Their children also accepted the truth, and one of them, Jean-Daniel Michotte (Jeanne’s son before she married Michel Valard), serves as a member of the Branch Committee.

It was while studying in France that Paul Chong Wing, a young teacher from French Guiana, came in touch with the Witnesses. He was disillusioned by the world situation and the attitudes of the people. He had pursued Freemasonry, but it did not answer the questions that were puzzling him. He used to tell himself that there must be truth somewhere, and he resolved to look for it. His contacts with Jehovah’s Witnesses convinced him that he had found it. On returning to French Guiana, he got in touch with Michel Valard, and to his great joy, he learned that there was a Kingdom Hall very near his home. He got baptized in 1964, and his wife, the following year. He progressed rapidly. The need for capable and willing men in the congregation was so great that he was appointed to be the congregation servant just one year later. He helped to form a number of congregations. Now he serves as a member of the Branch Committee.