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Preaching Carts Don Help to Spread the Good News

Preaching Carts Don Help to Spread the Good News

APRIL 1, 2023

 For ten years wey don pass, preaching carts na correct part of our preaching wey people really like. For everywhere for this world, people know who de use this preaching carts. No be only say the carts fine, but e still dey easy to use. You fit really agree with Asenata, one sister for Poland, wey talk say: “The carts dey simple with small design, but e really fine. E dey easy to use and to carry comot.”

 You don ever think about how them take make and design the carts?

Correct Design Wey Make Sense

 For 2001, Governing Body approve say, make our brothers and sisters for France start to try different-different method of public preaching, even to use carts preach. Them try many design. For example, them design-am like travelling bag and trolley wey get tire to display and keep books. Finally, the France branch choose one better design, wey publishers don use for many years.

The first preaching cart, for France, 2005

 The brothers and sisters for France really happy with the results of the public preaching wey them try. So for 2011, Governing Body approve one new program of public preaching for New York City, U.S.A., and them use carts and tables. The pioneers wey them use for the program come see say the carts dey better, because e dey easy to carry comot. This pioneers still talk some things wey fit make the design of the carts better pass before. The first carts wey them use hand make with wood heavy and e make-am no easy to carry climb steps. So them do-am again make e no heavy, but e go get small weight so that breeze no go fall-am. The new design still get tire wey big small and fit roll well even if the road no smooth. Them still put one small box for the back of the new carts wey person fit keep more books.

 The program really go well! So for 2012, Governing Body approve make brothers and sisters de use carts for the whole world. Them arrange make one company produce plenty carts with materials wey no too heavy and wey go last.

 After some years, na small things them don adjust for the design of the carts. For example, for 2015, them make rain cover with clear plastic for front of the carts. Dina, wey de stay for Georgia, really value this new part wey them put for the carts. E talk say, “The cart don get ‘raincoat’ wey go protect the books.” For 2017, them make posters wey get magnet for some language. Tomasz, one brother for Poland, talk say: “When them de use posters wey them de gum, to change-am no be small work. But the posters wey get magnet na wonderful idea.” For 2019, them still change something for the materials and the way them de make the carts so that e go fit last well-well.

The costs to Produce Preaching Carts

 Na one company de make all the preaching carts and after, them go send-am to all congregations for the whole world. Now, one cart costs reach $43 U.S., apart from other money wey them de pay, and the amount wey them pay to send-am to congregations. Till today, e don pass $16 million U.S. wey Governing Body don spend for carts, and e don pass 420,000 carts wey them don send give congregations for the whole world.

 To fit use the money wey brothers and sisters de contribute well, them go tell the company to do plenty carts for them at once. Another thing na say, now, congregations fit ask for spare parts and repair the carts instead of to replace them.

To Use Carts for Preaching

 For the whole world, publishers de enjoy to use carts for preaching. Martina, from Ghana, talk say: “For many method of our preaching, na we de go meet people. Wetin I like about to use cart for preaching be say na people de come meet us. Even people wey waka pass fit see our message.”

 For another country wey dey for Africa, one man come collect books for im language from one cart. E come back after one week and talk say: “I read all the book. The information really dey important. I go share-am with my family people for my village,” and the village far reach 500 kilometers (311 mi). After two months, the man come back and talk say: “The people for my village read all the book, and them really like wetin them read. Them go like to become Jehovah Witness. But them get some questions. For example, them understand say for them to fit baptize, them go need to dip them for water. But, we no get river near our village. We go need to come here to baptize?” The publishers help this man contact one pioneer wey de speak im language. Since that time, the two of them de discuss everytime, and them de enjoy-am.

 E really sweet us to see as them de use carts to preach “this good news of the Kingdom for the whole world, so that all the nations go hear-am.” (Matthew 24:14) How we take de pay for the carts wey them de make? Na from the money wey una contribute for worldwide work, and plenty of this contribution na from donate.pr418.com. Una do well as una open hand contribute.