Well this week was super long! We were way packed with administrative stuff to do all week. We worked a total of probably 8 hours the whole week. We wen't to vista twice, which is like a 45 minuet drive. Both times we were there for the majority of the day. We might end up needing to take a missionary to the San Diego airport this week because of health issues as well. So much driving. But it's nice though, because we have a brand new 2017 Chevy Malibu. Thing has less than 5000 miles on it.
We still haven't found any new investigators. The non members that came to church last week and to activities aren't interested in taking the discussions. And one of them just wanted to record the first discussion so he could go back and show it to his pastor. So we aren't going to teach him.
So get this. Yesterday at church we had Ward Conference and one of the classes the Stake President was teaching. And he asked me to come up and show every member in the ward how to give a pass along card to their friends. And just fyi, he doesn't trust any of the missionaries in the stake. So I knew what was about to happen wasn't going to be good. So I went up and he was acting as a non-member. And I asked him, "Like how a missionary should do it?" And he said, "Sure." So I do it. And I feel like I did a good job. As good as any role play could be I guess. And he says, "Thank you." and I go sit down. Then he continued on to say that what I did is exactly how a member SHOULD NOT invite a friend to take a pass along card. And I was like, well obviously, because I did it how a missionary would talk to someone on the street. But then he proceeds to tell me and my companion that we need to be trained on how to talk to people and how we need to learn how to teach. And that nobody in the ward should give us referrals until we show that we actually know what we are doing. And then he showed everyone how he would like them to hand out a pass along card. And it wasn't even that good either. It was a rough day at church
This attitude that this stake has towards missionaries has changed so much from the time I left in may to now. It is so hard to get along with them. But we are doing our best. So thats all that matters! Here's a video that I watched that I thought was a good one. I gotta get running now. But talk to you guys next week!
Elder Miles