With the passing of time, other brothers came to work at the branch, [Mario] Mar and his wife, Conchita;

“Among Brother Mar’s many responsibilities was supervising the press that was bought in order to print El Informador, now Our Kingdom Ministry, as well as different kinds of handbills, invitations, and other forms that were used in the office. Brother Alfonso García, another brother that was serving in Bethel, and I worked under his supervision handsetting the type, running the press, and operating the paper cutter that was used to cut the forms to their final size.

‘Send a Publisher’

When Mario Mar was learning the truth in 1934, he never did meet one of Jehovah’s Witnesses. How, then, did he become a publisher himself? He says: ‘One time when there was sickness in my family I went over to a neighbor’s house. I found the books Creation and Reconciliation, and because of the distressing situation I was in, I began to read them.’ Later, after moving from the United States to San Miguel de Camargo, Tamaulipas State, he wrote to the Society. “At the time many religious processions were being held in the town because of the drought,” he recalls. “So I told them to send a publisher to talk to the people because they were very fanatical. La Torre del Vigía answered that my request was very good and that they were therefore appointing me to start the preaching work there. They sent me 75 booklets in Spanish with titles such as World Distress—Why? The Remedy, Righteous Ruler, and Dividing the People.”

Using the booklets, Mario began preaching the good news first in San Miguel de Camargo, then in the surrounding towns. He liked this work, so he wrote to the Society to ask about serving in other places. The Society immediately replied that his territory would be the northern part of the State of Nuevo León. Without hesitation, Mario went to work. “I was going around as a pioneer without having been baptized,” he says. Furthermore, he had had no training, but Jehovah helped. Mario’s wife also began to accompany him.

Later, when she became ill, Mario again wrote to the Society for direction, asking where it would be best for them to settle down for a while. The Society sent them the address of Román Moreno in the city of Monterrey. At last they met fellow Witnesses of Jehovah. Now Mario and his wife could attend meetings, and before long, they got baptized.

At a convention held in Monterrey in 1935, Brother Mar was invited to serve at the branch office. In time, he was frequently sent out as a zone servant, or circuit overseer.

Many brothers throughout the country remember Brother Mar as one of the first to acquaint them with the truth. He served faithfully until his death in 1988. His wife continues to be a loyal servant of Jehovah.