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To me, the biggest mistake made in our campaign was the way most of us were 
dressed.  What happened at one house confirmed my suspicions.  A person was out 
back and without seeing us called out hello.  As soon as he did see us he said 
"We're not interested, thanks".  How is it he guessed we were there for 
religious reasons when we hadn't said anything?  Obviously because we were 
dressed well, and missionaries normally are.  I think most of us were dressed 
too formally and would have got a better response if we weren't trying so hard 
to look like missionaries.  Being dignified is one thing, looking like 
missionaries is another.  If you look like missionaries people are more likely 
to want to get rid of you.  And do we really need to dress better than people 
who's houses we're going to?

 

Regards,

David

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