Ocean/city views of Visakhapatnam, Toured construction site, a little disaster

Weekend away from the mission office - Took a cable car tram to the top of the mountain for some great views of the city, Visakhapatnam and the Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean.

With Elder and Sister Goodsell in the cable car. This place is called Kailsagiri.

Some kind of small amusement park that we didn't go inside

Fun little train ride - it went super slow. Sister Martin gave candy to the children sitting beside and behind us.

Toured a future church stake center under construction. I wonder if there is going to be a steeple on top?  The membership is growing and it's great to see the progress not only in buildings, but in faith.

They said underground parking on two levels will accommodate up to 25 motor scooters and 25 cars.

The main room for the chapel and stage in the background.

Looks like a clerks office.

Interesting temporary hand rails - real tree branches

This building will be a great blessing for the members here. Right now, some of the meetings can't accommodate all the people that want to come.

With the Zone Leaders - Elder Gantner from Switzerland and Elder Kola from India 

Went to a nice place for dinner with Elder and Sister Goodsell.

Quite the flames back in the kitchen cooking our food.

Chicken Sizzler and a Prawn Sizzler. Excellent.

At church Sunday - Sister Martin attended Young Women's class. We met the Young Women President on the Street the day before. (Sister dressed in black/gold sari). They discussed keeping covenants. It was fun to recite the Young Women Theme with them.

Talked with a very confident young man named Davik. He will truly be a future leader. He recently moved back to India from Provo, Utah.

A little water disaster.
About midnight a pipe broke from a ceiling water heater/geyser in our apartment. I hurried down to the first floor to see if they could find a maintenance person. I went back up stairs and decided to investigate what was behind the false/removable ceiling. I found that the water heater had a broken pipe fitting and a convenient shutoff valve, stopping the gushing water. About 15 minutes later the maintenance worker came. He assessed the situation and said he would come in the morning and fix it.

He arrived as promised in the morning and installed the new flex pipe fitting part.  Then he handed me the bill. It totaled 250 rupees. That's a whopping $3.50 US dollars. Unbelievable. Sister Martin took a video below.