Hot Line Heroine

Coming up in October is the annual International Association of Scientologists event which takes place at the beautiful Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead Sussex England. This year's event is going to be the biggest ever. It is predicted that 10,000 Scientologists and others who are friends of the Church will be arriving.

There are always very moving acknowledgements done of individuals who have made great strides to assist their fellows in the world. Those helped by the technology cover vast subjects and people of all walks of life. This includes getting people off drugs, criminals in prison for real reform, psychiatric abuses exposed and handled, great strides in education for third world children just to name a few.

One that was memorable was a woman who assisted on a teenager suicide hot line. She has stories to tell but several young people going through a rough time were saved due to her compassion and willingness to be there and communicate to them.

In a Prison in North Carolina

I heard a story that I thought you might like to hear. There was a prisoner in North Carolina who saw a Dianetics book. The way he tells it the book leaped off the cart and there was L. Ron Hubbard's face looking at him. He read the book. He wrote to the Church of Scientology address on the book.

He was then directed to do an Extension Course. He began to do counseling with other inmates and reports that his life has never been the same. He then did another course and now several inmates are carrying on and violence has gone down markedly. This prisoner now has hope for the future.

Sports Hero

Some say leaders are born and some say leaders are made. There is a coach who was captain of his football and hockey team in High School. He then grew up to be a coach at several colleges. He learned about Mr. Hubbard's tools of communication and the components of understanding which consists of Affinity, Reality, and Communnication. By using these tools he states he could form a team that was a real team and that would work together.

This coach recommends that anyone who needs to learn the skills of cohesing a bunch of hopeful prima donnas into a team should go to their local Church of Scientology and take the basic Communication Course that is available.

He is a hero to his team because he is dependable, fair, and predictable as well as competent and those characters go a long ways.

Applied Scholastics

The Church of Scientology delivers study technology that was developed by L. Ron Hubbard. This technology has some very basic principles. One of them is related to the fact of never going past words that one doesn't understand. A book called "How to Use a Dictionary" is user friendly to readers of all ages and is highly recommended.

One child who never was able to add or subtract but otherwise was quite intelligent cleared up the definition of the word "equals" and f ound that she never understood this word that alone was preventing the ability to add or subtract. Once that was cleared up she could do math like a champ and the grinning never stopped.

An Italian, my Sister, my Friend, a Scientologist

My sister, Amanda, has been an inspiration to me my whole life. She married an Italian and now speaks it fluently. While in Italy she became a member of the Church of Scientology. She told me a story of a friend who had a horrible accident and as the friend came from an Italian family the last rites were being administered.

My sister went to the hospital and she is a Volunteer Minister from the Church of Scientology. She delivered what is called an "Assist" which is a technique created by L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology. This procedure enables the spirit, or the person himself to re-orient himself with his environment. The Doctor's can only call it a miracle. Amanda's friend recovered. I decided to check out Scientology myself after this.

Based on the peace and confidence I have as a result of joining this Church I want to thank from my heart my sister for this gift. She is my hero and so is every other Scientologist that I know.

Ms. Elena Ruggero

Elena Ruggero is a humanitarian artist of our time. She is beautiful, talented and has proven over and over her care for her fellow man. She is a Scientologist and high energy singer who recently gave a stellar performance in Hollywood at the Celebrity Center International annual Gala a week ago. She sang to a crowd of over 500.

She has been a Scientologist in Italy for many years and applies the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard in her profession and personal life.

Volunteers

The Scientology Volunteer Ministers consist of everyday people with jobs, families and responsibilities who are willing to step out of their normal lives in order to help others. A good example of this was when hundreds of VMs from all over the world traveled to the Asian Tsunami area to help with relief efforts. They stayed for many weeks until the situation was much improved and the local people could now look after themselves.