The Canadian office began mailing letters the second week of May to over 9,000 former subscribers of The Good News. The letters are being sent to those who did not respond to the two renewal letters that were sent in late 2004. The letters are being mailed at the rate of about 500 per day so the office staff won't be overwhelmed with responses all at once. Based on the results of the other letters sent out this year, we expect over 1,200 responses to this letter.

The other letters the Canadian office has sent this year have been quite successful. In January we sent 5,223 letters to people on our database who were not subscribers of the GN . To date, we've received nearly 1,000 responses and added over 400 new subscribers.

Also in January, 499 letters were sent to those who were receiving the Bible Study Course but did not renew it after Lesson 3. To date, 90 people have requested to continue receiving the course as a result of the letter. The most recent subscriber development letter was sent to 2,771 people, and we've received 436 responses. The responses to these letters continue to arrive every week.