LIFE STORY/Jehovah's Blessing Has Enriched My Life-AS TOLD BY MELITA JARACZ

OUR FAMILY LEARNS THE TRUTH

I was six years old when my parents heard of the truth. Their first son, Johnny, had died shortly after he was born.  My distraught parents asked the local priest,  "Where's Johnny?"  The priest said that the baby had not been christened,m so he was in heaven.  Rather, he was  in Limbo.  The priest also said that if my parents paid him, he would pray for Johnny to get out of Limbo and go to heaven.  How would you have felt? Dad and Mom were so disillusioned that they did not speak to their priest again.  Yet, they still wondered what had become of Johnny. 

One day Mom came across a booklet entitled Where  Are the Dead?  published by Jehovah's Witnesses.  She read it eagerly.  When Dad came home, she said excitedly:  "I know where Johnny is! He's sleeping now,m but one day he is going to awaken."  That evening my father read the entire booklet.  Mom and Dad were comforted to learn that the Bible says that the dead are asleep and that there will be a future resurrection. -Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10; Acts 24:15. 

What they found changed our lives for the better, bringing them comfort and happiness.  They started studying the Bible with the Witnesses and attending meetings with the little congregation in Wakaw, where most had a Ukrainian background.   Soon Mom and Dad were sharing in the preaching work.

Not long after that, we move to British Columbia and a congregation warmly welcomed us. I think back with pleasure  on our family preparation of The Watchtower  for the Sunday meetings.  All of us were developing a deep love for Jehovah and for Bible truth.  I could see how our lives were being enriched and how Jehovah was blessing us. 

Next time: Conclusion of OUR FAMILY LEARNS THE TRUTH 

From The Watchtower magazine