The Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1980, volume 1, contains messages given by Brother Witness Lee from January 6, 1980, through May 21, 1982. In 1980 Brother Lee spoke one hundred thirty-two messages that were published in Life-study of Exodus, Life-study of Colossians, Life-study of Galatians, Life-study of Philippians, and Life-study of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon. These Life-study messages are not included in The Collected Works of Witness Lee Until the end of January, Brother Lee ministered in Anaheim, California. On the last weekend in January he visited San Diego, California, and then returned to Anaheim. On a weekend in the middle of February he traveled to San Francisco, California. He returned to Anaheim and remained there until the middle of March, at which time he visited Denver, Colorado, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, for four days. During the entire month of April Brother Lee traveled to Stuttgart, Germany, and Copenhagen, Denmark, after which he visited Boston, Massachusetts, and New York City before returning to Anaheim. Brother Lee ministered in Seattle, Washington, over the Memorial Day weekend near the end of May, and he returned to Anaheim and remained there, except for a one-day visit to Fullerton, until the end of August. He then held a weekend conference in Cleveland, Ohio, after which he returned to Anaheim and remained there until the middle of September. On the third weekend in September Brother Lee ministered in Spokane, Washington, and returned to Anaheim. On the first weekend in October he visited Berkeley, California, for two days, and then he returned to Anaheim, where he remained until the middle of October. He ministered in Miami, Florida, on the third weekend in October, and he remained there for rest through the second weekend in November. He returned to Anaheim and ministered there until the end of the year. The contents of this volume are divided into three sections, as follows: 1. Three messages given in Anaheim and Fullerton, California, on January 6 and on August 10 and 14. These messages are included in this volume under the title Miscellaneous Messages. 2. A message given in Anaheim, California, on May 19. This message is included in this volume under the title Our Spiritual Situation and the Lord's Recovery. 3. Fifty-eight messages given in Anaheim, California, on February 14, 1980, through May 21, 1982. They were previously published in a fifty-six-chapter book entitled Perfecting Training and are included in this volume under the same title.
