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JW: Watchtower (Study) (wE MP3)

Jehovah Helped Us to 'Bloom Where We Were Planted'

JW: Watchtower (Study) (wE MP3)

Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of PA

Podcasting, Religion & Spirituality

4.8766 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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wE MP3 September 2025 - 05

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0:00.0

Life Story

0:02.0

Jehovah helped us to bloom where we were planted.

0:06.0

The life story of Mots and On Katrina Kossholm.

0:11.0

The picture shows Mots and On Katrine standing next to their SUV in a rural territory.

0:19.0

Bloom where you are planted may seem to be strange advice.

0:23.9

But a Swedish couple, Mott's and Aunt Katrina, were planted many times.

0:30.0

How so, and how did that advice help them?

0:33.9

The Koss Holmes attended Gilead School in 1979, and over the years were planted or assigned to serve in Iran, Mauritius, Myanmar, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zaire.

0:48.2

It was at Gilead that they heard an instructor, Jack Redford, give the advice that helped them as they were planted,

0:56.5

uprooted, and replanted many times. Let them explain. Mots, please tell us first how you found the

1:05.4

truth. Living in Poland during World War II, my father saw much hypocrisy in the Catholic Church.

1:13.6

Still, he often said,

1:15.6

The truth must be out there somewhere.

1:18.6

In time, I was able to confirm that it was.

1:22.6

I bought many secondhand books.

1:24.6

One was a blue book called The Truth That Leads to Eternal Life.

1:29.4

That title really caught my attention, and I read the entire book on the night that I got it.

1:35.0

By morning, I knew that I had found the truth.

1:39.8

From April of 1972 onward, I read many more publications of Jehovah's Witnesses and received

1:46.1

answers to my Bible questions.

1:48.9

I felt like the merchant in Jesus' illustration, who after finding one pearl of high value,

1:54.9

sold everything he had in order to buy it.

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