Finally Get to Do Something!

All the go go going once again hit us on Thursday, so we took the time to sleep in a little.  Doug had given us some territory(one street) the night before, so that was the plan for the afternoon.  We walked out to the Hanger View Lane, which took us 30 minutes, and set to work on the 60+ residences there.  (A nice thing about this territory is if you start off with street witnessing you can get at least a guaranteed hour of service just walking there and back. -Eric)  The first group was 25 or so flats in a locked complex with intercom.  Fortunately right we arrived someone was leaving and let us in.  We went through the building, leaving invitation in the mail slot if they weren't home.  After that there was a stretch of individual houses, and we were able to find a surprising amount home.  At one of them we met a Polish brother doing construction work.  At the end of the road was another group of flats, but this time we were unable to access the building. There were 30 flats to do, so we started to work on the intercoms.  Finally, once we had done about 15 someone left and we were able to get in.  To our dismay each level also had a separate security layer, so we were still unable to reach the doors although we were in the building.  However, the first floor door was left partially open, so we could do those flats.  Then it was back to the intercom to finish the flats we still didn't have access to.  One number that we rang actually invited us up, which we were pleasantly surprised about, so we went upstairs.  The man was initially cautious, calling through the door, and then opening the door with the chain still on, but finally he not only opened the door but invited us in!  He asked us why we were there, and then told us he was a Muslim but didn't really believe it.  We were able to have a thirty minute discussion with him, and although he didn't accept what we had to say, it was at least nice to have a real conversation.  He did commend us for being young and actually having faith and trying to do good, and did take the convention invitation.  We then finished the rest of the flats in his corridor, and headed for home.  When we arrived for dinner Doug told us that many of the brothers would be gone for their listening conventions, and asked if we would like to do the number 3 talk.  I eventually volunteered, and set to work on the talk.  At meeting we realized that he was right, as some of the brothers has 2 or 3 responsibilities.  To help out, Eric read for the book study, and did a very good job I might add.  (Thanks Blythe.  It was so nice to get to have a privilege during the meeting.  Doing commenting is fun but I don't know how you sisters can do just commenting all the time. -Eric)  Then Doug had the Bible highlights and did the school, where I gave my part.  Thank goodness for the Watchtower Library, I was able to pull very good, relevant material without much difficulty.  (And he did really good too.  He even used real English terms that you Americans wouldn't get. He also barely looked at his notes which is always good for a speaker. -Eric)  The rest of the meeting was entertaining as usual, such as a little brother who whispered "YES!!" rather loudly when he was called on to comment.  (For some reason meetings are really entertaining.  Sometimes i think me and Blythe are the only ones laughing but we laugh quite a bit.  Doug talked about Solomon's 1,000 wives and made a few hilarious comments even though i don't think he meant to. -Eric)  It was a nice day overall, not to busy but very productive.