Legacy Letter December 2016

7 September 2020 – Dear Brethren and Fellow Laborers, As in our last letter, we will again start out by saying THANK YOU to all of you for your continued love, unceasing prayers, and donations during this worldwide time of trouble. Our thanks and gratitude is first and foremost! We thank the Almighty God for you, our beloved brethren and fellow laborers!

AUGUST – SEPTEMBER, 2019 – Dear Brethren and Fellow Laborers, The Fall Holy Days are now almost upon us. The Feast of Trumpets is just two weeks away. Leon and I will be in Yangon for the Day of Atonement. The following day we go up to Taungoo in preparation for the Feast of Tabernacles.

Dear Friends and Fellow Laborers, Friday, December 5th, was the 87th birth anniversary of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand. In Thailand, December 5th is also celebrated as national Father’s Day. King Bhumibol has the distinction of being the longest reigning monarch in the world today, having ascended the throne on June 9, 1946. Queen Elizabeth II of England is the second longest reigning monarch.

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.