We were thrilled to be among the 24 students enrolled in the 83rd class of Gilead that was held in Brooklyn, New York, in April 1987. Brother Ulysses Glass and Jack Redford were our primary instructors. Five months flew by, and we graduated on September 6, 1087. We were assigned to Haiti, along with John and Marie Goode.
Gilead missionaries had not been sent to Haiti since 1962 when the last of them were expelled. Three weeks after graduation, we found ourselves serving in Haiti, deep in the mountains, with a small congregation of 35 publishers. We were young and inexperienced, and we were by ourselves in the missionary home. The people were impoverished, and most could not read. During those early missionary days, we experienced civil unrest, coup d'etat. burning barricades, and cyclones.
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