Another great week in India

here are some pictures of the ganesh we had in the bottom floor of our flat. you know we had to worship. haha jk. but they gave us an orange and a palmagranite and we bothe just kept them and ate them then that night we were like maybe we were supposed to give it to ganesh. haha oh well. but the other pic is our apt complex. were on the sixth floor its big. but there ya go hope it works.

kaden

whats up everyone, hows it going? everything is great here. it was a great week, very busy but thats how we like it. we had a great zone conference and i learned a lot. i feel so lucky to be here in india and have the leaders we have. pres and sister nichols are great and have so much knowledge i cant even take everything in. the conference was focused on missionaries working with the branch members and i realized how much the members can really do. so help out the missionaries in your area!! haha. it was also district conference sat and sunday. there are 2 districts in south india. one in Bangalore and one in hyderabad. so the conference was brodcasted to all diferent cities so the members could see. its great that they have the technology to do that. because a few years ago it wasnt like that. the asia area 70 elder stanyley wan presided. it was awesome to here him speak. he has a bit of a chinese accent and he would tell jokes and it was so funny. but at the same time his message was very spiritual and uplifting for the members. they talked a lot about temples and for everyone to start saving. its great to see the dedication of the people here to save and save for years so they can fly to hong kong and have there families sealed together forever. we are lucky to have temples so close to us and all we need to do is make a small sacrifece to go. we dont have to save for our lifetime and go. when people hear that i can see the temple from my home they cant even believe it and it is the coolest thing for them. so im going to do my best to take advantage when i get back and encourage all of you to do the same. alright enough advice from me.. haha.for the past week and a half it has been one of the bigger of the Gazillion hindu festivals each year. haha. its called Ganesh festival. Ganesh is a elephant dude with 4 arms. so sleeping with punding drums and whatever else noise they make is becoming the normal thing. haha. our A/C went out last week too so between the hindus drums and muslms mosques going off and the heat at night the first few days, not too much sleep was going on gor us. sometime me and e riley would just laugh cuz you cant even believe how much sound they make. today is the last day though :) we havent been able to find becasue of all the parties and the crazy dances. haha so it will be nice to get back to full proceliting. we had 8 at district conf on sunday so that was good. and we have some good people and even a family set for bapt. the fam is very roman catholic but they are doing very well and love learning about Heavenly Father.im so thankful for this gospel and how simple it is and that i know enough to be able to share it with others. i hope your all doin good back home. love yaelder barr