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86 pictures of jama’at activities and other means. By the Grace of Allah, his dumb friend performed bai’at. I wrote about that to Hadrat Khalifatul Masih IV ra ; he was pleased very much and prayed for them. When Huzur visited the Gambia, both of these dumb friends came to Farafenni to welcome Huzur and had the honour of audience with Huzur. Huzur communicated with them using sign language; Huzur made a mention of that in a speech at Jalsa Salana. ‘There is Mad Man in our Area’ Story of a Preacher In 1985, on a directive from the centre, I moved to Kaolack, Senegal. The number of members in the whole of Senegal was very small then; most of them were labourers while a few from the villages were farmers. My financial means and transport facilities at my disposal were next to nothing. Therefore, all the time I was worried how to start preaching and where from. Near my house, an Ahmadi friend, Abdullah Aw had a small workshop for battery repairs. In my spare time, I would go and sit there, and talk about various jama’at issues. Thereby, I would also get acquainted with people visiting him and that provided me with the opportunity to convey the message of jama’at to them. One day, I was sitting with Abdullah Aw when a maulvi type of person came to see him. Abdullah Aw introduced me to him as a friend visiting from the Gambia and muballigh of the jama’at. In due course, at the right moment, I started talking about the jama’at. He said that he knew about the jama’at. When I asked