Just thought I would take a look over at WOL. Then, I found this.
Of course, all the responses were what fantastic news this was.
hdhslh
WOL Crawler
posted 11-19-2001 09:05 AM
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Saturday Nov. 16 I was in service when I called at a man’s home. He refused the magazines. So follow the counsel from our latest Kingdom Ministry, I took the opportunity to share with him the new tract “Would You Like to Know More About the Bible?”
The title caught his attention right away. He told me he and his wife were frustrated with their church. They had been members for over 20 years and realized they knew next to nothing about the Bible. They were even thinking of quitting the church and joining another in hopes of learning more about the Bible. He said they had been praying for something to help them understand the Bible better.
I took a few minutes to cover the information with him in the tract and then I showed him the "Require” brochure. We went over a couple of paragraphs in Lesson 1, and since I had others in the car waiting for me I ask if I could return next week about the same time to cover some more information. He said that would be fine but ask if I had time to come back later that day to go over the brochure some more. Of course I said I would and we agreed upon 1:00pm.
When I arrived at the home with my wife, the man and his wife met us and invited us in. They had their brochures out and opened along with their Bibles and I could clearly see they had even underlined a few paragraphs. My wife and I ended up staying 4 hours and covering 6 of the lessons with them with their children sitting in on 4 of the lessons. They wanted us to stay longer but since we had other commitments I told them we had to leave, but I took time to invite them to the Kingdom Hall for the meeting on Sunday morning and we offered to pick up him, his wife and their children. They said they wanted to go and they’d be ready.
When my wife and I arrived to pick them up not only were they ready but they were standing outside waiting on us! When we arrived at the Kingdom Hall they were immediately greeted by everyone. They paid very close attention during the talk even looking up the scriptures in their own copies of the Bible. During the Watchtower Study they told me they were impressed how everyone, even the small children were having a share in the study. He told me at their church the adults go to listen to the minister while the kids were put in an activity room for them to play.
He then asked for the copy of the magazines he had refused the previous day and both he and his wife said they were very impressed with the friendliness of the brothers and sisters. He told me after my wife and I left on Saturday both he and his wife stayed up till midnight studying the Require Brochure and looking up the scriptures. He told me he and his wife learned more in one day with the witnesses then they had learned in 20 years at their church.
When we got to their home they asked if we had time to review more of the Brochure with them. We said we did and we covered another 5 lessons in the Brochure. Both he and his wife said they were so glad they had answered the door that Saturday morning.
He told me that normally when the witnesses called at their home they either pretended not to be at home or quickly let them know they were not interested. He told me he even recognized one of the friends at the hall he had been very rude to, to get rid of him. He told me that he was going to make it a point to apologize to him the next time he saw him.
Before my wife and I left they told us that after just these 2 studies they were convinced they had found the truth and were angry at their minister for not teaching them anything and telling them lies concerning Bible teaching and about Jehovah’s Witnesses. His minister had told his congregation to avoid Jehovah’s Witnesses at all cost since they were an evil sect that denied Christ and they would all burn in hell.
Before we left the wife started weeping and told us she was so happy that someone was finally helping them to understand the Bible. They told us that they and their children would be attending meetings at the Kingdom Hall from now on.
This needless to say has been a very encouraging experience and I and my wife are so happy we followed the “faithful slave’s” direction and offered the tract “Would You Like to Know More About the Bible?” I am going to make it a point to offer this new tract to everyone I meet.
Your Brother,
hdhslh
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Howard
Holding my stomach,
Andee
