OPERATION P.A.C.C.!
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1. We are calling this EVACUATION PROCEDURE "OPERATION P.A.C.C.", to remind you of exactly WHAT YOU WILL NEED to take part in it: PASSPORT, ABILITY, CASH & CLEARANCE. Those of you meeting these FOUR MAJOR REQUIREMENTS will be the FIRST to go, God willing, & will be called CLASS 1, which means those READY FOR IMMEDIATE EVACUATION OVERSEAS because they have their PASSPORT.--You have a valid, current unexpired, legal passport enabling you to travel in most countries of the World as a tourist.
2. ABILITY: YOU HAVE CERTAIN ABILITIES OR QUALIFICATIONS IMMEDIATELY NEEDED ON THE FIELDS ABROAD, such as:
1) PROVEN LEADERSHIP ABILITY, particularly in pioneering, including older brothers who can help with new babes;
2) GOOD LINGUISTS who are able to speak some language other than English well enough to witness, teach, interpret or translate--or even provision & handle public relations in that language if possible, & able to train the local nationals to do these jobs in their own language;
3) INSPIRATIONALISTS: Good musicians & inspiring singers who, though they may not now have a working knowledge of another language, can quickly learn to sing songs in the languages of the countries where they minister, even by memorisation;
4) TECHNICIANS: Secretaries, printers, mechanics, drivers, maintenance men, midwives, nursery helpers etc.
3. CASH: You have or can raise the necessary cash for your fare overseas, as well as money for EQUIPMENT & GEAR & INCIDENTAL EXPENSES, such as enough CARRYING MONEY to cross the border or an onward or return ticket, plus PROMISED FINANCIAL HELP, WEEKLY OR MONTHLY, WHILE ABROAD, if possible. Many young people are travelling around the World today on this basis by means of help from their parents, friends or relatives. Or you may be able to raise these funds yourself or have your loved ones help you raise them through contributions from friends, businessmen, churches etc. You may even have to make a trip home to do this, & it would certainly be worth the trip if you can! Only in the rarest cases of the most urgently needed personnel abroad will we be inclined to help financially such needed personnel who find it impossible to raise their own. Even in such cases, we will have to ask the Homes who need them to try to raise these funds themselves, if you cannot. CLEARANCE: You must first fill out an APPLICATION FORM. This form must receive the APPROVAL of your Local Area Shepherd & the NO's of your destination.
4. Class 2: You who are working on fulfilling the above requirements for Class 1, but have not yet met all of them & are therefore NOT READY TO GO, but expect to be soon.
5. Class 3: Those of you unable to obtain passports for some reason, such as legal problems, inability to obtain the required documents needed to get a passport etc., but who have needed ABILITIES, can raise the CASH & can obtain CLEARANCE, as above under Class 1, & who, therefore, CAN BE EVACUATED TO NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES, territories & islands NOT requiring passports for tourists, at least away from where most of the trouble will be. Most of these places, even though they do not require passports, usually require some PROOF OF YOUR CITIZENSHIP, such as a BIRTH CERTIFICATE, BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE, DRIVER'S LICENSE OR IDENTITY CARD.
6. Class 4: Those of you UNABLE TO LEAVE for some reason, such as legal problems, lack of ability, cash or clearance, etc.; OR THOSE WHO FEEL CALLED, LIKE THE PROPHET JEREMIAH, TO STAY at home & weather the storm while helping those in distress, giving shelter to refugees, witnessing to those who remain & reaping the Harvest of the souls who will turn to the Lord during this time of trouble & transition, & caring for our properties & people who are left behind. This will be a very IMPORTANT & VITALLY ESSENTIAL MINISTRY, LIKE IT WAS WITH JEREMIAH, so do not feel bad if you cannot meet the requirements of the other classifications & leave the Country or do not have the burden to leave, but feel truly CALLED TO REMAIN TO HELP THOSE IN NEED at the time.
7. In this group of those who will have to stay home will be included the RAHAB HOUSES OF MOTHERS & WIDOWS WITH CHILDREN ON WELFARE ETC. Those who stay behind are also not necessarily doomed to stay forever, but some of them MAY BE ABLE TO LEAVE AT A LATER DATE. Even CERTAIN ESSENTIAL LEADERSHIP MAY HAVE TO REMAIN AS A REARGUARD TO CARE FOR THE TROOPS left behind, including many of our KINGS & QUEENS, FRIENDS, PARENTS etc. who cannot or will not leave.
8. Evacuation routes & orders: Those in Class 1 who have met all the requirements & are READY TO LEAVE SHOULD BE SENT OUT IMMEDIATELY & as rapidly as possible to the countries for which they have been cleared & where placement is prepared for them, by the shortest, simplest, easiest & most economical route & means. These could be routed through Reception & Distribution Centres.
9. These Reception, Processing & Distribution Centres (RPD Centres) should have strong, capable, knowledgeable leadership who can PREPARE THESE EVACUEES for their respective fields & help them OBTAIN THEIR NECESSARY TRANSPORTATION, information, equipment, papers & whatever else is necessary to get them to their final field, make sure that arrangements have been made in that field to meet & receive them, NOTIFYING THE FIELD of their departure & time of arrival etc., & making sure that they have all the necessary addresses, names & phone numbers or CONTACTS IN CASES OF EMERGENCY. They should also HAVE PRAYER WITH THEM & GIVE THEM A ROYAL SEND-OFF at their point of embarkment with the whole Home out, if possible, to see them off. This always makes a good witness, as well as being a great inspiration & encouragement to the departing missionaries.
10. When your APPLICATION HAS BEEN APPROVED for any one of these three classes of evacuees, you will receive a NOTIFICATION of exactly what you will need to get to the field of your choice or to which you feel the Lord has called you, including an ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH CASH you will need to get you there. WHEN YOU HAVE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS necessary for your chosen field, including clearances from your country to the country of your destination, YOU WILL RECEIVE A LETTER OF APPOINTMENT GIVING YOU AUTHORISATION & INSTRUCTIONS on how to get to your staging area & RPD Centre & when. Many will be able to hitchhike that far or travel together by car or drive-away or even by bus or plane, if you can. EACH AREA SHOULD TRY TO MAKE UP CAR LOADS of those going from their Area to the same point of embarkment, or organise two-by-two hitchhiking teams, flights or bus loads. Be sure you DO NOT LEAVE WITHOUT YOUR LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE & APPOINTMENT telling you when & where you will leave from & what your destination will be.
11. PLACEMENT: At least YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING before you leave, unlike millions of other kids who will be travelling this Summer. Your final clearance & your LETTER OF APPOINTMENT SHOULD STATE THE HOME TOWARD WHICH YOU'RE HEADED IN THE FIELD of your choice. You will go to that Home because they have REQUESTED you from a LIST OF CANDIDATES referred to them by their Field. These Homes in the field should prepare a REQUISITION LETTER listing the type of workers they need & are requesting & should be able to choose them as much as possible from the list of approved candidates. When this process has been completed, the Homes' choices will be referred to their NROs.m
12. FIELD PREPARATIONS: This means that you Homes in the fields will have to MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE RECEIVING OF THESE NEW FIELD TRAINEES & evacuees, who should be kept in your Home as long as you think necessary to prepare them for further service. This means you will have to PREPARE YOUR PRESENT TRAINEES FOR ROAD TEAMS, PIONEER TEAMS & OTHER OUT-STATION SERVICE or even TRANSFERS TO MORE REMOTE PIONEER HOMES in need of such personnel, so that the new evacuees from the North can take their places in your Home to receive training for your field.
13. In other words, you FIELD HOMES MUST SO PREPARE & TIME THESE REPLACEMENTS SO THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE A SUDDEN TRAFFIC JAM at your Home because your road teams are late in leaving & your evacuees have already arrived with little or no room to stay! Don't let this happen to you! Find out exactly what date & time your new trainees are expected to arrive at your Home & be sure your old-timers have hit the road before they come!--Unless you have lots of room & want them to enjoy each other's fellowship before your road teams depart. In that case, they could help train the newcomers before leaving.
14. SEMI-PERMANENT STAFF: This method of replacement of personnel by installments, with the older ones moving out & the new ones moving in, WILL REQUIRE A GOOD SEMI-PERMANENT STAFF AT THE TOP of each field Home capable of handling these new recruits. They should also be able to ORGANISE, EQUIP, INSTRUCT & ASSIGN THEIR GRADUATES TO SPECIFIC ROUTES & FIELDS which will not overlap those of other Homes' road teams, COMMUNICATE with them, have them REPORT regularly & HELP as needed.
RESPECT FOR U.S. LEADERSHIP!
15. THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR MORE HELP & CRYING FOR LABOURERS ARE NOW PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO PRAY FOR THE GRACE OF GOD TO KEEP FROM BEING SWAMPED BY THE SAME! And it's going to take a lot of grace, believe you me! Already the Enemy has been trying to bring DIVISION BETWEEN THE AMERICANS & NATIONALS, particularly with the Nationals putting down the Americans & the Americans even putting down themselves. I have been guilty myself of encouraging this dislike for the "Ugly American", since they are pretty ugly sometimes!
16. But NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY A GOOD WORD IN BEHALF OF THE POOR AMERICANS with whom you Nationals are soon going to be flooded: I WANT TO REMIND YOU CRITICAL NATIONALS THAT YOU DIDN'T START THE REVOLUTION & IT DIDN'T BEGIN IN YOUR COUNTRY! If you're so damned much smarter than the Americans, why didn't YOU start the Jesus Revolution & bring it to us instead of our having to bring it to you? Think that over! And we wouldn't be in your country bothering you with our ugliness & stupidity if we hadn't loved you enough to want to go there & help you find the same Answer that we have found in Jesus & His Way of doing things!
17. I'll confess that we American leaders have made plenty of mistakes & some are still making some of them!--But I'd like to know WHERE YOU'D BE RIGHT NOW IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE AMERICAN LEADERSHIP which started the Jesus Revolution? If their leadership are not of God, then how did they manage to start God's greatest modern Christian revival movement amongst the youth of this Last Day, the Jesus Revolution? If the leadership is not of God, then the Jesus Revolution is not of God! But if this mighty worldwide wave of witnessing amongst the youth, known as the Jesus Movement, is of God, then its pioneers, founders & leaders are of God: The Children of God & their leaders! You can take it or leave it, but that's the way it is!
18. I've been cursing the Americans along with you, Brother, but when you start cursing the Family & their leadership, you're treading on my toes & sticking your finger in God's eye, for He says, "Touch not the Lord's anointed & do His Prophets no harm", for "He that toucheth you toucheth the apple of Mine eye!"
19. We would have been happy to have let you have your own Jesus Revolution if you had started it & were able to run it, but you didn't, & so far you haven't! Nobody has been bugging for National leadership more than I & we'll be happy to let you have your own Revolution & run it your own way as soon as you can handle it. But I'd like you to be a little more specific! We'd be happy to remove those American leaders you don't think you need--please name them & we'll be glad to move them where they're more needed into other pioneer fields of other countries & Continents where the Jesus Revolution is still only heard of & not yet seen because their own people have not started one!
20. But WHERE ARE THESE NATIONAL LEADERS THAT YOU BOAST OF, that are able to handle their jobs? Please name the Nationals that you want to replace the Americans & who are ready for the job! We wish they were, & we would love to let them do it if they could, & we believe that some of them can or will soon be able, & that's exactly the goal we're plugging for! But your saying that the National babes could do the job better than the American leaders is like saying the SHEEP OUGHT TO BE LEADING THE SHEPHERD, we ought to exalt the novices & let the children tell the parents what to do! It just isn't wise or Scriptural!
21. I'll grant you that a BABE WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF HIS OWN LANGUAGE CAN PROBABLY DO MORE IN SOME AREAS THAN AN AMERICAN LEADER WITHOUT THE LANGUAGE. This is a serious handicap & I think the native babes, with their knowledge of language & customs, laws & culture, should make good deacons or custodians of the material affairs & business of the Home & its relations with the public, BUT IF HE HAS JUST RECENTLY BEEN BORN AGAIN, HE COULD HARDLY EQUAL THE BIBLICAL KNOWLEDGE & SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE OF HIS AMERICAN ELDERS to make him capable of true, spiritual leadership until he's had more time & training & knowledge & experience himself, which can only come with time.
22. How can the American leader "Take the lowest seat" & "Sit back & let the babes do it" unless it's something the babes can do?--Like maybe running the Home physically & materially. But how can they teach what they don't know or lead in what they haven't experienced or counsel in doctrines they're not familiar with? This is like telling the Mother & Father to get out of the house & that the little children can run it better now! I'll grant you, they may SOON be able to do so, but after only a few month's training, not many of them are ready for it NOW, but we hope they will be soon.
23. The Jewish leader & Apostle Paul had this same problem with the new Gentile members of the early Christian churches of HIS mission fields. They didn't like the Jews to begin with & they didn't like them running things any better, & they were anxious to toss them out & forget them! But dear Paul had to remind them that they did have a few things to thank the Jews for, including the Message, for UNTO THEM WERE COMMITTED THE ORACLES OR WORDS OF GOD--UNTO THE JEWS FIRST, & THEN to the Gentiles (Romans 3 & Romans 1:16). It was the Jews who had first received the Message & the Jews who had first brought it to the Gentiles, & the top leadership of the Early Church continued to be Jewish until the day of the Apostle's death. It just couldn't be any other way because they were the first & God said so, like God used us Americans to originate the Jesus Revolution & bring it to you!
24. You may feel a little bit about us Americans, many of whom ARE Jewish, by the way, like the Gentile who wrote this little verse about the Jews: "'TIS ODD THAT GOD SHOULD CHOOSE THE JEWS!" To which a Jew replied, "GOD CHOSE, WHICH SHOWS, GOD KNEW HIS JEW!" Maybe you'll have to say that about us Americans: We may be a little odd & some of us ugly, pushy, arrogant & domineering! But you'll have to admit that we've led the World, not only in that which is evil, but also in that which is good, & WE HAVE FAITHFULLY BROUGHT IT TO YOU & SHARED IT WITH YOU, SO GOD APPARENTLY KNEW WHO HE COULD TRUST WITH THE JOB. Not all the Jews were bad & ugly or crucified Jesus! Almost the entire Christian Church was composed of Jews, including most of its missionaries to you Gentiles, like us Americans today, & if you want God's Message & Method for winning the World to Christ you'll just have to accept us the way we are & love us & thank us for it, whether you like us or not, until you yourselves are able to carry on without us, as the Gentile Church was eventually able to do without the Jews!
25. But I guess IN THE MEANTIME YOU'LL HAVE TO PUT UP WITH US & THANK GOD FOR US & LEARN WHAT YOU CAN FROM US, until you're able to carry on on your own, after which you can do things your way, which I hope will be GOD'S Way! Frankly, not all the Nationals I've met were necessarily the epitome of virtue themselves & some of them are about as proud & conceited as they come! So don't knock us!--Use us! Let's FORGET BEING JEWS OR GENTILES & JUST BE CHRISTIANS, shall we? Amen.
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