He was unable to read when he was baptized in 1940. After learning to read, he progressed to the point of being enrolled as a pioneer, and still later, in 1953, he was appointed as a traveling overseer.
בהטבלו ב ־ 1940, לא ידע לקרוא, אך לאחר שלמד לעשות כן, נתמנה כחלוץ, ומאוחר יותר ב ־ 1953 כמשגיח ־ נפה .‏