This week was a great week for my companion and I, we were able to find 10 new potential investigators and will be able to teach them this week! One lady we found (Sister Raja) is a less active and we knocked on her door not knowing she was a church member. She told us that morning she prayed for help and that night we knocked on her door! She asked how we knew to go to her house and I told her God sent us! Plus we saw her Christmas lights. (Here in India we only teach fellow Christians who speak English). Everyone has a sign on the top of their door that is either Jesus Christ or a Hindu God, and that is how we know their religion before we knock on the door. Lots of our new investigators are young adults who are college age. We are teaching a guy named Geevan Raj and his grandparents (who are retired pastors), they are excited to learn more about Jesus Christ. We teach people in their homes, and can only teach people that speak Telugu IF they are a strong member referral and we need a missionary fluent in that language to be with us. My week started out with me hanging halfway out of a Rickshaw singing Christmas songs and doing a queen wave. I have found much joy in Rickshaws lately and plan on going mudding in one when I get back (if I can get one). I also had another opportunity to pass a 50 year old man bathing out in the streets. We ate at a members house on Tuesday and her food was extremely spicy. I literally thought I had strep throat this whole week, but its cause the food burned the back of my throat or something. I luckily have been getting use to the food and have even started to like it. Yesterday our ward mission leader taught us how to make fried rice (no its not Indian food, but still fun to learn). We had a family get baptized yesterday, but I did not teach them. We also have one later this December that I have helped teach; his name is Satish and he is 17. We do eat at members a good amount of the time, but it is an unscheduled meal (usually) cause everyone wants to feed us when we go to their home (its a cultural thing).
Bad news of the week:
1. After teaching a part member family I walked outside and learned my bike had gotten stolen. I'm waiting to see some Indian kid on the streets riding my bike. :( I was able to borrow another missionaries bike.
2. We were on the way to a lesson and the petal from the bike I was using broke and had to get it fixed.
3. I also managed to T-Bone a guy on a motorcycle and yes damaged a part of the (borrowed) bike.
This week was not good for me when it came to bikes. I will be getting a new one this afternoon and will have to pay half of the cost (since I didn't lock my bike when it got stolen) and the church will cover the other half. I have lots of pictures I will send. This week was pretty good in Rajahmundry. Btw I cover Rajahmundry 3rd branch.
Love,
Elder Magnusson
Since my bike was stolen I rode on the back of Eder Conrad's bike when my rental bike was being used by the actual owner
There are dogs everywhere!
The truck you see is full of ox skin. I was riding by and stopped because it smelled absolutely horrible and then I looked up and saw that truck.
college students playing Cricket
eating dinner at a members house
Yes, on the floor which is the way they do it here... and yes with fingers... also just the way its done!
In Levi's note to us he mentioned he was heading out for his first Indian haircut. I told him they are really good with machetes... he said he hoped so, haha.
I was surprised to see additional emails and then realized Levi was still on, so chatted with him this morning for a few minutes... so here's the rest of the story....
This is where im staying I sleep on the bed with the Georgia blanket (of course)
This is our bathroom we have three that all basically look like this.
This is a pic of our desk where we do bible study in the morning and plan our day.
He also said he got his Indian haircut, and thought they did a great job. He also got his new bike, which broke twice and had to take it back to keep getting the chain fixed, until he showed them how to do it. He also mentioned that his air conditioner is still broken and how hot it is at night to sleep. He's hoping it will get fixed soon or they will get a new one!
Then he wrote this: I forget to tell you I also got hot wings here in India but tasted more like curry than they did wings not anywhere near as good as the Dawg House... and the french fries here are horrible!
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