Metro Training

We drove to the Mission Office to participate in what is termed Metro.  This is a training program for missionaries after they have been serving for awhile.  The program started last evening with a session on personal hygiene.  I guess they didn't think that we needed that.  Nor did they think that we needed to stay overnight with either the Elders or sisters in apartments with several bunk beds to accommodate the sixteen or so missionaries participating.

So we drove up to the Mission Office this morning to participate.  The missionaries who were conducting the training hadn't been told that we were coming though I don't think that our presence bothered them.  The morning was spent talking about working with members and role playing.  All of the missionary training involves role playing.  Although I am not wild about it, I see the value in helping them practice.  In the afternoon, there was more teaching on how to personal contact and present oneself.

During one of the exercises, we were taught how to "carry ourselves" as we are introducing ourselves.  Stand straight, hands to sides, smile, not fidget, etc.  We each had to walk to the front of the class and introduce ourselves.  When it was Renee's turn, I overheard one of the Elders whisper to his companion, this is "Sister Sunshine."

The day concluded by walking to the student center on the Univ. of South Florida campus for dinner and doing personal contacting along the way.  We excused ourselves from that part (including the concluding testimony meeting) and drove back to Sarasota.