LIFE STORY-NORTHERN IRELAND-"THE LAND OF THE BOMB AND THE BULLET"/ AS TOLD BY ROBERT LANDIS

 Still, there were dangerous situations.  One day, Denis Carrigan, also a pioneer, and I preached in a nearby town where there were no Witnesses ad where we had been only once before. A woman accused us of being undercover British soldiers, perhaps because neither of us spoke with an Irish accent.  The accusation frightened us. Just being friendly to soldiers could get you killed or kneecapped-shot through the knee. As we stood outside, cold and alone and waiting for the bus, we saw a car pull  up to the cafe' where the woman had accused us. She came out and talked to the two men in the car, pointing at us excitedly.  The men then slowly drove up to  us and asked us a few questions about the bus schedule.  When the bus arrived, they spoke to the driver. We couldn't hear what they were saying. There were no other passengers, so we were convinced  that arrangements were being made to deal with  us outside of town. But that didn't happen. As I stepped off the bus, I asked the driver: "Those lads back there, were they wondering about us?"  He replied: "I know who you are, and I told them. Don't you worry You're quite safe."

In 1978 at a district assembly in Dublin, I met Pauline Lomax, a special pioneer who was visiting from England. She was a spiritual, humble, and lovely sister. She and her brother, Ray, had known the truth all their life. A year later, Pauline and I were married and we continued special pioneering in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

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