We
had a bit of a crazy week. We did a whole lot of going around, but the
usual problems struck us: heat, and missing investigators. On Wednesday,
we met with one of our investigators for the first time in a long
while. Kumar was on date for baptism before we left for Hyderabad, and
disappeared since. But we finally got to meet with him! And...he dropped
us. This was just about the only too-crazy thing that happened then.
On
Thursday, we decided to clean our apartment some. That turned into a
scrubbing festival, because the room we decided to clean was dirtier
every time we looked at it. There was dust piled high on top of
everything, and the walls were covered in...stuff. Apparently, some
elder had hung a whole bunch of things up, then took them all down. That
left innumerable tape marks all over the walls, that bugs got stuck in.
We also had to clean the mosquito mesh on the windows, the window bars
(all the windows have mesh and bars), the floor, the beds, the
cupboards, and just about everything else in that room. That took just a
little bit. As in, two hours. All we cleaned was the floor, the
ceiling, and everything in between. But, that room is now the cleanest
in the entire apartment! Halfway through, we made a terrible mistake: we
ordered pot biryani. It's a great concept! You make one phone call, and
soon afterward, a guy holding a terra cotta pot of chicken biryani
shows up at your doorstep and asks for 130 rupees. In reality, it
usually takes a dozen more calls and another two hours for him to show
up. Needless to say, that was the last time we ordered from him. After
lunch, we then went to our BML's house to ask for help with the baptism
we were having on Sunday. He agreed, and started thinking about who he'd
assign for what. Then, we went to Rakesh, the guy being baptized, and
started teaching. We had a dinner break, then he came to the church to
be interviewed for baptism. He passed! Finally, we went to a bakery to
celebrate (corner bakeries are cheap, everywhere, and have really good
food).
Friday was a long day. We had studies in
the morning, then district meeting, then lunch. So instead, we went to
the church to try to get a film to show for the baptism. But, the
internet was down, so we called all of our PIs. For years, elders had
been talking to people on the street, getting their numbers, and putting
them in the phone, before forgetting about them forever. We changed
that. We probably called over a hundred people, and made appointments
with 7 of them. That took quite a while. Then, we visited a few more
families before calling it a night.
Saturday
was the longest day on record. We called all 7 of the people we'd made
appointments with to confirm in the morning, and all of them said that
they would meet us. Then one after one, they all didn't show up. We did
teach a few lessons to members, but that was it all day besides that.
Then, at night, we visited one of them, who gave us a referral!
Unfortunately, both live in another elder's area, so we'll be passing
them over.
Sunday was a very exciting day:
Rakesh's baptism! Funny story- three weeks ago, we'd been asked to
prepare 20 minute talks then, so we did. But during the meeting, right
after the sacrament was passed, the district president leaned over and
told us we only had to take 8 minutes. That was a huge load off my
shoulders. After church, we had a baptismal service, then walked outside
(into the rain), and Rakesh was baptized! After that, we had dinner,
then visited one family. And, that was our week.
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