In the 1960’s and 1970’s, small groups of interested people were formed in Munda and Gizo in the western Solomons. But progress was slow.

The Good News Comes to the Western Province

One of the first Witnesses to be used in the local missionary work in the Western Province was Fanidua Kirite’e from east Malaita. He was a young family man back then in 1967. He and another brother volunteered to travel to the Western Province as special pioneers, concentrating their efforts first on Gizo Island.

During Brother Fanidua’s stay in Gizo township for two weeks, he was encouraged to continue in his preaching work by the district police superintendent, who also told him and his partner to contact him if they should meet with any problems in his jurisdiction, which covered the New Georgia island group.

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Kingdom Hall in Gizo, Western Province. Bush timber and woven or sewn leaves of palms are used to construct some halls