However, after the Accra assembly, Robert Markin was assigned by his employers to Bouaké, the second largest town in Ivory Coast.

At first Robert was concerned as to how he would get on, being isolated from his brothers. But Brother Paterson told him: “When you get up there, don’t get a small house, get a big one. Then you will be able to hold meetings in it for all the interested persons that will come along.”

On arrival in Bouaké, Robert found that his nephew had already found him a house, a small one. So, faithful to instructions from Brother Paterson, Robert turned it down and found another large enough to hold the future congregation.

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Robert Markin (left) and Samuel Denoo were among the first to become witnesses of Jehovah in the Ivory Coast