Ti îra ge 1940ǁî kurib di tsoatsoas ǃnâ, Jehovab ǃoaba-aon ǀkha Elobmîsa gere ǁkhāǁkhāsen. Elobmîsa ra ge ǁkhāǁkhāsen ǀû, xawe ra ge noxopa Watchtowab. Tsî Awake ǂkhanib tsîna gere ǃkhōǃoa. 1950ǁÎ kurib ǃnâs ge ǃhūbaib ǂhawase hâ ǀhaosa New York Citys ǃnâ ge hâ i. Tsîs ge ti omarisa ǁkhauǂuisa ge ūǃoa.

ǁNās khaoǃgâb ge ǃgâsab Lawrence Jeffriesa, sida omarisa ge sari tsoatsoa. ǁÎb ge ǃgâiǃgâibasensa ge ūhâ i, tita amaba ǁkhāǁkhāsa. ǂGuro ta ge gere ǂâi, Jehovab ǃoaba-aon politiks. Tsî toro ǃkhams ǃnâ nî ǃâsa, ǀkhā-e ǁhûi tamase hâs xa. Amerikab ǃnâ hâ khoen hoan ga, toroba ǃoa īsa ǂkhā o. Ob ge khākhoeba ǂgâxa. Tsî hoa ǃhūba a gaoǂam ǁkhā, tita ge ǁîba ge mîba. ǃGâsab Jeffriesi ge ǃnūǃnâxasib ǀkha ge dî: “Mâtits ra ǂâi, Jehova Eloba tae-e ga dīhâ, hoaraga khoen ga Amarikab ǃnâ ǁîba ǃoaba hâo. Tsîn ga khākhoena ǁîna ǁnāǂam o?” ǁNāp ge mî xūn tsî ǀnîn ge ge huite, i ta mû ǂhanu tama ta ge hâ isa. ǁNās ge ǃnāsa turaba ge māte, î ta Elobmîs amaba ǁkhāǁkhāsen.

ǃNāsa ǁaeba ta ge Watchtowerab tsî Awake! ǂkhanigu. Hînas ge timasa gere sâu ga gere khomâi. ǁAeb ra ī khami ta ge ge mûǂan amaba ta gere ǁkhāǁkhāsen ǃkhaisa. Tsî da ge ǃgâsab Jeffriesi ge mâi-aiǃâte Elobmîs ǁkhāǁkhāsa ge ūǃoa. Tsî ta ge ǀhaode ǃoa ge ī tsoatsoa. ǁKhāǁkhāsen ta gere xūna ta ge ge ǀnam. Tsî ta ge ge ǃgâiǂhôas aoǁnâ-ao kai. Jehovab “di kaitsēs ge a ǀgū” tita ge ǁnâuǃā, o gu ge ti mîǁguiga ge dawa. (Sef. 1:14) Ti ǂâisa ǀgapi ǁkhāǁkhāsens ai mâis xa ta ge. Nau khoena Elobmîsa ǁkhāǁkhās ǀkha gere hui.

ǀGapi ǁkhāǁkhāsens ǀkha ta ge Junib 13, 1956 i ǃnâ ge toa. Tsî ta ge ǃnona tsēdi khaoǃgâ, ǂharis  kai ǀhaos dawa ge ǁāǁnâhe. ǁNā ǁaeb ai ta ge ge ǀū i, ǂgui ǃgâi xūna ta Jehovaba xu nî hō ǃkhaisa. Ti ûiba ta ge sîsenū o, tita ǁkhāǁkhāsen tsî khoena ǁkhāǁkhāsa.

ǁĀǁnâs khaoǃgâ 6 ǁkhâga ǃkharu tsî da ge ge ǁnaetisa aimâba-ao kai. Desemberi 1956ǁî kurib ǃnâ ge hâ i, Kingdom Ministrib ge “Can You Serve Where the Need Is Great?” di hâ ǃâsa ge ǃkhōǂgā hâ i. ǁNā ǁkhauǂuis ge tita tsîna ge ǃkhōǂgā hâ i. ǀOro khoen ge ǃgâiǂhôasa gere aoǁnâ ǃkhaigu ai ta ge gere hui ǂgao.—Mat. 24:14.

Edgefield, Suid Carolinasa ǃoa ta ge ge doe. ǁNāpan ge ǀhaohâb ǃnâ haga aoǁnâ-aon ǀguina ge hâ i, tita ǀkha korose. ǀGui ǃgâsab oms ai da ge, ais ai hâ set kamers ǃnâ ǀhaode gere ūhâ. Mâ ǁkhâb hoaba ta ge aoǁnâ sîsenni ǃnâ 100 īrga gere dī. Aoǁnâ sîsenne mûǂam tsî ta ge ǃhoade ǀhoahâb ǃnâ gere mā, amaga ta ge ge ǀhabe i. ǃNāsa sîsenne ta ǀhoahâb ǃnâ gere dī khami ta ge, ǃnāsase Jehovab xa gere ǁkhāǁkhāsen.

ǀGui ǃgâsas hîna ge Elobmîsa gere ǁkhāǁkhātes ge. Khoena ra ǁkhō ǃkhais di besigheid sa ge ūhâ i, Johnston ti ǀon hâ ǃās ǃnâ. ǁÎs ge halfe tsēsa ra sîsen-e, sîsen-ē ge māte. Tsî ge mā-am da î da, ǂkhariro omrob ǃnâ ǀhaode ūhâ.

Elobmîs ǁkhāǁkhāsa gere māte ǃgâsab ôab Jolly Jeffriesi ge. Brooklyn, New York ga xu ge doe ǀkhī tsî ge ti aimâba-ao ǀhōsa kai. ǂKhari trailer omros hînab ge ǃgâsaba, ǀkhupi kham hâ îs ǃnâ kham ge gere hâ.

Sîsenni ǃaroma gere mātarehe maris ge ge ǀoro i suides ǃnâ. ǀGam tamas ka io ǃnona Amerikanse dollar ga kham ge tsēs sîsenni ǃaroma gere mātarehe. ǀGui ǁae ta ge ǀuniga mariros hîna ta ge ūhâ îs ǀkha, ǂû-e stors dawa ge ǁama. ǂOaxa ta ra hînab ge khoeba ge dîte: “Sîsen ǂgao its ta? ǀGui Ameikanse dollara ta ge ǀgui īra nî mātare tsi” di. ǁÎb ge ǃnona tsēdi ǃanu sîsenne ge māte, omhe ra ǃkhaib dawa. ǃGāsabate î ge ge i Jehovab gere huite sa, î ta Edgefields ǃnâ hâ. 1958ǁÎ kurib ǃnâ ta ge ǃhūbaib ǂhawase hâ ǀkharib kai ǀhaosa ǃoa ge ī, New Yorki ǃnâ.

ǀGamǁî tsēs ǀkharib kai ǀhaos dis ai i ge ǀō-aisa xū-e ge ī. Rubi Wadlingtonsa ta ge ge ǀhao-ū hîna ge. Gallatin, Tennessees ǃnâ ǁnaetisa aimâba-aose gere ǃoabasa. Hoam gere sîsabe kai ǂgao amagam ge ǀkharib kai ǀhaosa ge hâǃnâ. Egam ge sîǂkhanide ge xoabagu tsoatsoa. Tsî ta ge Gallatinsa ǃoa ge ǁkhauhe, î ta sī ǃhoasa mā. ǁNā ǃēsa ū tsî ta ge ge ǂgansi is ǃgammete. ǁNās khaoǃgâ ta ge Rubis di ǀhaohâba ǃoa ge doe. Tsîm ge 1959ǁî kurib ǃnâ ge ǃgamme.

ǀGamdisi ǃnonaǀā (23) kurixa ta a hîna ta ge Gallatins ǃnâ. Congregation servant i ase ge ǁgaumâihe. (Nēsi ǀhaohâb ǃûi-aogu di  ǂnûǁkhaeba-aob di a ǂansa.) Sida ǀhaohâb ge ge ǂguro i, Charles Thompsonni xa ge ǃnarimâra mûǂam-aob ase sariheba. ǁÎb ge ǃnāsa ǂansa ge ūhâ i, xaweb ge ti ǂâiǀgauba ge dî. ǃGâsan tae-e ǂhâhâs tsî matigu nau ǃnarimâra mûǂam-aoga, ǀhaohâga ra kōǃgâ ǀgaub xa. ǁÎba xu ta ge ge ǁkhāǁkhāsen dîs a ǃgâisa. Tsî mîǁguigats nî dīs aiǃâ hoa amaba hōsa.

Meib, 1964ǁî kurib ǃnâ ta ge ge ǁkhauhe, Gaosib aoǁnâ-aon skola hâǃnâsa. South Lansing, New Yorki ǃnâ ge hâ i ba. Nē skola gere mā ǃgâsagu ge tita ǃnâ ǀgaisa turaba ge omkhâi. ǃNāsase ǁkhāǁkhāsen tsî gagasi khoe-i ase kais diba.

Januarib 1965ǁî kurib ǃnâs ge ǁnaub bērosa ge ǂgante. Î ta ǃnarimâra mûǂam-ao kai tsî Rubis ǀkha ǀhaohâga sari. Sim ǃnarimâ saris ge kai ǃâba ge ǃkhōǂgā hâ i. Knoxvilles, Tennessees tsî Richmond, Vriginias kōse. Noort Carolinas, Kentuckis tsî West Virginias ǃnâ hâ ǀhaohâga ge ǃkhōǂgā hâ i. ǂNūkhoen hâǃnâ ǀhaohâgu ǀguiga ta ge gere sari. Amerikab Suides ǃnâ ge hâ i ǃhaosi ǀgoras ǂhanub ge mā-am tama hâ i amaga, în ǂnūkhoen. Tsî ǃurikhoen tsîna ǀguiba ǀhaode hâǃnâ. ǃGâsan ge ge ǀgâsa i tsîn ge ge ǁkhāǁkhāsen, în ūn hâ-e, ǂhâsib ǃnâ hân ǀkha ǀgoragu. Gaxu ǁaeba ge ǃnarimâra mûǂam-ao i ǃgâsab ge, kaise ǂhâǂhâsa xū-e ge ǁkhāǁkhāde. “ǃGâsase hâ re, tā ǀhaohâga sari tsî ǁîn di ǀhonkhoese tanisen re. ǁÎnats ge a hui ǁkhā, ǁîn ga satsa ǁîn ǃgâsa-i ase mû o.”

ǀGui ǂkhari ǀhaohâbam sari hâ hînas ge Rubisa ǂkham tare khoes. ǀGui kurixa ǀgôarosa ūhâs ǀkha, Elobmîs ǁkhāǁkhāsa ge tsoatsoa. ǀGui khoe-i tsîn ge ǁîsa ǀhaohâb ǃnâ Elobmîs ǁkhāǁkhāsa ge mā ǁoa i. ǁNā-amagas ge Rubisa sîǂkhanide xoas ǃnâ-ū gere ǁkhāǁkhāsi. Sim di saora saris ǃnâs ge nē khoesa, hoa ǀhaode ǃoa gere ǀkhī. ǀGam ǀō-aisa aimâba-ao ǃgâsa ra ge, ǁnā ǀhaohâba ǃoa a ǁgaumâihe o. O ra ge ǁîs ǀkha Elobmîs ǁkhāǁkhāsa ge aiǃgû. Tsîs ge ǃkhae ǁaeb ǃnâ ge ǁāǁnâhe. 30 Kuriga ǃkharu hâse 1995ǁî kurib ǃnâ, Patterson Betels tawas ge ǂkhamkhoesa ge mâi-aiǃâsen. Nē ǂkhamkhoes ge Rubis ge Elobmîsa gere ǁkhāǁkhā khoes di ǀgôa-i. Nē khoes tsî ǁîs aob tsîn ge 100ǁî klas Gileadi dis ǃnâ ge hâ i.

Sim di ǀgamǁî ǃnarimâra sîsenni ge Sentral Floridas ǃnâ ge hâ i. Nē ǁaeb ǃnâm ge auto-e ge ǂhâ hâ i. Tsîm ge kaise ǂam maris ai autosa ge ǁama. Xawe ǂguro wekheb ǃnâ i ge xū-e enjens ǃnâ ge khôa. Tsîm ge autosam nî hînu-u mari-e ge ūhâ tama hâ i. Sima a hui ǁkhā tita ge ǂâi ǃgâsaba ta ge ge bel. ǁÎb ge ǁîb sîsen-aoba autosa ge kuru kai. Tsîb ge matare ǂgaom gere, o ge ǂkhā. “Xū-ets ge surute te tama hâ” tib ge ge mî. Tsîb ge ǀnî mari-i tsîna ǀkhaeb ase ge mā mî. ǁNās ge ge ǃgâi aiǁgau i matib Jehovaba, ǁîb ǃoaba-aona ra kōǃgâsa. Nēs ge ra hōhōǃnâ da î da nau khoen ǃoagus tsîna māxa.

Mâǃnâs hoas hînam ǃgâsana ra saris aim ge ǃgâsan omdi ǃnâ ra hâ. ǁNās ǀkham ge ǂgui ǃgâi ǀhōsana ra kuru. ǀGui tsē ta ge ǀhaohâgu xa hâ ǃnuriba ge tek tsoatsoa. Tsî ta ge tek masins ǃnâ ǁnāxū tsî ge ī. ǁNā ǃui-a ta ge oaǀkhī, o ta ge ge mû. Hâ-aim ge hâ i oms di ǃnona kurixa ǀgôarob ge tek masins ai gere ǁgâisa. Tsî ta ge tsoatsoasa xu ǁkhapa ge tek. ǁÎba ta ge ǁnā xū-i ǃaroma ǂgui kuriga gere spot.

Sîǂkhinisa ta ge 1971 i ǃnâ ge hō, New Yorki ǃnâ ta ǀkharib mûǂam-aose nî ǃoabase. Nēs xam ge kaise ge buru. ǁNāpam ge doe o ta ge 34 kurixas ǀguisa ge î-î. ǃGâsan ge kaise ǃgâise ge ǁkhoreǁharete. ǁÎn di ǂguro ǀkharib mûǂam-aose.

ǀKharib mûǂam-aose ta ge kaise ge ǃgâibahe i. Mâ wekheb hoab ǀams ai, Jehovab xa ǁkhāǁkhāsa. ǂGui ǃnarimâra mûǂam-aogu ge tita xa ǃnāsa ǂansa ge ūhâ i. ǁÎgu di ǀguib ge ti ǁāǁnâs ǃhoasa ge mā hâ ī. ǀGui ǃgâsab Theodore Jaraczi ge ega ge ǂGaeǂguira soros ǁani kai. ǁNāpa gu ge ǂgui ǃgâsagu hîna ge ǂansa ūhâ i gu tsîna ge hâ i, Brooklyn Betels tawa gere ǃoaba ga. ǃNarimâra mûǂam-ao gu tsî betelitan tsîn ge ǃgâise gere tsâ kaite. Mû ta ge ge nē gu ge ǀnamxaǃnâ ǃûi-ao i. Tsî ǂgomǂgomsase Jehovab ǀapeǂhumisa gere ǂkhâǃnâsa. ǁÎgu ǃgamǃgamsenxasib ge ge supu kaibate, î ta ǀkharib mûǂam-aose ǃoaba.

ǂGaeǂguira soros ge 1974ǁî kuirib ǃnâ, ǀnî groeps ǃnarimâra mûǂam-aoga. ǀKharib sîsenni ǃgao ge ǁgaumâi. Tsî ta ge ǁkhapa ǃnarimâra mûǂam-aose ge ǃoaba tsoatsoa, nē ǃnāsa suid Carolinas ǃnâ. ǁNā ǁaeb ǃnâ i ge ǂnūn tsî ǃurin ǀhaohâga ge ǀgorasa tama hâ i, Amerikab di Suides ǃnâ. Tsîn ge ǃgâsana kaise ge ǂkhî ī ǁnās xa.

ǃNarimâra mûǂam-aose da ge 1976ǁî kurib di ǀams ai ge ǁgaumâihe. Georgia ǀkharib ǃnâ, Atlantas tsî Columbus ǁaegu. ǃGāsase ta ge ra ǂâi hō, koro ǂnū ǀgôaron hîna ge ǁîn oms ge ǂhubiǂûihe o ǁōn, ǃaroma ta ge ǁōb ǃhoasa gere māsa. Axan di mas ge tsûs ge ǃkhais ǃaroma hospitalsa ǃoa ge ī. ǂGui ǃoaba-aon Jehovab din, ǂnūn tsî ǃurin ge hospitalsa ǃoa ge ǀkhī în ǁgûna ǁkhaeǂgao. Mû ta ge gere, ǃgâsa ǀnamgub ge kaise gere māǂoasa. ǁNāti ī tsâbaǁkhaos ge Jehovab ǃoaba-aona a hui ǁkhā. În kaise ǃgom mâsigu ǃnâ mâǃkharu.

ǂGanhem ge ge îm Brooklyn Betelsa ǃoa doe, 1977ǁî kurib ǃnâ. Tsî ǀnî ǁkhâga projeks ǀkha hui. Projeks ra toa hîna kha ge ǂGaeǂguira soros di ǀgam ǃgâsa kha. Tita tsî Rubis tsîna ge dî, māsenxam asa Betels dawa ǃoaba ǀgarasa. ǁKhauǂuisam ge ge ūǃoa.

ǀHaohâga ra kōǃgâ departements ǃnâ ta ge 24 kuriga ge sîsen. ǁNāpa gu ge ǃgâsaga ǃgom dîde ǃereams ǀkha gere hui. Kurigu ra ī khami gu ge ǂGaeǂguira soros ǃgâsaga. Elobmîs tsoatsoa di ǀkha ǀguiǃnâxa daoǁgaude gere mā. Nēs ge ǀhaohâga ra kōǃgâ departementsa ge hui, dîde ǃereams ǀkha. Tsî nēs ge ǃnarimâra mûǂam-aogu, ǀhaohâb ǃûi-aogu. Tsî ǁnaetisa aimâba-aon tsîna ǁkhāǁkhās ǃaroma gere sîsenūhe. Nē ǁkhāǁkhā-ūhe ra xūn ge ǂguina ge hui, în gagasise kai. Nēs tsîn ge Jehovab di ǀapeǂhumisa ge ǀgaiǀgai.

ǃKharagagu ǁnaub bērode ta ge 1995ǁî kuiba xu 2018 i kōse gere sari. Dana bēros ǂnûǁkhaeba-aose. ǂGuro ge zone overseer se ǂansa isa. ǁNâub bēros ǁanigu, betelitan tsî sîsaben tsîn ǀkha ta ge ge ǀhao. Î ta ǁîna ǂkhâǃnâ tsî ūn ge hâ i ǃgomsigu ǀkha hui. ǃGâsan hîna ge ǁîn di ǂansa tita tsî Rubis ǀkha gere ǀgoragun ge hoa ǁae gere omkhâi mî. Aiǁgausem ge Rwandasa 2000 i ǃnâ ge sari. Kaisem ge ǃgamse ge tsâǀkhāhe ǁnâum ge o. Matin ge ǃgâsan tsî betels omaris tsîna, khoen di ǃgamǂuigus hîna ge 1994 hâ isa ûiǃkharu ǀgausa. ǂGuin ge ǀnamsabena ge ǂoaǃnâ. Nē xūnan ge ǃkharuǃnâ xawen ge ǁnā ǃgâsana. ǂGoms, ǃâubasens tsî ǂkhîb tsîna gere ǁgau.

Nēsim ge sim 80 di ǃnâ hâ. ǃKharuge 20 kuriga ta ge Amerikab ǁnâub komites ǀkha ra ǃoaba. Tātsē ta ge ǀgapi ǁkhāǁkhāsen ǃkhai i dawa ǁkhāǁkhāsen-e ge hō tama hâ i. Xawe ta ge Jehovab tsî ǁîb ǀapeǂhumisa xu kaise ǀgapi ǁkhāǁkhāsensa ge hō. Nēs ge tita ge hui î ta nauna Elobmîs amaba ǁkhāǁkhā. ǀAmosib kōsen ǃgâiba hō xu ǁkhāba. (2Kor. 3:5; 2Tim. 2:2) Mû ta ge ge matis Elobmîs haisi-amsa khoena ra huisa. ǁÎn di ûiga ǃgâiǃgâi tsî ǀgū ǀhōsagusisa ǁîn Kuru-aob ǀkha omkhâisa. (Jak. 4:8) Tita tsî Rubis tsîn ge aiǃgû tsî ǃgâsana ra ǂkhâǃnâ. În ǁîn aiǂhanub Jehovab xa ǁkhāǁkhāsens diba ǃgôaǃgâ. Tsî nauna Elobmîs amaba ǁkhāǁkhāsa. ǁNāp ge kai aiǂhanub Jehovab ǃoaba-ao-e a ǂkhî kai ǁkhāba.