EJ practices for his mission
So all of you know that EJ is going to leave us and preach the gospel in Tijuana. He's pretty excited.
I can't fathom it because I have NEVER wanted to serve a mission. Talking to people I don't know is difficult enough to do without having the added burden of sharing a religious message. I tend to laugh too much, talk to fast and too high, and agree to whatever the stranger is saying just so I can get out of the conversation faster.
EJ doesn't seem to see it that way. In fact, yesterday he went TRACTING with the missionaries in our ward to practice his door approach.
We didn't hear much about it afterward until one of the elders told Jim this:
He said, "Did Jimmy tell you about tracting yesterday? It was so cool. He gave the message and then asked if the lady wanted to hear more about it. The lady goes 'sure!' It was funny because then Jimmy didn't know what to do next so I had to take over."
EJ had been anticipating failure--he had only prepared his door approach.
He's gung-ho, that's for sure.
And if you want to keep up with his mission news, I have an ancillary blog now called "EJ goes to TJ" that will be where I post news and pics from the MTC and from south of the border.
In fact, I'll double post this over there: EJ goes to TJ
I can't fathom it because I have NEVER wanted to serve a mission. Talking to people I don't know is difficult enough to do without having the added burden of sharing a religious message. I tend to laugh too much, talk to fast and too high, and agree to whatever the stranger is saying just so I can get out of the conversation faster.
EJ doesn't seem to see it that way. In fact, yesterday he went TRACTING with the missionaries in our ward to practice his door approach.
We didn't hear much about it afterward until one of the elders told Jim this:
He said, "Did Jimmy tell you about tracting yesterday? It was so cool. He gave the message and then asked if the lady wanted to hear more about it. The lady goes 'sure!' It was funny because then Jimmy didn't know what to do next so I had to take over."
EJ had been anticipating failure--he had only prepared his door approach.
He's gung-ho, that's for sure.
And if you want to keep up with his mission news, I have an ancillary blog now called "EJ goes to TJ" that will be where I post news and pics from the MTC and from south of the border.
In fact, I'll double post this over there: EJ goes to TJ
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