Year Book of Jehovah's Witnesses - Watchtower Archive

256 Yearbook
Communists were treating our brethren in Eastern
Germany. The convention came along with the resolution
of Jehovah's witnesses against communism. All
of these things began to help the people to see that
Jehovah's witnesses are not a subversive organization,
but that they are Christian people trying to help
others gain a knowledge of God's Word. It was a
decided advantage to be in the capital of Southern
Rhodesia during these discussions by the government
on subversive activity.
The branch servant sends us a report of what is
happening in the field, and some of the interesting
items are published here.
A few weeks of the new service year had passed by when
Brother Knorr gave us a gentle prod about moving the
branch office and missionary home to Salisbury, the capital
of this colony. So two of the missionaries went there and
with the Lord's blessing secured better premises for the
Society in the capital. This move resulted in much good. The
small European company there which had been able to
work only a small proportion of the town now had the assistance
of the four Gilead-trained missionaries. The result
was that the publishers increased in number from 6 to 23
in less than a year.
Note the quick response of the people of good will contacted
by one of the missionaries. He says, "One day last
March while doing street work I was approached by a
woman who asked me if I was one of Jehovah's witnesses.
She told me how she and her husband had been looking
for us for four years. I took the address and went to see
them next day. Mr. R-- took all the latest books and
subscribed for both magazines. He told me he had studied
with one of Jehovah's witnesses for about three or four
months before coming north to this country and he wanted
to get the studies started again right away. Since then he
has been inviting in his neighbors and we have had as many
as 12 at the study. Since he was so keen about the truth
it was decided to ask him if we could have a public meeting
in his home. He readily agreed. The meetings were a great
snccess, with as high as 19 attending the first time. Now
Mr. or rather Brother R-- has been a publisher since
May. Two others have asked to go into the service with us
and all are making plans to attend the Bulawayo assembly in
October.
"The other experience was the result of the door-to-door