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Highlights of the Past Year2007 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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Nicaragua
During 2006 the brothers were able to give a good witness to the indigenous Mayangnan people for the first time. Most Mayangnas are of the Moravian religion, a Protestant group, and the unofficial mayor in each town is usually the pastor. One of these pastors broke with tradition and allowed Hamilton and Abner—special pioneers—to stay in the town. He even found lodging for them and gave them a complete Bible in Mayangna. The brothers learned the language and soon had a number of Bible studies. In fact, the pioneers served as interpreters when 13 people attended the meeting during the very first visit of the circuit overseer, and 90 attended the Memorial. On the latter occasion, the brothers translated the two songs into Mayangna, and all sang with gusto.
In view of the extraordinary interest shown, the branch agreed that the pioneers could stay in the assignment indefinitely. But would the local authorities approve of this? At a town meeting, some accused Jehovah’s Witnesses of being the antichrist. One man, however, had studied with the Witnesses, and he was on the town council. “Since these two young men have been in our town,” he said, “I have never seen anyone cook for them or do their laundry. They take care of everything themselves. They have even learned our language! What is more, they have taught us things from the Bible that we never knew. If these men were not from God, they would surely have given up by now.” The brothers were allowed to stay.
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Highlights of the Past Year2007 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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[Picture on page 21]
Hamilton and Abner teaching the Bible in Mayangna
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