Jehovah s Witnesses containing report for the service year of

Yearbook 239
He thought to himself: "My, where will all these people
be when Armageddon comes?" and, naturally, this
started him thinking of his own condition.
As he is of a somewhat nervous temperament, the
prospects almost bowled him over. He earnestly sought
the brothers help, and having gone on studying the
Word of God, both he and his wife are determined to
stay with the New World society. They are awaiting
the next assembly to be baptized.
A case came up recently in Lima that shows how
rapidly a person can advance to maturity if he applies
himself diligently to God's Word. One of the publishers
contacted a doctor, who showed great humbleness in
accepting implicitly what the Bible says. He started
coming to the meetings in the Kingdom Hall, and in a
short time was participating with the congregation in
the field activity. About a month ago a sister in another
congregation was hospitalized, pending an operation,
and the doctors in the hospital were insisting that she
have a blood transfusion. Finally it was mentioned to
the new brother, to see if he could offer any advice as
to procedure.
Now it so happens that this brother is a pathologist,
specializing in the blood. He went to the hospital to
speak to the doctor in charge of the case (whose assistant
was originally trained in pathology by the brother),
pointing out that the sister was not just a "crank"
and telling him exactly what the Bible says about the
sanctity of the blood. He discussed other methods of
treating the patient, and up to the present the sister
is responding well to the building-up treatment without
the use of a blood transfusion.
The assemblies still provide a wonderful opportunity
for new ones to make contact with the Lord's organization,
and many receive a spiritual impulse that starts
them off on a course of serving God. At one recent assembly
held about 600 miles to the south of Lima only
sixty-five brothers could attend. But the attendance on
the Sunday afternoon was 127, and 206 attended the exhibition
of the film. Some new ones attended this assembly,
their first assembly, and their very attendance
showed the love that they have for Jehovah. They did
not live in the town, nor in the nearby locality, but they
had to travel on horseback for two days, then taking bus
rides for two days more, in order to reach the assembly.
They got the truth in their village when a person of
good will carried some publications there. Several got
interested, and it was arranged for the circuit servant
to visit them now and again. They eventually dedicated
their lives to Jehovah, and in spite of all the opposition