I have spent more time doing SGI activities and chanting than I have for many years. Home visits - that's something I just didn't do. I lead a study meeting on Saturday, chanted with an area leader visiting from LA on Sunday and did a home visit on Monday as well as our regular Monday night chanting meeting. Last night our MD district leader did a home visit. That is amazing. Neither of us do that kind of activity.
Our MD district leader is trying to reignite a couple of men, the WD of Salinas District are still planning to have a Women's Division General Meeting, our chapter is about to turn a group into a district, we are working on getting another group reorganized so it can grow into a district by the end of the year and my 12 year old daughter chanted 45 minutes with us on Monday night.
Nancy
Hi, Nancy - A friend and I used to do an activity we called the "Buddha Patrol" - it was, essentially, just a focused and fun home visit campaign.
Sometimes we did as many as 10 visits in a week. Of course, this is in LA, where there are a lot of members, but it was a lot of fun. I told some friends of mine about it, and they started doing the same campaign out of a different kaikan. We all saw wonderful breakthroughs in our lives as a result.
Of course, we always called and set up appointments with the members we were visiting, and we always did some kind of study or another.
The Buddha Patrol is a great, great activity. It's also a way that you can get other people out to "do something", if they're interested.
Ultimately, we had to break up into two groups, because we didn't want to be a huge "gang" descending on people's homes, even if they did have warning!
Go for it, girl!
Best, Byrd in LA
Posted by: Byrd in LA at February 20, 2008 12:26 PM