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Yearbook 93
since the war was held in l\Iay, when 11 brethren symbolized
their consecration.
We are thankful to the Lord for the bountiful provision
of spiritual food through the lVatchtou;er and Awake!
magazines. This life-giving knowledge wllI flow regularly
to 704 new subscribers for these magazines. Following up
these subscriptions is one of the means that the Lord is using
for gathering his sheep.
Pioneering In this country of many languages has its
problems, but that these are more than compensated for is
evident, as the following experience from a pioneer shows.
"One of the first calls I made in this assignment of many
languages and dialects was on a young lady of about 21
years. Her knowledge of English was poor and she was
educated to read only Chinese. As no Chinese books were
then aYailable It did not seem possible to study with her
even though she seemed genuinely interested In the Bible.
However, several months later I came upon this girl again
while engaged in public meeting act! vity in another part of
the city. Her first words were, 'You teach IlIany people In
my street. Could you please try and teach IlIe?' By this
time the Salvation book in Chinese was to hand, 80 a study
was commenced using this and the Chinese Bible. Questions
were propounded in the simplest English possible and it
was most encouraging to watch the progress of this girl
who had such a desire to learn. 1\Iany were the amnsing
Incidents too when she conld not think of the right words
to express herself. In answer to 'How were Noah and his
family saved over the flood?' she replied, 'Velly hard to say.
I think they make velly big sampan [boat].' As to whether
Christendom's clergy teach the truth the answer was, 'They
bluff.' However, her knowledge of the truth increased week
by week and It was not long before the opportunity came to
invite her ont into the service. She very joyfully accepted
and it surely was a pleasure to watch this young publisher
enter into the work with such zeal when Chinese-speaking
people were contacted. Truly language is no real barrier
when a person has a desire to learn of Jehovah's purposes."
AUSTRIA
The country of Austria is still a divided nation,
because the governments of Russia, Britain, France
and the United States control certain parts of the
land, But even though this condition exists, Jehovah's
witnesses continue to increase and carryon the
expansion work that was foretold to be accomplished