Another Great Couple Weeks In India

Hey everyone, hows it going? everything here in india is still going great! the work here is going really well. we are very excited for mahipal and ravinder to be baptized this sunday. it has been a good experience working with them. helping them learn the gosel and seeing there english improve dramatically. i know its because the Lord has a purpose for them and has helped them. i didnt realize how much it had changed until a couple days back mahipal said a prayer and it just sounded natural. it was pretty funny as we were filling out there paper work for there baptism this week there birthdays were one month apart???? here in india many people dont know there actual date ofbirth because there parents dont keep records and they just start school whenever they want and make there own bday. church history work is going to be a mess!! haha. another example, for mahesh babtism papers we needed his parents b days and they had no idea. so we are supposed to make an educated guess. so i decided to choose august 4 for the mother because she has never had a birthday party in her life. and it made it so we could celebrate. me and e riley bought a cake and some cool drink and had a party for her last night. she doesnt speak eng but i have never seen her so happy she had tears in her eyes and just couldnt quit smiling. the whole vilage was coming in and checking it out. it was fun. its just crazy that someone can go through 50 years and never have a b day.anyways other than all that its been a great week. we had 9 at sacrament on time! and a few come a bit later but we are so blessed to have the people to work with we do right now. im so greatful for this gospel and know that its true. someone on the bus asked me " why do you do this and spend 2 years of you life doing this?" and my response was cuz its true! haha but it really made me apreciate to be able to carry this true message to the people here in hyderabad. im so thankful for my savior and feel of his presance and his hand in the work. i hope your all doing good back home. take care and have a great week! love elder barr

Hey everybody! well it was a sweet week. i just got back from the world championship badmitten championships. hahahaha. we saw it on the tv at kfc yesterday and were like, we should go. haha. so out district went and i guess i never knew that that sport was played anywhere except for the back yard but apparently thats not true. they were dang good. but ill definately stick to baseball. haha. but now i can say ive been to the to the world badmittin chamoionships and you cant top that. haha.Anyways other than that its been a great week. we were able to have the baptisms for mahipal and ravinder. but like always for me the baptism didnt run as smooth as planned. at like 430 during church i got the feeling to go check the font even though the font is usually taken care of by a branch mission leader. but i went anyways and yep, bone dry! so we turned it on cuz there would still probably be enough time to fill it befor the baptism. but like 20 min later i felt to go again. the water was just running strait down the drain.. someone had went outside and unscrewed the thing that plugs it. so we had like 20 min to fill up a huge font. so me and some of the elders rounded up some buckets and started filling them with the hose outsid and carrying it though the church and dumping it. we were sweating like anything. haha but got it done just in time to change and go into the baptism service. so im just waiting for the day when i can have a baptism that goes smoothe. but it was a great service another bronther from nigeria named ranzy was also baptized. but the spirit was very strong mahipals cousin bore his testimony and thanked us elders for teaching and it felt really good and im so happy to be able to share this great message. its truly such a great blessing wich we all have and it makes me sad when people dont except truth. we delt with quite a few pople this week who just either dont believe in god at all or believe that hindus christians and muslems are one. and its sad cuz they just dont have any idea why they are here but although its hard to see people in so much confusion it makes me that much more thankful to know what i know. and i hope and pray i can continue to help the people here to learn who they are and that they have a father in heven who loves each one of us.anyways im doing great and the work is continuing to go great! hope your all doing good back home. love elder barr

hey mom, seriously it doesnt matter where i writ my letter either this account or in word somthing always happens and i lose it. i was just about to click send to you and my computer freaked out. and now i really dont have much time cuz our train coming home from the badmittin thing was late. but it was a great week the baptisms went awesome even afer the crazy filling the font with buckets. once me and e riley were sitting there with tthem dressed in white made everything better. as there cousin raju bore his testimony ant continued to thank us for teaching them it felt so good and the spirit really touched me. and i just remembered that this is what im here for.but it sounds like you forgot to tell me about all the crazy stuff happening back home. haha. all the weddings and stuff. but its cool do i know any of the people who they are getting married to? but dont work too hard.oh and befor i forget i am going to take out some money from the account cuz im gonna buy some weights.but it was a good but i did some crazy things this week. one of the members in my area just goot married a couplemonths ago and when his wife was traveling to come to hyderabad her bus had a bad accident and she got really hurt and last a few fingers and probably going to need her whole hand amputated. so they called us and asked us to come give blood cuz they wont give them blood till they have people come donate. so yesterday me and e riley and a couple elders donated blood for her. it was my first time and it happened to be in india. e rileys bag was filling up and i was like dude yours is full they need to stop it. but it took them a min and when they finally took it off his blood shot all over the place. haha it was all over the sisters hands and the floor. at this time i was just about to get pricked. i was like i dont wanna do this if they dont know what there doin. haha but it was fine and i hope everthing will go well for that sister who was hurt. im ticked cuz i know i forgot stuff to tell ya that i wrote in the first one so sorry but know that im doing great and loving it. i hope you feel of my love for this work and for my savior. its awesome to share this with others. i love you and know your the best amma ever.love kaden