The Witnesses believe that they have found the remedy and are pleased that since 1990 many of the pressures they have lived under have been relaxed, so that they can share that solution with others.

For example, in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, authorities have issued instructions to stop discriminating against Jehovah’s Witnesses. Another example: More than 50 Ethiopian brothers were furnished with proper travel permits, thus allowing them to attend a district convention in Nairobi, Kenya. And two more examples: Special pioneers can once more be sent to various territories to preach the good news. And some congregations have started house-to-house preaching again, with promising results.

In May 1991, guerrilla fronts drove the revolutionary government from power and subsequently signed a charter promising more freedom. Eritrea now had a separate administration and was largely cut off from the outside world. In all this turmoil, the Witnesses have remained strictly neutral, since they know that the permanent solution to man’s problems will come only by God’s Kingdom. By the end of the service year, special assembly days had been held in freedom in several Ethiopian towns. Preparations were under way for circuit assemblies and a district convention, a large literature shipment, and legal registration. In Ethiopia, as in many other places, “the scene of this world is changing” rapidly, and the brothers have an enthusiastic outlook for a great final ingathering.​—1 Cor. 7:31.