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SIERRA LEONE AND GUINEA Jehovah Raised Me Up Jay Campbell BAPTIZED 1986 PROFILE A polio victim who became a regular pioneer. I GREW up crippled from the waist down, and I lived in a compound in Freetown with my mother and several other poverty-stricken families. Ashamed and afraid of how strangers might view me, I ventured outside the compound only once in 18 years. When I was 18 years old, Pauline Landis, a Witness missionary, called at my compound and offered to teach me the Bible. When I told her that I could not read or write, Pauline said that she would teach me that too. So I agreed. What I learned from the Bible filled me with joy. One day, I asked Pauline if I could attend a congregation meeting in a home about a block away. “I’ll walk there on my wooden walking blocks,” I said. When Pauline came to pick me up, my mother and my neighbors watched me apprehensively. Gripping my wooden walking blocks, I reached forward and placed them on the ground. Then I swung my body up and past the blocks. As I made my way across the courtyard, my neighbors yelled at Pauline: “You are forcing her. She has tried to walk before and failed.” “Jay, do you want to come?” asked Pauline gently. “Yes!” I replied. “This is my decision.” My neighbors watched quietly as I approached the gate. When I exited the compound, they erupted in cheers. How I enjoyed that meeting! Next, I was determined to get to the Kingdom Hall. That involved “walking” to the end of the street, taking a taxi ride, and then getting brothers to carry me up a steep hill. I often arrived wet and muddy and had to change my clothes at the hall. Later, a sister in Switzerland kindly sent me a wheelchair, which allowed me to travel with dignity. Reading the experiences of other disabled Witnesses motivated me to serve Jehovah more fully. In 1988, I became a regular pioneer. I prayed to Jehovah to help me reach my goal, which was to help someone in my family and someone in my territory to become a servant of Jehovah. My prayers were answered when I was able to help two of my nephews and a woman I met while street witnessing learn the truth. Now my arms have lost their strength, and I depend on others to wheel me around. I also suffer from chronic pain. But I have found that one remedy for pain is teaching others about Jehovah. The joy it gives me eases my pain and comforts me because Jehovah raised me up, and now I lead a purposeful life.
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SIJERA LEONE I GVINEJA “Jehova me podigao” Jay Campbell KRŠTENA: 1986. Postala je stalni pionir iako je invalid zbog preboljene dječje paralize. KAO dijete preboljela sam dječju paralizu, te sam ostala oduzeta od struka naniže. Živjela sam u jednom sirotinjskom naselju u Freetownu sa svojom majkom i još nekoliko obitelji. Sramila sam se svog stanja i bojala sam se kako će nepoznati ljudi reagirati kad me vide. Zato sam u 18 godina samo jedanput izašla iz našeg dvorišta. Kad mi je bilo 18 godina, misionarka Pauline Landis došla je na naša vrata i ponudila mi biblijski tečaj. Rekla sam joj da ne znam čitati ni pisati, a ona je odvratila da me i to može naučiti, pa sam pristala. Ono što sam učila iz Biblije jako me radovalo. Jednog dana upitala sam Pauline mogu li ići na sastanak Jehovinih svjedoka koji se održavao u kući nedaleko od moje. Rekla sam joj da se mogu kretati uz pomoć dva drvena potpornja i tako doći dotamo. Kad je Pauline došla po mene, moja majka i susjedi zabrinuto su me promatrali. Čvrsto sam primila svoje drvene potpornje i položila ih ispred sebe na zemlju. Oslanjajući se na njih, prebacila sam tijelo naprijed. Dok sam tako prelazila dvorište, susjedi su vikali na Pauline: “Zašto je tjeraš na to? I prije je pokušavala hodati pa nije uspjela.” “Jay, želiš li ići sa mnom?” upitala me Pauline blagim glasom. “Želim!” odgovorila sam. “To je moja odluka.” Susjedi su šutke promatrali kako se približavam ogradi. Kad sam izašla iz dvorišta, svi su počeli oduševljeno klicati i pljeskati. Bilo mi je prekrasno na tom sastanku! Moj sljedeći cilj bio je otići u dvoranu. To je značilo “hodati” do kraja ulice i uzeti taksi, a potom su me braća morala nositi strmom uzbrdicom. Često bih na sastanak došla mokra i blatnjava, pa sam se u dvorani morala presvući. Kasnije mi je jedna draga sestra iz Švicarske poklonila invalidska kolica, što mi je omogućilo da se krećem na puno dostojanstveniji način. Čitajući iskustva drugih hendikepiranih Jehovinih svjedoka, poželjela sam učiniti više za Jehovu. Zato sam 1988. postala stalni pionir. Molila sam se Jehovi da mi pomogne ostvariti još jedan cilj — željela sam pomoći nekome iz svoje obitelji i nekome sa svog područja da počne služiti Jehovi. On je uslišio moje molitve jer su moja dva nećaka i žena koju sam pronašla svjedočeći na ulici upoznali istinu. Danas više nemam snage u rukama i ne mogu se kretati bez tuđe pomoći. Osim toga, patim od kroničnih bolova. No uvjerila sam se da je poučavanje drugih o Jehovi izvrstan lijek. Radost koju mi to pruža ublažava svaku bol i tješi me. Jehova me podigao i dao mi snage da ustrajem. Sada je moj život sretan i ispunjen.