There Are Living Gems in Namibia!

Spiritual Mining Gets Started

It was in 1928 that a start was  made to mine the spiritual gems of Namibia.  During that year the  South branch of  the Watchtower Society mailed 50,000 pieces of Bible literature to people scattered throughout the country.  The following year an anointed Christian from South Africa named Lenie Theron followed up on the interest shown.  In four months she traversed the vast country alone, placing over 6,000 Bible study aides in Afrikaans, English,  and German.  All this work certainly was not in vain.

For example, consider Bernhard Baade, a German miner.  In 1929 he received a supply of eggs from a farmer who wrapped each egg in a page from a Watchtower publication.  Bernhard eagerly read every page, wondering who wrote the book.  He eventually got to the last page, which gave a German address of the Watchtower Society.  Bernhard wrote for more literature and became the first Namibian to take a stand for the truth.

Next time: Full-Time Workers Arrive

Watchtower, 1999