"HE LEADS ME IN THE TRACKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" -AS TOLD BY OLGA CAMPBELL

A Rewarding Ministry 

Four of us young women were sent to the city of Sherbrooke. We diligently practiced speaking French, conjugating verbs again and again as we walked to and from our preaching territory. At lunchtime we sometimes had no money for food, so we went home and studied. My partner, Kay Lindhorst, was a real grammarian. She taught me English grammar first so that I could grasp the French.  

The highlight of my pioneering was in Victoriaville, then a town of about 15,000.  Hardly anyone spoke English, so it was the best environment for us to improve our French. Our first week there was thrilling.  Everywhere we went, people accepted our literature.When we returned, all the doors were shut and the shades were drawn. What had happened?

The local priest warned the people not to listen to us. So as went from door to door, children followed us at a distance, throwing rocks and snowballs. Still, many longed  to hear the Bible's message. At first, they only let us visit them after nightfall. As they progressed in Bible knowledge, however, they studied openly  despite their neighbor's displeasure.  

In the 1950's, my sister and I returned to Wakaw for a visit. We related our preaching experiences at the congregation meeting. Afterward, the presiding minister told us,  "Your mother will be do pleased when she is  resurrected and learns that her children became Jehovah's Witnesses!"  He explained that she had studied the Bible with a Witness before she died. It brought tears to our eyes to learned  that she had been taking in Bible truths that she would surely have shared with us had her life not been cut short. 

Next time: "HE LEADS ME IN THE TRACKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS" -AS TOLD BY OLGA CAMPBELL -Marriage and a Shared Ministry

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