The year 1968 saw more missionaries enter this land of contrasts, with a new peak of 139 publishers being reached and 339 gathering together in commemoration of Jesus’ death. For the first time, total hours spent in the witnessing work surpassed 50,000, with 266 Bible studies being conducted each month.

Hence, 1969 proved to have many blessings for the work of making disciples in this land of contrasts: a new peak of 158 publishers, a 15-percent increase in Kingdom proclaimers, and 30 pioneers active in field service, 19 of whom were specially trained Gilead graduates.

Interestingly, although it had taken 17 years’ work to reach the first 100 Kingdom witnesses in Senegal, in just four more years the 200 mark was passed, for 207 shared in declaring the “good news” during April 1971.

How encouraging it was to see 45 persons baptized in Senegal during 1972, the most ever in one year! A Memorial attendance of 577 and a peak of 241 publishers brought us joy. Whereas it had taken 21 years to reach 200 publishers, in just three years (1971 to 1974) the 300-publisher mark was passed.

The increase continued to be encouraging, with 327 Kingdom proclaimers in 1975 and a fine Memorial attendance of 826.