That one time I was a missionary

Another good thing that came from the crochet hook/mouse poopies/cubby cleaning series was we took out an old box of all my mission stuff.  I was cleaning it out and getting rid of some things I don't consider memories or valuable enough to save, and I found this little book.
I remembered I had written 2 things I was grateful for each day (for like 3 months), and was reviewing those things with a smile.  Then I glanced toward the end of the book, and saw more writing.  It was titled, "EXCUSES instead of saying "I don't want to talk to you".  This was going to be good.
For those who aren't familiar, Mormon missionaries go around to share their message with everyone, and of course like anyone have goals.  Our goal was to talk to 20 people a day on the street, to invite to hear more about what we taught.  That may not seem like a lot, but it kinda was hard to do.  So what I'm tryin' to say is that we talked to a loottttaaa peeps.  So, naturally, we got a lot of different types of responses.  These are hilarious, I am so glad I wrote them down.  ENJOY, and have a good giggle:

1.  person's response after we introduce ourselves: "I don't have a name."
us:  "You don't?  Well we'll call you Jorge then...how are you, Jorge?"  (Obviously I had heard that one before)

2.  "No, I can't talk to you now, my sister's house is on fire"

3.  "...why do you want to know my name??"  (After we introduce ourselves and ask their name)

4.  We ask 'what's your name?'
person: "I'm not telling you, I don't even know you!"

5.  Person asks: "What are you doing?"
us: "We're missionaries."
person: "Oh no, I don't believe in that stuff.  I am Satan.  I'm not bad, I just am Satan.  I don't like women, either.  They lie."

6.  "No, no it's much to cold to attend you"

7.  us: "Hi, we're Missionaries..."
lady: "NO, NO, my boss isn't here
us: "Well we're just presenting ourselves" (That is like literal spanish translation, I really want to say "We're just going around meeting people and introducing ourselves)
lady: "No, I have orders that NO."
us: "...that no one can introduce themselves?"
lady: "No."
us: "...Ok, well I'm Hna Whicker, and she's Hna Otano.  What's your name?"
lady starts walking away-LAUGHING
We start laughing and Hna Otano shouts out "JUST SAY IT!!!"
And she keeps laughing but still walks away.  We died laughing.  (She was just being so silly and mischievous, that we couldn't help but laugh at how humorous this situation was!)

Number 7 is my personal fave.  You know, no matter who you are, stopping people on the street to talk to them is not a natural thing.  It took a long time for me to be comfortable doing it.  But then I loved it!  But I did it because I believe(d) in the message I was sharing, and any level of uncomfortable-ness was worth the chance to share what I know about this life and why we are here.  I am so glad I documented these experiences--the holy, the sad, the humorous, the joyful.