Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive
Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive
Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive
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224 <strong>Year</strong>book<br />
most active In trying to dissuade his flock from accepting<br />
the Bible education <strong>of</strong> <strong>Jehovah's</strong> witnesses. Two members<br />
<strong>of</strong> his congregation, with whom the missionary had been<br />
conducting a Bible study, decided to call on their minister<br />
and get some <strong>of</strong> their questions cleared up. He refused to<br />
answer their questions, saying that they were there to trip<br />
him up, and they would tell all over town how they had<br />
whipped "the old Dutch Reformed minister into a corner<br />
until he couldn't get out". Although his wife said she felt<br />
he should answer the questions, yet the minister refused.<br />
Since these persons were no longer <strong>of</strong> his church he could<br />
not discuss the Scriptures with them. His course <strong>of</strong> action<br />
only served to convince these newly interested ones that<br />
<strong>Jehovah's</strong> witnesses were indeed preaching the truth.<br />
KENYA<br />
Since 1936, when some pioneers visited the country, no<br />
organized witnessing has been done in Kenya until this year.<br />
In September, 1949, a sister from Britain immigrated with<br />
her husband to Nairobi, the capital. Though herself not<br />
long a publisher, she was determined to "preach the word"<br />
when she got to her new home. Her deSire was "to be used <strong>of</strong><br />
the Lord" wherever she went. As soon as she got settled<br />
down she started In with regular witnessing, first to her<br />
immediate neighbors and then to those living in the surrounding<br />
territory. Her zeal has been blessed and her desire<br />
"to be used <strong>of</strong> the Lord" fulfilled.<br />
Through this sister contact has been made with other<br />
immigrants who have had previous contact with the truth<br />
and one <strong>of</strong> these has associated regularly in the preaching<br />
work. It is a real test <strong>of</strong> taith for these isolated ones to<br />
keep on steadfastly in <strong>Jehovah's</strong> service, unless they keep in<br />
mind that Jehovah wlll ever back them up by his spirit.<br />
With over 30,000 Europeans, almost 100,000 Asiatics and<br />
more than 4,000,000 Africans in the territory the field is,<br />
to say the least, large. We look to Jehovah to open up<br />
the way in his due time for the expanding <strong>of</strong> the Kingdom<br />
message throughout this land.<br />
UGANDA<br />
Here again Kingdom Witnessing has started up after an<br />
interval <strong>of</strong> 14 years. The last witnessing done was by<br />
two pioneers who spent two months in the country in 1936.<br />
Then in April <strong>of</strong> this year a young European couple reo<br />
turned from spending their vacation in England. While there<br />
they had taken a stand for the truth and become Kingdom<br />
publishers. Though so young in the truth they were detel"
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