It
has been another great week here in India. Elder Tolbert and I are having the
time of our lives. We have had some really awesome experiences lately. Lately
we have been seeing and feeling how God is literally directing our work here.
He is specifically guiding our path and putting us in the places we
need to be. Something will happen where it just has to be God directing
His work and Elder Tolbert and I just look at each other and say at the same
time, "God's Plan". Hahaha, but for real I know that God has a grand
plan for all of us. He is surely using us as instruments in his hand. We are
completely trusting in the Lord and seeing the work go forward. It is so amazing!
Also, it was Halloween this week!! Even though nobody celebrates that here, we
sure did!!! We found the closest thing to a pumpkin and probably paid way over
price because they charge white tax here but that's okay, it was worth it!!
So,
on Friday we woke up like usual and did our normal morning schedule. We started
to plan out our day and we had a few appointments set for the day except for
like 2:30-5 in the afternoon. We thought of everything and could not think of
something to do during that time. We called our whole contact list and prayed
and couldn't think of anything. I even raised my hands to the sky and was
saying, "Tell me!! Tell me what to do!! Come on!" hahah I was kind of
joking but we ended up just leaving it blank. So, fast forward to 2:30 and still
no plans. I am not kidding when the clock hit 2:30, we got a phone call from a
guy named George and he said, "Where are you?? I am at your
apartment." He was a guy we found knocking doors a few weeks back and we
just gave him our number. He legit just showed up at our apartment and called
us. We then realized that God needed us at our apartment at that specific time
for George to show up! We were able to go outside and meet with him for a hour
or so and had a really good talk with him. God has a plan and since then, we
are just completely relying on the Lord!!
On
Sunday, we got to go to our new church building in Tambaram!! The members here
have been traveling almost 2 hours to get to church every week and luckily we
just got our own meetinghouse much closer!! It is super nice and all the
members loved it!! It was a really good fast and testimony meeting. The members
testimonies are really strong and we had A LOT of non members there at
sacrament because of the new building. After church, we had plans to meet with
Prakash, George and Mary's family, and Simon and Sophia's family aaaaaaaaand
they all cancelled! Sometimes, that just happens. Sometimes, life happens and
doesn't go the way you planned but that is because God has a different plan for
you. So, we went out with a member named Parminder so he could help translate
for us. We were supposed to meet him at 4 at a nearby park. We didn't get to
the park until 4:45 because three guys stopped us and talked to us and had a
lot of questions and asked why so many people don't like us. hahah they said
they went to bible college and they teach that our church is wrong and they
thought we believed some really weird things. Anyway, we set them straight and
will meet with them again soon. We then walked across town to stop by a family
we are teaching and they weren't home. There were some little boys playing tag
in the street though so we asked if we could play with them. We ran around with
them for a little while until this guy stopped us and started talking to us.
His name is Arwin and he is from Africa!!! He brought us up into his home right
then and we met his whole family. There was 15 of them. He used to be a body
builder and his brother Timothy played professional soccer. They were such
studs! It was their mom's birthday so we stayed and sang and had birthday cake.
It was a lot of fun. We talked for a long time and they loved us and the
message we had to share with them. When we left, we started walking home but
had to go a different way to walk Parminder home. As soon as we dropped him
off, we were stopped by a guy named Sam and he actually knew who we are! He
told us that he used to visit our church and loved it and he has read the Book
of Mormon and loves it. He was giving us big hugs and we set an appointment for
this week and he is also coming to church with us Sunday.
The
events that happened this week and the people we met were supposed to meet us
for some reason. The timing and the plans were definitely God's plan. There is
no way that all those things happened randomly at the most specific time for us
to meet these people. I know that God is directing his work and I love it. I am
doing my best every day to rely on his plan and I am seeing the blessings.
Thank you for all the prayers back home, I can definitely feel them!
Love,
Elder Baker
Happy Halloween!
Elder Tolbert and I in our Kurtas
Indian Family
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