Another great week in KGF

Hey everyone,well it has been a pretty good week. we had a nice day at church and it was great to see robert get confirmed. he asked elder linton to do it and he gave him a great blessing and i felt the spirit very strong. i hope and pray that robert can be a great leader here in the branch. he has even talked about wanting to serve a mission!! but his age might not allow that. but it was pretty cool to hear those words come from his mouth. haha. after church on sunday i wasnt feeling that great just kinda tired and body aches. then on monday morning i woke up with a fever of 103.5. im no dr but im pretty sure thats high. haha. so they told me to stay inside becasue going out in the heat wouldnt be the best. so after a full days rest i felt a lot better. it has rained a lot this last week, pretty much every night. the indians tell you if you go out in the rain and get your head wet you will get a fever so maybe thats what happened. haha? its pretty funny cuz when it rains they all put plastic bags on there heads. so maybe i need to try that. haha. but yesterday we had a great day. we found 10 new investigators. 2 different families and there both really good. were really trying to find families right now because it seems if we dont have the whole family someone in the fam will stop them from progressing. so im looking foreward to see what will happen with them. i cant think of anything better then seeing a whole family together getting baptized. so hopefully this is the answer to the prayers we have been looking for. the branch here needs good strong families that can help it grow. cuz honestly now its really more like a home group than a branch. its really helping me to learn patience to be out here serving. i have always wanted things to be done fast and in my way but im seeing that thats not how it works always in the missionfield. we need to work as hard as possible and let the Lord do the rest.so not really any crazy stories or anything for you this week. but im doing great and love serving. i know that as we put our trust in the Lord he will help all of us in whatever we need. have a great week!love, elder barr

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What A Great Week

hey everyone! whad up? well its been a great week. just got off the phone with the fam so of course im pretty happy/ im so thankful to have a great family. but anyways thats not even the highlight of my week. we had roberts baptism on sunday and it was so nice. he was so excited. all up until he put the sweet lookin jumpsuit on. haha. when i gave him the suit he was like "this is really what i have to wear?" haha. it was funny cuz hes pretty shy and didnt want anyone to see him. it has been great to see the change in his life. it feels great to see someone who we taught who god really is and that we can speak with him through prayer offer his first simple but great pray to the prayers that he says now. i got to perform the baptism wich felt so great and im thankful that god has given me the power to perform baptisms. i was super nervouse though having it be the first time for me and not wanting to mess up but as we entered the water together everything left and i dont really remember anything just that the spirit was very strong. oh and the font was full this time wich made it nice. haha. but that was a great experience. and we also had 10 others at sacrament too!!another great thing is that i got to see my friends sheela paul and there daughter mini. they took us to dinner in banglalore and i ate way too much like always. but it felt so great to see sheela again. almost like my family was here taking care of me. they are a great family and im happy that they are listening to the missionaries and i pray that they will continue to do so. she was laughing cuz i sound like an indian and i was laughing cuz she sounds american. so as you can see i had a pretty great week i even had pizza, a burger at zone conf, and i made a stop at kfc on the way out of bangalore back to kgf.haha anyways it was a great week and im so happy being here in india and especially with the purpose that im here to share this only true gospel with them. but thanks for all your support and i hope you have a great week. love elder barr

Another great week in India

hey everyone. hows it goin? im sure great. but everything is still going great here in KGF! its hot and i sweat more than i have my whole life. haha. but it rained a couple times and cooled things down a bit. but then it makes it humid so i dont know wich is better. it could be worse some elders here in india are in 115 degree weather all day so i cant complain. haha. but i had a great week. we had many come to church again and were excited for roberts baptism on sunday. he is very excited too. he was a bit nervouse earlier this week but now hes just excited to join the true church. so im really happy to have seen the change he has made in his life to enter into the great waters a baptism. i also had a great experience with a sister selvi that i think i wrote about last week how she had an arranged marrage and is very sad. but this week she came to church and even her husband came and she was soo happy. we have tried to set her for baptism but she said she wanted to wait until all of her family was interested. but we saw her on monday night and she told us she knows she needs to be the example for her family and wants to be baptized on may 24!! i was so excited. so this week i truly saw the power of fasting and prayer. the lord wants to bless all of us but somtimes we just need to do a little bit more and then he he will bless all of us. so i wanted to let everyone know that the Suchi Ruchi place i eat at every day changed to non veg so now i can have some meat here in kgf!! haha jk but on monday the assistants came to go on exchange with us and we went to suchi ruchi and on of the assistants had a nice cockroach in his fried rice. hahaha. so i guess if a cockroach is concidered non veg then suchi ruchi made a nice change.but things are going great here. the future of the church here in kgf is looking better and better and im so happy to serve here. im learning so many things and love the humble people of india. have a great week. and happy mothers day to all you moms and grandmas. love you.elder barr