John brought with him the film The New World Society in Action, a documentary highlighting the organizational work and conventions of Jehovah’s Witnesses. During his three-week visit, he showed the film 14 times to audiences ranging from a few hundred people to nearly 2,000. It had a real impact on the local population, many of whom had never seen a film before.

That Sunday he drove anxiously to Haima to see what had happened. What a transformation! Under a sweeping tree facing a large area of cleared ground stood a sturdy wooden podium. Farther away lay stone cooking pits, where pigs, wallabies, deer, pigeons, fish, yams, and sweet potatoes were being roasted. Teakettles boiled on an open fire. Crowds of people mingled happily at a cafeteria made from bush materials. And there, in the midst of all the activity, stood Bobogi, looking quite unperturbed. Ted was flabbergasted!

“Bobogi, where did you learn to do all this?” he gasped.

“Oh, I saw all of this in that film John Cutforth showed us last year,” replied Bobogi.