Theocratic News

◆ Earthquakes in Greece did minor damage to the branch but none of the brothers lost their lives or were injured.

◆ January proved to be an outstanding month in service. New peaks in publishers reported in Europe by Austria, Britain, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Sweden; in Africa by Ivory Coast and Zaire; in Asia by Hong Kong, India, Japan and Thailand.

◆ Outstanding reports from Latin America: Brazil had a new peak of 114,073 with 3,238 auxiliary pioneers. Costa Rica had a peak of 5,718 publishers and 11,913 attended their district conventions. Dominican Republic had third peak this service year with 6,603 reporting, conducting 9,435 studies. Nicaragua had 3,691 publishers and 5,199 studies. Peru had 10 district conventions attended by total of 40,110 and new peak of 13,656 publishers. Belize, Colombia, Panama and Venezuela also reported new peaks.