The Truth book in the Arabic language, which was available for use during the last half of the service year, was enthusiastically received by Jehovah’s people here and put to good use by them in the field service.

Additionally, the former preacher and his wife are now sharing in field service.

Six other members of his former congregation have also been baptized, eighteen are studying the truth and twelve are sharing in field service.

That year the brothers in Norway first received the Bulletin (now Our Kingdom Service).

It gave helpful advice on declaring the good news and provided encouragement to participate in the field service.

Gradually, the work was becoming better organized in the way of reporting field service, making return visits and conducting home Bible studies.

The man failed to make any progress, but in a few weeks the woman began to accompany Hilda in the field service.

But they are reporting field service regularly, and the one brother there is visiting the sisters and conducting the various meetings with them and giving some of the public talks.

This laid a good basis for the spread of the Kingdom good news in the colored field.

G. A. Daniels, then 17 years old, learned the truth at this time and devoted the rest of his life to Jehovah’s service.

The following year, with a view to expanding his service, Brother Maldonado expressed the desire to preach in Guatemala, which adjoins the State of Chiapas.

At the moment we only have 33 in the field.

Prior to 1918 only colporteurs made field service reports.

The following year, five more joined in the field ministry, and the total number of hours they devoted to publicly preaching the Kingdom message soared to 6,164.

Near the end of the service year, two well-trained missionaries became part of this group.

Not Overlooking the Incapacitated: This experience from Sierra Leone shows the importance of not neglecting incapacitated persons whom we meet in the field service: A missionary sister started a Bible study with an 18-year-old crippled girl named Jay.

The Theocratic School is conducted each week, usually on the same night as the service meeting in most congregations, and trains those enrolled to give short talks or to discuss Scriptural subjects with individuals.

Jehovah’s blessing has certainly made this school productive of fine public speakers for the platform and of more effective field praisers.

After only four months, ten publishers were reporting field service.

There was hardly any literature for use in the field service, so that mimeographed copies of “Let God Be True” chapters in Japanese were loaned around.

While in Cape Town, Brother Johnston, apart from office work, spent much time in the field, and one day paid a visit to the little town of Franschhoek near Stellenbosch.

For young Daniels that was the beginning of a life of service to Jehovah.

Their service was characterized by industriousness, boldness, and perseverance.

This is what it was like for one sister the first time she went out in the field service:

This resulted in a drop to a service-year low of eight publishers.

So the year 1969 found 25 active in the field ministry and 58 attending the Memorial.

Commenting on the convention at the Dziesieciolecia Stadium in Warsaw, the Kurier Polski said: “The big letters of the convention theme ‘Integrity Keepers’ had been placed on the playing field.

Other newspapers also pointed out that all of this was the result of voluntary service on the part of hundreds of brothers.

So, all field service figures were included with India’s report till 1937, and no record is available to indicate how many Burmese Witnesses were reporting in those years.