I just had to pass this e mail along to my friends here.
Angels in the Field Service!!!
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>At morning worship with the Bethel family, Brother Lett of the Governing
>Body, made a few comments regarding our work of preaching and bearing
>witness to others.
>He made the point that we should not be discouraged by not-at-homes or
>those who are not interested in our message. He mentioned that even if 80%
>of our visits were not-at-homes, and 20% were not interested, we still have
>many reasons to be joyful. Primarily, because we are pleasing Jehovah.
>Also, we are fulfilling our responsibility to bear witness to others,
>thereby proving that Satan the devil is a liar. Additionally, we are
>helping the angels determine the condition of people's hearts.
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>He then gave this example of a typical day in field service. At the first
>door we go to, after we knock, a woman peeks through the window, sees us,
>but doesn't answer the door. We mark it as a not-at home, but the angels
>mark it as something else. They can see the condition of the woman's heart.
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>At the second door we knock at, no one is home since the husband and wife
>are both at work; but we leave a tract. That night when the couple gets
>home and sees the tract, a conversation begins. "Those Witnesses were by
>our house today. They sure are persistent." The angels are watching and
>make note of it.
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>At the third door we knock at, no one answers. This is because the woman at
>the first house called her friend at the third house and warned her that we
>were coming. She says: "Boy, those Witnesses sure are persistent. They just
>don't give up." We mark it as a not-at home, but the angels mark it as
>something else.
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>We knock at the fourth house and no one is home. However, a lady across the
>street sees us. The Witnesses had knocked at her door last week, but she
>didn't listen. She says to herself: "Those Witnesses sure are persistent,
>but very well dressed. Even their children are well behaved. Maybe I should
>listen to them the next time they knock at my door." Again, the angels make
>note of it.
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>We knock at the fifth house, and again, no one is home. But a garbage truck
>passes by. The driver tells his co-worker: "There go those Witnesses
>again." The co-worker asks: "Aren't they the ones that don’t accept blood
>transfusions?" "Yes", the driver replies. "But look at how well dressed and
>well behaved their children are. I wish my children were the same." The
>angels make a note of this.
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>So at just these five houses, there may have been five not-at-homes marked
>down, but look how many conditions and reactions of the heart the angels
>were able to observe. Now imagine how many of the se same scenarios they
>observe being played out around the world each and every day. How important
>it is that we be in the ministry to help our angelic brothers to see behind
>the response we receive at the doors.