For instance, two of them contacted a man who formerly leaned toward Communistic and atheistic thinking. He reports:

“God did not exist for me. But I thought that Jehovah’s Witnesses, who contacted me in their door-to-door work, were very nice people. So, I would let them talk to me about whatever they wanted​—just not about God! And I made them leave their bookbags outside the house. But one summer day, a married couple came to my door. My home was in the middle of a wooded area where there was plenty of good, clean air to breathe. So, the couple spoke to me about the fine location in which I was living. From their accent, I knew that they were foreigners. The man was American and the woman Canadian. Since I have a son who lives in Canada, an interesting discussion developed and I invited the couple to come into the house.

“As soon as I learned that the man was a missionary of Jehovah’s Witnesses, I wished that I had not asked them in. But to be polite, I let them stay. Also, I had to admit that what they were telling me was the truth. They made more calls and started to study the Bible with me. That changed my whole attitude. I stopped my smoking and heavy drinking and began to attend the meetings of Jehovah’s Witnesses. No one was happier about the changes that I made in my life than my wife, and she joined me in my new form of worship.”

Especially good results have been attained by witnessing informally within families and among friends, acquaintances and workmates. This is well illustrated in these remarks of a man whose wife was a Witness:

“One day, my wife asked me whether I would let her invite a traveling overseer of Jehovah’s Witnesses over for supper. Since I did not have anything against what I thought to be her ‘odd ideas,’ I said that it would be all right. So the circuit overseer came.

“During the meal, we discussed various topics. Every time the conversation leaned toward the Bible, however, I stopped talking. Eventually, we began discussing hobbies. I was interested in history, especially ancient history. The circuit overseer asked me to get my lexicon and he read to me the names of some emperors and their empires. I was interested in speaking about them, but every time a name was mentioned, he would take his Bible and give me further information about the particular person and nation. In that way, he proved the reliability of God’s Word. When our discussion finally drew to a close and the traveling overseer left our home​—at three o’clock in the morning—​I felt the whole impact of what I had heard and just sat down and cried. I had begun to put faith in the ‘good news’ and was determined to continue.

“Several months later, I was baptized as another new witness to the name and kingdom of Jehovah and his Son, Christ Jesus. I was helped by my newly won faith to overcome my enslavement to tobacco, too. I had smoked 50 cigarettes a day, on an average, but completely stopped smoking one month before being baptized. I am immeasurably happy to be in the truth.”