Teaching in the car, at the airport - Primary Program

Recently, the Mission President asked Sister Martin and I to teach a temple prep class for a couple of Missionaries that were currently serving in our mission, awaiting a visa. That's an interesting twist. They're going to the MTC and the temple in the Philippians about 5 months into their mission.

In preparation, I began trying to locate some booklets called "Preparing for the Temple". preparing-to-enter-the-holy-temple -read or listen-

The only ones I could find were in the Telugu language, which just happened to be their native language. Although reading Telugu is not always taught much and many prefer reading English. They both appreciated the booklet. In the 45 minutes we had together, we covered a few highlights. We also talked about international travel as well.

As we have mentioned before, the missionaries sacrifice much to come on a mission. For example, Elder Mungamuri, wearing the red tie, comes from a faithful family of missionaries. His parents died when he was a boy. He and his siblings were raised by his grandmother.  All of them have, are or are about to serve full-time missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His older brother served a mission; is home and working to provide for the family. A sister is serving in the Marshall Islands, and another sister is ready to enter the MTC (Missionary Training Center).

Primary Program

Several weeks ago, we enjoyed watching the children sing for the annual Primary Program. They were all dressed nice with similar accessories. Girls wore the same head band and boys had the same ties. Since it's typically not appropriate to video in the chapel, I recorded audio. I then played the audio while displaying a group picture they took just after the meeting was over. 

  

Although India people speak several languages, most speak some English and our meetings are mostly in English. The accents are sometimes difficult for Sister Martin and I to understand. The children are a little easier to understand, especially when the songs they are singing are familiar to us. Enjoy these few clips.