When Nations Lose Their Way... - John A Halford - April 1980

John A Halford

INTERNATIONAL DESK: The problems of small newly independent nations that need help. AFTER SEVERAL days in the heat, dust and dirt of the "fourth world" I was enjoying the respite. It was 10 o'clock at night, but the hotel's restaurant was still crowded. Not surprising, because it was just about the only place in town where the food was edible, the beer cold and the air conditioning functioning. In this poverty stricken country it was the best place for Westerners to congregate. They could meet each other and perhaps rub shoulders with some of the country's educated younger generation - tomorrow's leaders. I had been chatting casually with a young man. He was a good conversationalist, intelligent and well-informed. Suddenly he said seriously, "Let's go where we can talk." "We are talking," I said. "What's wrong with here?" - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library