The Hasidics are the craziest fanatics. I see them in NYC all the time. Many of them HATE Gentiles.
Were You Ever Comfortable Going From House To House?
by minimus 71 Replies latest jw friends
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apostatethunder
I think they are an easy scapegoat. They don’t seem to mean any harm to others.
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Steve_C
I was born in and did field service because, well, that's what you were expected to do. I never felt comfortable with it, even though I was a regular pioneer for a year.
I did look forward to early morning streetwork coffee and donuts with my pioneer partner, though -
unshackled
Hated every single second of it. I'd rather attempt breastfeeding a mako shark while washing Glenn Beck's feet than do field service again.
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Heaven
Never comfortable with it that's why I never went.
Couldn't find in the Bible where it specifically states that handing out Watchtower and Awake! magazines would ensure my eternal salvation. I never felt I had the right to try to force religion down peoples' throats. Of course, I also had many of my own doubts about this group which is part of why I could never do the serve-us thing. I bided my time as a teen. Got busy with school, my farm chores, and jobs after school so I had no time for this "happifying horse shiite".
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truthseeker
I hated it with a passion.
We didn't do door to door till I was about 15, my parents were not spiritually strong.
An elder took an interest in me and trained me. I never enjoyed the "life saving work", I was always afraid of knocking on my classmate's door.
I actually did once but he wasn't in.
Towards the end, I pretended to ring the door bell or knock softly.
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Quendi
I suppose I was one of those uncommon Witnesses who not only liked field service, but was quite good at it. I loved talking to people at their doors and usually had no trouble engaging them in conversations, conversations that quite often were pleasant, enjoyable and stimulating. I was very adaptable and flexible, so I was able to talk to householders on topics that interested them rather than go to their doors with a pre-determined presentation.
Nor did the locale matter. Whether I was talking to a farmer in rural Tuscaloosa County in Alabama, a university professor in Boulder, Colorado, a small town resident in Missouri or a homeowner in Los Angeles, I was able to take on the local color, so to speak, and have interesting give-and-take sessions with people.
For me, the secret was being completely convinced that I was presenting life-saving information to people, actually regarding them as a friend and neighbor, and really listening to them and inviting them to freely express themselves. My experience was that many people welcomed my approach. I wasn’t interested in placing literature or even starting studies as much as I was in hearing what other people had to say and engaging them. So both as a publisher and a pioneer, I found the field service activity one of the things I liked most about being a Witness.
Quendi
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runesandmen
I hated it, I am kind of an introvert, so having to go up and knock on peoples doors was a lot for me.
When I pioneered I would volunteer for the rual teritory just so I didnt have to talk to as many people.
I never understood phone witnessing either, it always bothered me.
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Glander
As a born in, some of my earliest memories is accompanying an adult with a fist full of invitations to that Sundays talk. Also, standing on a busy sidewalk wearing a little canvas bag advertising the Watchtower and Awake! with my grandpa. It was something to do.
But as I grew into an adult I hated door to door work and had to force myself to put in a few hours a month. When I was made an elder it became a grind and i learned every trick in the book to waste a couple of hours while taking the fewest doors. (please, don't be home...) That's another thread.
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QueenWitch
Never liked it at all. I'm an introvert and the worst thing you can do is force me to talk to people.