HERBERT W. ARMSTRONG

               P.O. BOX 431, TUCSON, ARIZONA 85702

                                               February 25, 1982

Dear Brethren and Co-Workers with Christ:

       I have just returned from a very busy trip to Honolulu,

Hong Kong, Bangkok, Thailand, Manila, Philippines, and Tokyo, and

am writing in flight to Big Sandy, Texas, to speak before the

college and Church there. Then on to Atlanta, Georgia, to speak

to a combined group of about 3,000 brethren.

       I think the Far East trip was reported in The WORLDWIDE

NEWS. I spoke before a Church group at Honolulu, a group of

nearly 200 subscribers to The PLAIN TRUTH in Hong Kong, more than

200 PLAIN TRUTH subscribers in Bangkok, and a similar number in

Tokyo. In Thailand I flew on north to Chiang Mai, where King

Bhumibol of Thailand sent his mountain jeep to bring me to his

mountain palace for an hour's visit.

       At Manila I was guest speaker at the Rotary Club of

leading businessmen, a banquet of 1,000 leading citizens,

addressed a meeting of all the ministers and wives of the

Worldwide Church of God from all parts of the Philippines (about

80 present), a luncheon and a morning tea with Mrs. Dona Josepha

Marcos, mother of President Ferdinand Marcos, who is only a year

younger than I, visited with the President and First Lady and

held two overflow services in the large new public auditorium --

the Philippines Convention Center -- attendance 4,200 and 4,500

on successive nights.

       In Tokyo I also was guest speaker at a prestigious banquet

of some 400 leading Japanese, including Prince Mikasa, brother of

the Emperor, and his wife Princess Mikasa, several congressmen of

the Japanese Diet who call themselves my "Japanese sons," 21

ambassadors from 21 other nations and many leading citizens. Some

of these speeches will be telecast on my weekly TV program in

some three or four weeks. I also had a private luncheon with the

ambassador from Israel and his wife.

       I am leaving in about three weeks for a trip to London and

Amman, Jordan, for a private meeting with King Hussein, a visit

to Cyprus to obtain radio and TV time, Jerusalem and Paris.

       This schedule has kept me very busy. We are opening up

radio and TV time in Hong Kong, Bangkok, Manila and probably

Tokyo as a result of this trip.

       Many other near-breathtaking opportunities are opening now

for the expansion of God's Work. More details next letter. Don't

forget February is the shortest month, which reduces income,

though month's bills remain the same. We are now nearing Big

Sandy. More next time.

       THANKS for your prayers, and you have mine. I hope to

arrange for the use of Petra as a possible refuge or place of

safety during the Great Tribulation, when I see King Hussein.

Pray about this, please. God is leading, opening doors and

blessing His Work now beyond all expectation. Praise Him and

thank Him!

                                With deep love, in Jesus' name,

                                Herbert W. Armstrong