One Christian recalls that when he was a newly appointed elder, the presiding overseer telephoned and asked him to visit and comfort a brother who had just lost his daughter in a dreadful road accident.
जहाँ तक परिस्थितियाँ अनुमति दें, प्राचीनों को उनके घरों पर रखवाली भेंट करने के द्वारा भेड़ों को जानना चाहिए ।