Not At Home.

by Blueblades 11 Replies latest jw friends

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  Blueblades

  Remember when we listed all the not at home doors when we were out in service? What did you do with your list? We use to give it to the one taking the lead on that day. Then the pioneers would call on the not at homes during the week or evenings.

  At one Circuit Assembly there was a part on not at homes. The C.O. asked the pioneer sister how her field service was coming along. She opened her field service bag and pulled out a list of not at homes from the top of her head to the floor, that got a laugh from the audience. She moaned to the C.O. that it seems that more and more people are not at home lately. This was some time ago before the street work, go where the people are, method, went into full mode.

  I use to leave tracts at the not at homes. Sometimes I would make one more attempt to make contact then turn it over to the pioneer sisters. Some I never wrote down and just let it go.

  What were your experiences on not at homes?

  Blueblades
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  purplesofa

  I left tracts at not-at-homes,

  I recorded it, but never went back nor gave the list to anyone.

  They always told us to keep them and do it ourselves.

  purps
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  SirNose586

  I always used to volunteer to record the not-at-homes, but I never really followed up with turning in the list. No one asked us (my partner-in-crime and me) for the list anyway.
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  DJK

  We left tracts at not at homes and sometimes old watchtowers. We didn't have to record them because the territory was covered very frequently.
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  R.F.

  I left tracts and old magazines at the doors.

  I hardly did not-at-homes.
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  Finally-Free

  We use to give it to the one taking the lead on that day.

  It's been a while since I've seen those three words together in that context. It triggered an unpleasant flashback. Interesting.

  I used to leave old watchtowers in the doors at not-at-homes. It looked good on my field service report. eeewwww! Another flashback!

  W
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  free2think

  I was one of those people who either didn't have a pen or paper or who wasn't really concentrating. I was usually too busy trying to get out of the ministry altogether when I was growing up. When as I got older and started pioneering I did take not at homes but I didn't used to hand them in very often, I would keep them for another time but never really managed to go back, oops.
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  unique1

  I would write it down the first time and give the list to the territory holder. If that was me, I would try them again and leave an old mag or tract the second visit and then hand the list over to the invalid in our area to write letters.
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  bluesbreaker59

  I never, ever, once in my life, kept a "call book", ridiculous...
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  reneeisorym

  Ya'll were nuts!! Not at homes were the best! Because chances are that those same people wouldn't be home again when you went back. Isn't that what we all hoped for was that the people wouldn't be at home?