Take, for example, the district work. While a few years ago we depended upon the missionaries who served the district from the branch office, now local brothers are doing a fine job in filling the gap.

This is also true of the circuit overseer work. Now the vast majority who serve in this responsible position are local Costa Rican brothers. So Jehovah always sees to it that the work does not depend on any one individual.”

TRAIN CONDUCTOR TO CIRCUIT OVERSEER

Guillermo Badilla had been a train conductor on the route from San José to Puntarenas for over 20 years. When he retired at the age of 50, he immediately entered the full-time service. One of the five congregations he helped form was in Cartago. When he arrived there, he found only one publisher, who “was like a block of ice,” recalls Brother Badilla. After ten months, though, a congregation was formed with nine publishers. Guiding people’s lives on a different route, he has helped over 90 persons to baptism. And at the age of 70, he was appointed as circuit overseer.