first day surveying

Christina and I went out and did our first night of surveying. We are having trouble finding people from the churches to go with us, so our first two days we are going out together in our respective communities (Chris is working in Flintstone, we went there last night, I am working in Hinkle/West Brow and we are going there tonight). We got a grand total of SIX surveys completed! Oh dear... this will be a long month of surveys! It was very interesting and I feel much better about the whole thing, now. Yesterday I was a nervous wreck in anticipation of an awful evening of slammed doors, mean dogs, and suspicious looks. Well - as you might have guessed, it was not like that. It was much hotter than I thought it would beand we actually spent a lot more time walking between houses than I expected (so there was a lot of sweat - no worries, we drank a lot of water), but no one refused us when they answered the door. There were many doors simply not opened when we knocked. We ended up doing informal interviews with two old men at one point which was extremely enjoyable! We learned a lot about their lives and the community! Some of the people we talked to were even excited about the research we were doing and enthusiastic to help.
Overall, it was a success because we learned a lot and our nerves were calmed, I am ready to go out again tonight. Hinkle, here we come!