I went to a KH near me today, they had a guy from London Bethel talking. He had some interesting things to say.
He did the talk in two parts, in the first half hour he was comparing 'this system of things with the titanic, and saying a lot about how the people on the titanic were carrying on normaly when the ship hit the berg. Then he went on about people had to 1, believe that the ship would sink and 2, have faith that the lifeboats would save them. Then moved to say how the carpathia ( the ship that picked up the survivors) carried them on to NY.
I am sure you all know the ' jw blank stare & fixed smile', well this is what happend when I casually mentioned afterward, how comforting it was to know that when the big crash happens, that some will have the chance to bail out and move to a ship that was going to the same destination anyway.
Half hour WT Study.
The next hour he was telling us all about the way that the bethelites are learning languages to witness to foriegn nationals in thier own language, he claimed that the most popular language study is cantonese, and told us that there are a lot of Bible Studies happening with chinese students who then (he claimed) go back to china and witness to family/friends etc.
It looks as though the gb has found a back door into china, and are getting the next crop of 'persecuted martyrs' ready.
The second most popular ' language' is signing so that they can witness to deaf people. He even said that numerous bethelites were going out ' searching' as he called it, trying to find deaf people to invite to a study, (different sort of field service there hum?). At one stage he even said that if you are at a door, and the homeowner seems to be not paying attention, then they may be deaf so don't give up.
searcher.