One of the ways we used to try and contact potential investigators was to set up a signboard with the gist of our message and then try and talk to anyone who might be interested. During March in Moscow, this meant hanging out at a park in the cold with drunken ice fishermen.
This day twenty years ago, we tried contacting using this method. After a little while I got bored of not being able to talk with anyone and arranged a "split".
Missionaries are assigned a companion and they are supposed to be with them 24/7. This can be difficult when you don't get along well, so occasional splits can offer a reprieve and are generally used for a variety of reasons. This split was arranged with Elder Reiksik and Sister Stephenson.
We decided to go walk around the park and try to contact away from the main group of missionaries because there were already so many of us just standing around.
I like to have fun and make things an adventure. There were more people on the ice than people to contact in the park. I had a thought, since they are just sitting there fishing, perhaps they would be interested in talking. The general missionary rule about staying away from water and swimming couldn't apply because the water was frozen, right? Hehe! Fortunately, the two missionaries I was with were laid back, so out on the ice we went.
We had fun and were able to actually talk with people as opposed to standing around trying to keep warm in a large group of missionaries. While our efforts were fruitless at trying to convert any drunken fishermen, we had an adventure and scored some cool pictures.
This day twenty years ago, we tried contacting using this method. After a little while I got bored of not being able to talk with anyone and arranged a "split".
Missionaries are assigned a companion and they are supposed to be with them 24/7. This can be difficult when you don't get along well, so occasional splits can offer a reprieve and are generally used for a variety of reasons. This split was arranged with Elder Reiksik and Sister Stephenson.
We decided to go walk around the park and try to contact away from the main group of missionaries because there were already so many of us just standing around.
I like to have fun and make things an adventure. There were more people on the ice than people to contact in the park. I had a thought, since they are just sitting there fishing, perhaps they would be interested in talking. The general missionary rule about staying away from water and swimming couldn't apply because the water was frozen, right? Hehe! Fortunately, the two missionaries I was with were laid back, so out on the ice we went.
We had fun and were able to actually talk with people as opposed to standing around trying to keep warm in a large group of missionaries. While our efforts were fruitless at trying to convert any drunken fishermen, we had an adventure and scored some cool pictures.
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