Well, months before, when arrangements were being made for a district convention in Budapest, Hungary, the brothers did not plan to rent the huge stadium that they had used in 1991, when delegates came from 35 lands. They thought that this time the stadium would be much too large. Nevertheless, the manager offered it at a price that was so attractive that the brothers rented it anyway, having in mind that they could use just part of it. However, as difficulties escalated in Romania, directions were given to the branch in Hungary to plan for an international convention in Budapest. How providential that they already had a stadium that could hold such a crowd! A headline in the biggest evening newspaper in Budapest declared: “BUCHAREST: No—BUDAPEST: YES. Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Nép Stadium.” In Budapest, 23,893 from 12 countries attended. Two more conventions in Hungary boosted the total attendance to 36,326.

4. Enthusiastic crowd at Népstadion, in Hungary