From Mr. Bram de Bree: This year God's work in the Dutch-language areas started off very well with an overwhelming response to Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong's semi-annual letter in which his book, THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN IN PROPHECY, was offered in the Dutch language for the first time.
We had 10,000 books printed and within the first two months of this year nearly 9,000 had been sent out already. This is the largest number of books or booklets of a single title mailed out from our office in a period of two months.
At the same time the fourth PLAIN TRUTH renewal letter has been sent out. At present we are receiving a 10% response.
Incoming mail in January was up 83% and in February 12%.
Preparations for our advertising programme this year have also been completed. The March issue of HET BESTE (READER'S DIGEST) and the AUTOETOURIST (Belgian Automobile Association magazine) will carry an ad offering a subscription to the ECHTE WAARHEID in one of the seven languages published.
The next advertising campaign is scheduled for October. A flyer will be placed in the weekend edition of De TELEGRAAF (The Telegraph) and a fullpage ad on the inside of the front cover of the Dutch Automobile Association magazine.
The doors to the newsstands in this country have been closed since 1974 and have remained so despite all our efforts. Recently however, we have been approached by the manager of a chain-food store with 40 outlets, who offered to let us put copies of the ECHTE WAARHEID on the counter of one of his stores. We are very excited about this as this could reopen the doors to newsstands in the Netherlands. Your prayers in this matter are greatly appreciated.
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