This one time on my mission...it was my very last transfer and I was given the assignment to train a new elder. We didn't have too much in common so, I knew that this could be the longest six weeks of my life. That's when I thought of the most wonderful idea, The Yellow Raincoat. In our mission it was a rule that the companion who wasn't driving the car would have to stand behind the car to help his companion back-up. One summer day in Florida (which is pretty much everyday) in the middle of June my companion and I went to a local grocery store. When we got back to the car with our groceries, I informed my newly uninformed companion that there was a new mission rule. The rule had just come down from the area presidency. I told him that there had been several accidents recently where missionaries were getting hit by cars because people couldn't see them well enough. I pulled out of the trunk, a bright yellow rain coat and told my companion the importance of obeying all the rules. I still remember the look on my companion's face has he grudgingly put on the raincoat that was half his size. He stood about 6 ft. 4 in. not mention it was 100 degrees with 99% humidity. The last thing anyone would do is put on another layer of clothes. Nonetheless, my companion was obedient, he stood behind the car in the grocery store parking lot of Winn Dixie and backed me out of the parking stall like a pure champion. This continued for about two weeks when I finally told him that the area presidency had lifted the rule of wearing yellow raincoat's.
Chad Johansson
Florida Tampa Mission
Classic
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