Of course, reading has its greatest value when a person takes delight in God’s Word and shares it with others. A 74-year-old Witness in Rio de Janeiro who benefited from the literacy course does just that, and she has now been able to teach the truth to many people living in her area.

When beginning the course, one sister in Rio de Janeiro took about two hours to read and understand the material for the Congregation Book Study. After two months in the course she could do it in 20 minutes.

As an example, in Rio de Janeiro, a congregation of 125 publishers had 121 in the service in the morning and 118 in the afternoon.