A UNIQUE REUNION After 30 Years

Dennis in the Full-Time Ministry

Dennis became a pioneer, or full-time minister, in September 1974.  He observes:  "I was happy pioneering, but I wanted to expand my ministry; so in July 1975, I applied to serve at the world headquarters of Jehovah's Witnesses in Brooklyn, New York.  That December I was invited there."

The first assignment Dennis was given was to assist  in converting the former Towers Hotel into a residence for the headquarters staff.  He worked for several years there, overseeing  the tile crew. Then, desiring to get married, he moved to California. In 1984, while serving as an elder in the Cathedral City congregation, he married a pioneer named Kathy Enz. 

Dennis and Kathy were determined to keep their lives simple in order to pursue the interests of God's Kingdom. So Dennis often turned down opportunities  to make a lot of money in the booming town of California construction trade. In 1988 he and Kathy applied to help in the international construction that year, they received an assignment to work on the branch construction project in Buenos Aires, Argentina.  

In 1989, Dennis and Kathy were invited to serve in the construction work of Jehovah's Witnesses in a more permanent way.  In this special form of the full-time ministry, they have twice served in Suriname and Colombia.  They have also worked in Ecuador and Mexico, as well as on a similar project in the Dominican Republic. 

Next time:  A UNIQUE REUNION After 30 Years - Mark in the Full-Time Ministry

From the Awake, magazine, 2002