New Zealand

Two sisters called at a government-run family trust organization and arranged an appointment with the director. In preparation they put together a “family pack,” specially designed to include subjects that would be of interest to the director in her work with families. The pack consisted of the books The Secret of Family Happiness and Questions Young People Ask​—Answers That Work, along with the August 2007 issue of Awake! featuring the cover series “Seven Steps to Better Parenting” and the October 2007 issue featuring the series “Keep Your Children Safe!”

When making the visit, the sisters explained the voluntary nature of our work and said that we have deep interest in helping families, especially spiritually. They spent time showing the contents of the pack. The director listened, accepted the literature, and said she would like to share the information with all 35 employees. She added that the Awake! articles would benefit all 503 families listed in her records. The sisters managed to collect 557 copies of the Awake! magazines. Two weeks later, they received a phone call informing them that all the magazines had gone out to the families.

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Preparing the “family pack”