Getting into the Christmas spirit. This nativity was just put up in front of the church where we walk by every day. Baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph, a donkey, a Shepard and a lamb. The gardener to the right, makes everything so beautiful here.
Do you think it could snow here?
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| The Sister Missionaries helped Sister Martin decorate the Christmas tree. |
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| A touching moment - Elders studying their scriptures just before Mission Leadership Council began |
We went to another ward for a special meeting with Elder David Evans of the Quorum of the Seventy, and the Asia Area President. He served a mission in Japan Tokyo area in 1971. He invited the youth to come discuss the opportunities and blessings of serving a full time mission.
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| Elder David Evans of the Seventy |
Half of the missionaries serving in India are from India. Each one we have met have amazing testimonies of the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Restoration-of-the-gospel
Elder William (from India) part of the Eighth Quorum of Seventy, also spoke.
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| Elder William |
He talked about a Sister Missionary that decided to give up her government job to serve a mission. Government jobs are highly sought after in India and extremely difficult to get. People in India just don't let go of good jobs. Government jobs pay an average of about $7,000 annually, which is quite good for India. For example, the top salary for a manager of a government bank is around $15,000. Many faithful young missionaries give up everything for 1 1/2 - 2 years to serve the Lord and the people of India.
Most people travel to work and church on motor cycles and scooters. You don't see coat racks at church instead there are stacks of helmets. Here are some helmets and the church parking lot...
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| No winter coats - Just helmets |
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| The church parking lot could only hold around 10-15 cars, but a lot more when it's scooters |
The sidewalk in front of the church on the way home is sometimes quite interesting.
Another day had a bunch of strange new red wires strung together...
Even our elevator had something strange happening...It shows we are on the 72nd floor but there are only 19 floors in the building...
Locked out of the Mission office during a power outage. It took about 10 minutes for the generators to fire up before we could go in this time.
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| Just relax and enjoy the wait |
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