JW Broadcasting - April 2020 Updates

Good day brothers and sisters! Welcome to another episode of JW Broadcasting update from RMO Video. We hope that everyone is doing good especially during this time which is hard to deal with. All of us are worried because of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases. And we have also heard about how even our brothers in faith are being affected. We heard the last report coming from the Governing Body that some of our brothers in Italy died because of the pandemic. And for sure there are even more cases from other places. But all of us are aware that all of these problems will be gone when God's kingdom replaces all other kingdoms and governments in this world. We pray that Jehovah will give us the courage to face any situation today and in the future with faith.

JW Broadcasting - April 2020 Updates

Last month, we had a very beautiful broadcast. It also comes with a very inspiring song. Admit it or not, some of us ended up crying after hearing that original song (music video). And what else are the things that we might have missed for this month?

• For example, we would like to pray for our brothers in Crimea especially brother Artem Gerasimov. He was temporarily detained and interrogated on March 20, 2019, after Federal Security Service (FSB) officers raided eight homes of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Crimean cities of Alupka and Yalta.
• We were happy for our brothers in Azerbaijan for having ECHR victories regarding their cases. It is hoped that these ECHR judgments will more firmly establish our brothers’ freedom of worship throughout the country.
• On March 31, 2020, the Lensky District Court of the Republic of Sakha will announce its verdict regarding the case of brother Igor Ivashin. The prosecutor is seeking a seven-year prison term. Let's pray for him and his family to endure fully.
• Another from Crimea, brother Sergey Filatov is the first Jehovah's Witness in their country to be charged under Russia’s Criminal Code. The prosecution has requested that he be sentenced to seven years in a maximum-security prison. We pray that Jehovah will continue to provide comfort for our brothers from those countries.
• Our world headquarters were also aware and were also monitoring the outbreak of the COVID-19. They provided some practical steps on how we can improve our safety
• The Coordinators Committee also released a video on how we support our brothers during times of disasters. It features the experiences of our brothers from Nigeria when they are facing the outbreak of yellow fever. The video also showed how our brothers responded when an earthquake and tsunami hit a location in Indonesia affecting our brothers in faith. You can watch the video on the JW.org website.
• We also learned about Maud's experience. She is from France and works in a school where she assists disabled children during classes. Because of her boldness, some teachers and students in her school learned that the purple triangle during the Holocaust was related to the Jehovah's Witnesses.
• Let's go to the funny part. We did something unprecedented during a Gilead Graduation. Because for the very first time, the graduation was done without an audience in the auditorium! Yes, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We can watch the graduation of the 148th class of the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead on the June 2020 of JW Broadcasting. Let's stay tuned for that!
• Lastly, because of the pandemic, the worldwide brotherhood started looking for alternative ways to accomplish their meeting and preaching. Many brothers and sisters are now doing letter writing, text messaging, phone witnessing and video conferencing. Because we value our ministry, we always look for and uses innovative methods while this pandemic continues.

Now those are some interesting things that we might have missed from our website. Now let's go back to the topic—the JW Broadcasting - April 2020 Update! All of us are wondering what the topic will be, what experiences and dramatization will be presented and what the original song will be about? Let's wait for the JW Broadcasting program to be available in a few days. Below are some images related to the broadcast:

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Sources: JW.org / JW Broadcasting / Watchtower Bible & Tract Society of Pennsylvania