From Mr. Colin Adair: Three trainees joined the Canadian ministerial team during the month of June. Colin Wallace was the first to arrive and is now in Saskatoon with his new wife. Rod Devries and his wife are serving in the Prince George area, and Todd Martin and his wife are helping out in Regina. Before sending the men off to their respective areas, we brought them to Vancouver to familiarize them with all aspects of office procedure. All three men are 1985 graduates of Ambassador College in Pasadena.
We will be taking on one more trainee in July. Mr. and Mrs. David Cheperdak of Victoria will be taking up residence in Vancouver. David is a mid-1970s graduate of Ambassador College.
Income for the month was again very encouraging. We received a 7.4% increase over last year, which brings our year-to-date figure to a plus 5.3%.
Total incoming mail (French and English combined) for June was up 21.5% over the same month last year, while our total outgoing mail was up 140.1% as a result of our mailing out the French semiannual letter earlier this year. The year-to-date figure for incoming mail is up 29%, while outgoing mail is up 36.3%. Outgoing mail is a count of all envelopes mailed by the office, including such items as literature, introductory PTs, semiannual letters, renewal letters, member/ co-worker letters, donation acknowledgements, receipts, etc. It does not include mailing of The PLAIN TRUTH, GOOD NEWS, YOUTH 85, BIBLE CORRESPONDENCE COURSE or YOUTH BIBLE LESSONS.
Several new television stations were also added in Canada during June. They include: CHEX in Peterborough: CKWS in Kingston; CICC in Yorkton: CFCF in Montreal (now airing two times); CFCN in Calgary (will be replacing CFAC); and KVOS of Bellingham, Washington, which can also be received in Vancouver. In addition to the new stations, we were able to secure better times for some of our other stations as a result of stations dropped by another TV evangelist.
From Mr. Stan Bass: BBDO/West, the agency that represents the Church in its purchasing of broadcast media, has now become directly responsible for the Caribbean region's media buying. Previously, Caravetta Allen Kimbrough of Miami, Florida, an affiliate of BBDO/West, had made all Caribbean purchases.
In Barbados we have a new radio station, Voice of Barbados. This is a 20,000 watt AM station that also covers several of the neighboring islands. We have cancelled BBS, an FM station in Barbados, because of its limited range.
Victor and Grace Simpson have returned to Barbados, their homeland, to pastor the church there. The former pastor, Arnold Hampton, and his wife Ann have been transferred to the Chicago Southside church. Clifton Charles will assume responsibilities as pastor of the Trinidad and Tobago churches. Lincoln and Elizabeth Jailal are moving back to Trinidad, which is their native home.
Local church elder Charles Lowe and his wife Jean will be going to Ambassador College for at least a year of college training before returning to Barbados to bolster the ministry there.
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