Panama

A physical education teacher named Ramiro started studying the Bible with Jehovah’s Witnesses in 2004. About that time, the six groups that he was assigned to teach required only 12 hours of instruction per week, short of the 24 working hours that were expected of him. Thus, the school director told him that he would have to spend the rest of the time teaching religion to the same six groups. “Just talk to them about God, Jesus, and the Bible,” the director said. Ramiro taught what he himself was learning. That year, using the book Knowledge That Leads to Everlasting Life, he gave instruction to 150 students, who were in grades six to eight. By the following year, when the publication What Does the Bible Really Teach? was released, Ramiro had progressed to the point of qualifying as an unbaptized publisher. He continued teaching the classes, this time using the Bible Teach book. The number of students had increased to 160, divided into six different groups. The result? Ramiro and other publishers in the congregation are now conducting home Bible studies with several of the students. The parents of some of the students have expressed their appreciation to Ramiro for the positive changes that they have seen in their children’s conduct. Some of the parents have attended congregation meetings and have even gone to some of our assemblies. As regards Ramiro, he was baptized in November 2006 and enthusiastically continues to take advantage of all opportunities to teach Bible truth.

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Ramiro with a copy of the “Bible Teach” book