. The king also wanted to give their children an education but had very few trained teachers.
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