Letter from Kaden

Hey everyone! well like i said in my first letter, india is crazy! everything anyone told me about india is usually way off. haha. i whish all you guys could see what e have seen in the few short days i have been here. ill start with the bathroom situation. haha. its just like anywhere its a toilet there is tp almost everywhere. so the left hand is still doing as good as ever.haha. there is what you call a "squatter" in the apt too. but noone uses it. the shower is nice too. you shower and the water goes all over in the bathroom but its warm water. we have to flip the water heater switch right when we wake up so it gets warm. the only problem is that there has only been one morning since i have been here that the power was on. but the watter heats up fast so its all good.
i eat oatmeal for breakfast. just plain with sugar. im actually like it now. haha. we eat out for lunch. usually rice with curry or some other stuff that i dont know what it is. they have torilla things called chapati that you eat with too. i use my right hand to eat im getting pretty good already. my first meal i was pretty helpless.haha. for dinner i usually just make noodles but i got some bread and cheese today so ill start makin grilled cheese. but im hanling the food just fine. its not as spicy as i thought. im still solid. hahahaha. but the food is good. so dont worry about me starving.
the apt is nice, 4 elders stay there. there is 2 bedrooms a nice living room and a pretty nice kitchen. our stove is just propane but it works. the beds are hard but its better than all the people you see on the street sleeping. we have a washer but no dryer. i feel blessed though cuz if you look out the back window there are people living under tarps and whatever they can find. i have definatly been humbled in just one week. i have kids begging for money every night as we walk home. people dont like americans as much as i thought either. i hide while elder singh catches an "auto" the little 3 wheeler thing and then i come around the corner and get in. you should see the drivers faces. haha they try to charge extra. but thats how we get aound a lot.
im in the 2nd branch. there are 3 in bangalore but 2nd branch covers 80% of the city. so its a ton of walking and trying to learn the area. the chapel is really nice for 2nd branch. i actually saw a guy from n logan sunday at church. brother izrelson i think? his brother wnet to school with dad or somethin. but he should be talking to you soon. he left yesterday for home. small world though huh. i have seen monkeys big lizards, cows on the roads, camels, and millions of stray dogs. i bet at any one time a can see 10 dogs. I have only taught a few lessons. we can only knock christian doors cuz there has been a lot more problems here. last week over 20 christian missionarries were arrested, 11 last night. i dont know many details but one of us has to wear colored shirts. we cant wear our ties or nametags. dont worry though ill be fine but we definatly have to be careful. some lessons have gone well and some not good. its verry humbling to not be good at something i wanna do. but just like baseball, you gotta put in the time. im doing great though. i love it here! i miss you all and hope everything is good. thanks for all the support.love elder barr.