Reaching Those Hard to Reach

Reaching Those Hard to Reach

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES  strive to contact everyone they can with the Kingdom message.  At times, it takes and extraordinary effort to reach those who are seldom at home.  (Mark 13:10)  In this regard, a special pioneer minister in a South American country relates the following experience.

"One day I became aware that the state governor would be visiting the territory to which my wife and I are assigned.  Since he was obviously one of those who are rarely at home, I wrote a letter to him and enclose several Bible publications, including the brochure What Does God Require of Us?  And the books Mankind's Search for God and Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life.  My letter explained the purpose of each of these publications.

"Because I was interested in finding out his reaction to the literature, I requested a meeting with him.  Some weeks later I was granted a meeting, and I took along a copy of the video Jehovah's Witnesses-The Organization Behind the Name.  The meeting lasted about two hours. After watching the video with the governor, I asked him what he thought of it.  He replied:  "There is no other organization on earth like yours.  I wish I had people like you who could help me complete my government projects!"  Then he asked if I had ever been to the world headquarters of our organization.  I told him that although it had been my goal since I was 14 years old, I had not had the opportunity to visit our world headquarters, in Brooklyn, New York.  It was one of  those hard-to-reach goals.  He looked at me intently for a moment.  Then he said that he wanted me to have that opportunity.  He took care of our legal permits and gave us the airplane tickets as a gift!  

"The governor now regularly receives the Watchtower and Awake!  magazines.  We hope that soon we will be able to start a Bible study with him."

Next time: What Does It Mean to Be LOYAL?

The Watchtower, 2001