What up what up! *In the voice of my dad* Another week down, another month down, and another transfer down! It's crazy how fast time is flying by. I just finished my 5th transfer in Tambaram and we are all patiently waiting transfer calls this next week. Transfer calls are usually about a week delayed because of all the traveling stuff that needs to be worked out here. So, each zone is pretty far away from each other in my mission and by pretty far I mean like across the country. If you get transferred, it means you have to go to a nearby internet shop and print your plane ticket and head to the airport. Needless to say, it is pretty nerve-racking... Especially after being in the same area for 7 months.
We started teaching two new families this week and they are awesome! Both families are just a mom, dad, and one kid. First, we taught Muthu and Abee. They're a young couple just starting a family with a 1 year old baby. We felt to share about The Family: A Proclamation to the World to introduce what we believe in our church about families. We taught them how God feels about families and bore our testimony of the love at our home. They really felt the spirit and really liked us. They agreed and felt like this is great wisdom to learn. We invited them to hang up The Family: A Proclamation to the World paper in their home and they said they would love to! We had a really fun time at their home and I even got to play with their pet chicken! Hahaha you can check out the picture below. Also, half of the reason of my subject title.
Now, the other lesson with a bird. We met a man on the train and he invited us to his home! They are such an awesome family. They have only one son named Wesley and he is one of the most talented 13 year old kids I've ever seen! He also has so many cool and good hobbies. One of those is rasing birds. He has raised a parrot since birth and is currently teaching the parrot Tamil. You can see my picture with the Tamil speaking parrot below as well. They had about 20-30 more birds at their house as well. Anyway, we taught them about the Plan of Salvation and it went so well. As the mother Amilee was reading 1 Corinthians 15:40-41(which talks about the resurrection and the three kingdoms of glory being celestial, terrestrial, and telestial), everything just clicked in her head! We were just about to help explain but she started going off in Tamil. It all sounded great. When she finished talking, Elder Rajendran turned to me and said, "well I think she just taught us all about the three kingdoms of glory." The spirit was strong in our lesson. I always love teaching families about the Plan of Salvation. It really is such a beautiful plan. If you really really think about it, God's Plan for us truly is perfect. I'm so grateful for the plan of salvation in my life and my family.
I am having a great time over here in India. I'm assuming next week I will give you all an update on transfers! As of now, I'm still chilling but give me a week and we will see. I really appreciate all the support, love, and prayers from everyone. I love all of you. Have a great week. Love ya, bye!
Love, Elder Baker
The Tamil speaking parrot
Muthu and Abee family
Wesley the bird whisperer
Muthu's pet chicken
Colorful houses on the lake
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