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

A Few Pictures From Kaden

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

Another great week in KGF

hey everyone! hope all is well back home. but im still here in KGF!! im excited to have at least onother 6 weeks here. we are working with some great people right now. i cant remember if i told you about robert but its nelsons big brother. we baptized nelson a couple months back but anyways we met robert and didnt know they were brothers. they dont really talk to eachother wich is pretty common here in india. but he has great desire to take baptism. its great to see heavenly father really work with him. he has some word of wisdom problems. the usual tea coffee, but also smoking. but when we taught him he immediately stopped. he has become more than just someone im teaching, he is a great friend. he wants us to teach every day. so its been great to see him progressing daily. his baptism is on may 10th so he is really excited. we are teaching many other really good people but we are having some problem with there pastors come and give them hard time. satan is trying all he can to stop the work, but there still progressing. he can maybe slow it down but there is no stopping this work. we are teaching a sister named selvi. she is really good and has great desire. but her family makes me so sad. her mom died a few years back and her brothers just hurried and arranged her marrage. she wants to come to church but her husband is stopping her. we stopped by her the other night and she just cried and says how she doesnt love her husband and how hard it is. i hope things will work out for her. were trying to teach her husband and build a relationship between them but he speaks no english so its kind of tough. but its a verry humbling experience and makes me greatful to have this gospel and a loving family.we had a great sunday too! 14 investigators came. its crazy how some weeks there wont be any but the next week a bunch come. but the work here in kgf is looking really good. this branch really needs some help and mainly more priesthood. and all 14 who came are potential priesthood holders. :) im really loving the work here and love the people who were working with. anyways im doing great and hope all is well back home in good ol USA. Later,

Kaden week of the 22nd

whaad up? haha. im gonna start trying to talk like an american again. so you guys dont give me crap when i call next month. haha. its crazy how it just changed. thats how people understand so thats what our mind automatically does. and being with natives my whole mission doesnt help. haha. but anyways i had a great week. i got the package from sheela. thanks alot. the ties are dope. haha i dunno about the purple one?? i feel kinda wierd but i wore it twice. haha. its nice to just feel different for a change. i just got a mail from the office saying another package is on the way too. they said it had fallen apart so they had to repackage it. so dont worry it will come. the snickers are soooo tasty. haha. i had snickers in bangalore but its just not the same. so it sounds like the wedding was sweet! thats never a suprise to me but thats good you can help out the fam like you do. there were 20 deaf members that came to conf in kgf. there are like 70 or 80 deaf members in bangalore and i was telling them about mont and shauna. one guy told me to tell mont to send deaf missionaries here. but i told him mont doesnt call missionaries. haha. but it makes them happy to hear about my family also having deaf members.thats sweet nae is liking the bus. tell her its about dang time!! haha. how does she like her new room? or did you put another bed by yours. haha. its crazy she is going to be in 6th grade. i still remember those days. i kissed my first girl. yaya pimp. haha. so you better keep your eye one her and tell her to hate boys. :) i can tell you these things now that im on the other side of the world and you cant beat me. haha.so ya transfers are this next week. i think the 28 or something. i dont think ill get transfered? but you can never say. maybe sri lanka!!!!! that would be cool. but i dont make the rules. haha. oh man and lintons brought up tacos and salsa for a late b day lunch for me. mmmm. i ate so much there was beef and white chicken. haha. you dont get white meat here really. haha. but i was so happy and then we took them to some appointments and they got to teach. i was glad cuz i was so full and didnt wanna move. haha.anyways i had another really good week. and the days are flying by. 6th month mark today. haha. thats weird to think i been gone for that long. oh and i can definatly get nae a chudidar. thats what its called. haha. but when it gets closer just send me some mesurements and ill get it custom made. well ama im happy and healthy. oh and thats crazy garret and the erickson are in the same apt. and hes lost 40 lbs. haha. thats not uncommon actually. i know many who have lost 40. one of the elders here in kgf did. and thats to bad hes sick. drink coke with everything. haha. i have lost like 7 lbs but i look fat. my face and gut. oh well. haha. well i love you mom. your the best!love kaden

Kaden week of April 15th

hey, hows it going. well i had another great week. nothing too crazy or any=thing but the work is going really well. we got to watch conference on sa=t and sun. saturdays total attendance was 4. haha us 4 elders. it was rea=lly good though. i think it was the first time in my life i watched every= talk. haha. i even took notes. the mission does weird things to people. =haha. more people came on sunday so it was good. we had 5 investigators c=ome but its hard because the people here dont understand the english so w=ell and i was usually laughing alone when they would say a joke but its a=lright. i learned a lot during conference, and it sounds like there may b=e some tough times ahead for the world. but im so greatfull to know that =if we just follow this gospel we will be just fine.were teaching some really good people right now and i feel like there is so= much potential here in KGF. i hope to see the success within the coming =weeks. i dont know if i have told about Robert but we have been teaching =him the last couple of weeks and he is so good. he is reading the book of= mormon and praying. he never prayed befor because hes coming from a hind=u background basically. but he said he felt the answer that its true. so =im so excited for him.we had some fun experiences with some investigators this week also. were te=aching big groups of guys and they all like sports. if there playing we u=sually play for a bit... haha. we played a few games of volley ball and i=t was so fun. they are really good and actually put some pretty mean team=s together. they usually are betting about 5 rupees a game so i dont know= if its bad for us to play. but hey im always down to help. haha.oh and im glad the power is on so i can write you. during summer season the=re is always power shortage. they will just unexpectedly cut the power. s=o 2 days back as we got in bed the power went. thats not unusual so i was= just waiting for it to turn back on but nope. so i didnt really sleep th=at night. sweating and hiding from the mosquitos. haha. mosquito bites do=nt really bug me anymore. 5 a day is about average. anyways the power nev=er came on and even all the next day. then as we were getting in bed the =next night i came on. i was so happy. haha.well im doing great. i love what im doing and greatful to have this opportu=nity to serve the lord. as im learning so many things about the gospel i =realize that what im doing is nothing compared to what the savior did for= me. but hes still willing to bless us so much. hope your all doing good.= love youelder barr