John’s visit culminated in a one-day circuit assembly at Haima. “When the candidates for baptism were asked to rise, . . . seventy stood up!” recalls Tom Kitto. “Our hearts literally welled up with gratitude to see forty brothers and thirty sisters lined up along the jungle river ready to symbolize their dedication to Jehovah.”

Over 400 people from eight ethnic groups attended that assembly, and 73 were baptized.