The Indian Rave

Hello everyone! Another week gone in India. It is crazy how fast this week went by. I am loving everything about India so far and I am just so excited to be here. I have pretty much getting eaten alive by mosquitoes but that's alright. My companion says that they just like my American blood and he doesn't get bit anymore because he is full Indian blood now. So, hopefully that will get better over time. The language barrier can be a little tough sometimes but then it can also be fun. Just imagine how shocked these people are when they see two white boys approach them. Okay, now times that by 100 when they hear these two white boys start a conversation in their native language Tamil. Their minds are literally blown, they love it so much!!!

The people here are amazing and so humble. We went finding this week and ended up in the slums. Like these houses were tiny. I was taller than the majority of the houses. But let me tell you, the people were ecstatic to see us white boys walk down their street. They were all so humble and so thoughtful! We made really good friends with this family of 5 and made an appointment to come back and teach them. When we go back to teach them, the father invited us into their home. As we go inside their one and only room of the house, there are about 15 people sitting on the floor squished with two chairs in the front of the room. They insisted we sat in the chairs so we did. This family had invited like 4 neighbor kids and some of their extended family, it was amazing!! We then went on to teach them about the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This family as well as everyone that we have taught so far has never heard about the Book of Mormon or the prophet Joseph Smith. It is amazing to share this message with people for the first time. It is very powerful to share my testimony of this message even if they don't understand much English because I know the Holy Ghost touches them more than I do.

Sooo, The Indian Rave. From our apartment one night, they are blasting music right outside and there is lights and a stage and flags and streamers and everything. They had set up this huge party right outside our apartment. So, we decided to make it a finding activity. We found a lot of people we like to call "hey bro's". These are the people that just want to meet a white guy and also only know how to say "hey bro!" in English. So, we had a ton of guys come up and say hey bro and shake our hand. We made some friends and it was a lot of fun. I wouldn't actually call this a rave it was just the closest thing to help describe it. The people were all just sitting or roaming around but the music was BLARING. They call it a function here, but if I called it that you wouldn't picture it lol. I will send pics!!

Ahhh, wow India sure is different but I wouldn't want to be anywhere else right now. Every time I see something out of the ordinary, I just have to remember I am in India. Everything I see here is out of the ordinary pretty much. I am getting used to the food and the money system and the traffic. Okay, scratch that... I pray every day that I don't die in this traffic! I am still loving it here and starting to get the hang of everything!! I love you all and hope all is well back in America! Until next week.

Love, Elder Baker