The Kingdom Hall and adjacent missionary home were totally demolished. Gratefully, none of the missionaries or publishers lost their lives.

The need to rebuild in the wake of this disaster prompted the brothers at the Hawaii branch office to rethink carefully how the work in Guam and Micronesia was being administered. After prayerful consideration, they discerned that a branch office in Guam would probably provide closer supervision of the work in Micronesia. Therefore, recommendations and plans for a new branch office were submitted to the Governing Body, and these were approved. The new branch would oversee the Kingdom-preaching work in Guam and in all the island districts of Micronesia. A modern building with six bedrooms, an office, a large Kingdom Hall seating 400 persons, and facilities for some printing was designed.

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Guam branch office and Kingdom Hall was dedicated April 20, 1980. Guam oversees the preaching work in the 2,000 islands of Micronesia