Week 43: Success in Dwarka, other ways to help with service

In my area we picked up three new investigators.We had two investigators at church as well. We had about 89 people at church and 5 people in the "Ye Shall Have My Word" class. The students in the class are really enjoying the class. I can definitely see the potential with this class and its' students. This week we are also hoping to continue to teach the Talwar couple. They have been gone for business for the last 2 weeks. Our goal with them for this week is to set them with a baptismal date.


Elder Mungamuri is doing great. He's very much anxious to hear the transfer calls. He seems to be well adjusted to the missionary life. One of his major strengths is that he's very good with calling members and non-members to invite them to church or any other events. Elder Mungamuri during a lesson talked about how Abraham Lincoln went from being poor the President of the United States. When he said it I looked over at him and started laughing because I didn't expect him to talk about him during our lesson.

Being a full purpose missionary isn't just teaching people. It's going and finding those people who may be lost in the metro and helping them find where they need to go. To be a full purpose missionary we must ALWAYS be looking for ways to help others around us. We also must never ignore any promptings that we receive.

My district is solid. Things are always getting better. This morning we all traveled to Pitumpura to play sports with others in our zone. It was a lot of fun for everyone because there was so many games. I finally was able to slid on my Lebron James shooting sleeve with my Steph Curry t-shirt. I also brought my soccer cleats and went Messi on them.  All is well in the growing Dwarka Branch. We will be getting transfer calls tomorrow night and I imagine myself staying.

Elder Dusara

Pollution mask 

New friend

Week 42: Teaching the English class and KFC this week

There wasn't a whole lot of growth in my area this past week. We are continuing to teach the new members lessons to all of our recent converts. But I did receive word that one of my investigators in 4th Branch was baptized back on the 24th and confirmed yesterday.

I would like to speak about English really quickly. The "Ye Shall Have My Word" class went really well. It's a new class that missionaries teach during second hour. It is for members of the branch that speak little to no English to help them better understand gospel stories. There was 5 people that attended this class. I tried my best to use all those teaching tools that Sister Tamong was showing us. The WHOLE class was participating and they were all helping each other out whenever they had questions. I can defiantly see the potential that these students have. I also told them as motivation that I will try to bring them treats ever week (except for fast Sunday of course).

Elder Mungamuri is doing well. Yesterday him and I had a growing experience where I felt that our companionship grew drastically. Before that experience I didn't really feel that we meshed all too well. Now we are getting along and laughing constantly.

My district is doing well. Elder Muthyum and Prabhudas had two confirmations yesterday. But we all had a very good dinner appointment where we all shared stories and many laughs.

This past month I'm pretty sure that I was KFC's number 1 customer with a total of 11 visits. I plan on going back for lunch today too... I'm excited to hear back from everyone. I love you all!

Elder Dusara

Styling with pollution mask

Week 41: Teaching the Talwars. a clean apartment

This week Elder Mungamuri and I went with the Allen's to a lesson with the Talwars. We taught them The Plan of Salvation. The Talwars read the booklet that we gave them. The both had lots of questions about the three kingdoms of glory. We gave them a booklet for The Gospel of Jesus Christ. They are going out of town for a few days so we will meet with them when they come back.

Yesterday we left our apartment extra early to pick of a less active sister and her disabled son to take them to church. They don't have very much money so they can't afford to come to church. Plus her son can't walk very well. She said it was her first time that she's been to church in 2 years. The Branch Presidency had no idea who she was. They thought she was an investigator. Also I'm hearing a lot in this Branch that a lot of members that struggle to find money to come to church. It's tough for us cause there isn't much that we can do. We had 53 people in attendance and 7 people in English class.

This week was great with the district. Elder Mutyum and Prabhudas had two baptisms yesterday. Everyone is getting along in the apartment. For our apartment check the apartment was looking great. We are getting a lot of our apartments needs crossed off of our list. All is well in Dwarka.

Elder Dusara out!

Before the haircut

Paying off the doughnut bet

After the haircut

Week 40: Talwar family experience

This past week we received a great referral from the branch. They are the Talwar couple. They are in their mid 50s. They have a son who's a return missionary. Plus he attended BYU and is married in the Salt Lake Temple. This is what initially sparked their interest. We taught them The Restoration and they said they would like to be taught as much as possible before they get baptized. They live pretty far away from us but we plan on teaching them twice a week.

Elder Mungamuri is doing well. He's still helping me with the area and the names of members. He has expressed to me that he wants to stay in this branch for one more transfer.

My testimony had grown this past week because I was a little bit nervous with trying to find only English speakers to teach. But the Talwar couple is great and I understand just about everything that they are saying. They also have had a lot of questions about the chronological order to the events of The Restoration. Which means that they are truly interested in what we are saying.

We had 82 people at church this past week. We also had 4 people attending English class.

"Faith can not exist when fear is present"

Elder Dusara

12th man in New Delhi

Ajay in joggers

Week 39: English classes, Go Hawks!

So this past week I told my district that if the Seahawks win then I'd buy the district donuts from Krispy Kreme. So it looks like I'll be ordering donuts this week. I'm also wearing the same blue and green tie until the Seahawks lose or win the Super Bowl this year.

My area hasn't grown a lot this week. But with all of the visits that we make to RCLA's I feel that I'm a little bit better connected to the branch. We are continuing to teach an investigator named Dileep. He's 9 years old and seems to understand everything that we are teaching him. We taught him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Plan of Salvation this past week. He's on date for February 7th. We also are going to start visiting another brother in the branch weekly to help him prepare for a mission. We had 71 people at church and 3 people that attended English class.

I went on an exchange this past week to Vasant Vihar with Elder Cratch. He's from Saratoga Springs, Utah. There is also another American in the apartment as well. It was very refreshing to be around Americans once again. I attended their English class in 2nd Branch and there was 60 people there. For an hour before the class I stood outside the Church spinning a sign advertising English Class. It was actually  fun doing it. We had people that made U-turns in their cars and bikes asking us about the English Class. It was pretty amazing to see the positive response that we got from random people on the street that wanted to learn English.

This week is zone meeting and "get-big" season just started

GO Hawks!

Elder Dusara