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Costa Rica1988 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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WITNESS THROUGH NEWS COVERAGE
By Saturday night the spotlight of world news began shining on the expelled missionaries. Over 41 newspapers and radio and TV stations telephoned the branch from all over the world, seeking interviews with the missionaries. Wednesday morning, Rodrigo Fournier, a noted Costa Rican news commentator, requested an early-morning roundtable discussion with the deported missionaries. Reiner and Jeanne Thompson and Ian Hunter were interviewed on a nationwide TV program that lasted 40 minutes. Highlighted during the program were our neutral position toward all earthly governments, our interest in God’s Kingdom, and how our teaching bolsters family unity. The program became the talk of the country and opened up many opportunities to witness.
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Costa Rica1988 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Bill and Mavis Rogers were not expelled with the other 19 missionaries, so they remained for another five months in Nicaragua. After being held under “house arrest” for two weeks in a hotel, they were deported to Costa Rica in August. They too were interviewed on TV. When asked what they were doing in Nicaragua to merit being deported, Bill told the TV audience, “Only preaching the good news of God’s Kingdom.” Next, on the same program, the archbishop of Costa Rica was interviewed. He was asked what he thought Christians should be doing today. He was obliged to reply, “Preach the gospel of the Kingdom.”
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