Many pioneers who would come to that convention from overseas were sent an application to attend the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead, located near South Lansing, New York.
Pirms kopsanāksmes daudziem pionieriem, kam bija jāierodas no ārzemēm, tika nosūtīti iesniegumi par mācībām Sargtorņa Bībeles Gileādas skolā, kas atradās Ņujorkas štatā, Sautlānsingas tuvumā.