VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES

A treasured event in my life was the invitation to attend the international assembly of Jehovah’s witnesses in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1946. But first let me tell you of an incident that happened en route to Cleveland.

After disembarking in Mobile, Alabama, I stayed four days with a friend. During my stay I took part in street work with the Watchtower magazine, but when some troublemakers reported me to the police, I was picked up and taken to the police station. The immigration officer was called in to question me about working on the street. He said that my passport indicated that I was on a pleasure trip to the United States and that I could not work. I replied: “This is the greatest pleasure I know, to preach God’s Word by the written page.” He let me go free.

I was thrilled at what I heard and saw at the Cleveland assembly. Afterward I had the additional privilege of working in the Watchtower Society’s Brooklyn Bethel for five months. There I observed the excellent organization and the oneness of purpose with which all worked. Then I returned to Argentina.

HOME IN ARGENTINA

Although I realized that tremendous years of expansion lay ahead, I also realized that the growing work required a younger, more vigorous man, who could keep up with it. So in 1949, the year that Brother Knorr made his second visit to Argentina, I presented the matter to him and a change was made in the branch organization. For a time I retained the privilege of handling financial matters for the Society, but now I work in the reception room in our new Bethel home, which was completed just two years ago.

I am very grateful to Jehovah for his having used me and for continuing to use me at seventy-nine years of age. With the blessing of Jehovah, I have lived to see the building of our beautiful, three-story Bethel home. Never did I imagine that we would have anything like it in Argentina, nor that we would have over 10,000 Kingdom preachers here! Now I see flourishing branches in Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay also. What greater blessing could I ask for than to witness the hand of Jehovah in his work, in which we must just find our place!

When I review my life and the steps taken under the direction of Jehovah and his organization, I cannot but agree with Jeremiah, that we must look to Jehovah to direct our steps. (Jer. 10:23) What a privilege I have had in following His direction and fitting my life into His purposes!

“A Monument to Faithful Bible Scholarship”

✔ Having recently obtained a copy of the book “All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial,” a man in the United States wrote to the publishers, the Watchtower Society, saying: “I recently received my copy of ‘All Scripture Is Inspired of God and Beneficial.’ In my opinion, this book is a monument to faithful Bible scholarship. The man-hours and research that must have gone into the volume are impressive. It is the most extensive one-volume treatment of the Scriptures I have read. Having read The Interpreter’s Bible, Hasting’s Dictionary of the Bible (revised edition), and the Beacon Bible Commentary, the latter two being in my personal library, I am immediately struck by a major difference between your work and that of other competent scholars: Yours magnifies the Bible as the inspired Word of God. Rather than explain away areas of conflict between the Scriptures, science and secular history, your book proves the correctness of the Biblical accounts.”