“Sounds like an ideal assignment, Jack.”

“Yes, and there are many others like it. Here is the expression of a missionary from Gilead’s first class: ‘Now it is more than nineteen years since I came to Argentina, and I have had permanent residence since early in 1950. Nearly a third of my life I have lived in this land, and, especially since my mother’s death, it is really my home. My friends here are very dear. In fact, many here in Tucumán treat me as a member of the family. I am grateful to Jehovah for the privilege of serving in this land.’”

“So there are many small places where there is need of more mature helpers, it would seem.”

“Not only so, but I hear that the need is still great in Buenos Aires, the federal capital, as well as in many other cities. No doubt about it, there is a bumper harvest in those southlands that can engage all the hands and hearts that can be recruited. What do you say to both us couples doing something about it?”

“Fine by me, but where do we start?”

“Well, we could write the Office of the President, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, and ask for any information as to our eligibility and the things we shall have to take into account in connection with such a move.”

“Suppose you do that for the four of us, and meantime I could write a letter to the Society’s branch in one of those countries to find out what the prospects are of our entering their land and obtaining an assignment.”

“Good. And then there is one other matter. The language, remember? We shall have to decide which country we will aim for, before we can do anything about this, for Portuguese is the language in one and Spanish the language in the other. But when we do decide, we can study the language as a group, one night each week, while we are completing all other arrangements and at the same time discharging our theocratic responsibilities here.”

“Then we have one more immediate matter to look after. We shall have to talk to our fine little helpers, our wives. I think it would be good for each couple to have its private discussion first, and then we can plan on getting together, all four of us, and having a broader discussion.”

“Excellent. And we can bring any recent correspondence we have from the missionaries, and in this way we can add to our basic knowledge of the South American field. Next meeting here at the Kingdom Hall it will be interesting to find out what progress we have made and what we can do about meeting the challenge of a plentiful harvest in the lands of the south. See you then.”

Impressed by Honesty

● While at the “Disciple-making” District Assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Pomona, California, a delegate lost $1,000 worth of camera equipment. He reported the loss to the police department, but then found that it had been turned in to the assembly Lost and Found Department. He notified the police of this.

However, the police department sent an officer out to the assembly Lost and Found Department to verify that the equipment had actually been returned. Upon learning that this expensive equipment had been turned in, he said: “If I hadn’t seen this, I wouldn’t believe it.” At that very moment a young child turned in some money that he had found. The officer was obviously impressed as he said: “If people everywhere were like this, I wouldn’t have a job very long.”