5 months out. India

This as been a pretty good week.
its getting hotter and ive never sweated more in my life. looks like the
breeze doesnt help to much. One thing you dont know is that we are actually
on bikes in our area. so thats been super crazy joining in on the traffic!
haha im having so much fun swerving and dodging cars and motor bikes. but
like that rm said, they never get up to 25 mph.Ive found that the indian
people can be a bit wierd when it comes to talking to them. they never say
thank you, please or sorry. its always no problem haha it can seem like they
are being rude but not really.Ive been dying on the whole food situation. we
hadnt bought food so i went without breakfast like the whole week, and then
we went out ot restaurants and stuff to get lunch and dinner. so much for
trying to keep it safe with the bacteria and stuff. looks like im still good
though, havent got sick yet. So I do have my new fav food. chicken tika
masala is pretty prciey here so i havent had that yet but apparently in
Hydrabad they have really good food. One of the things they are known for is
biryani. so me and elder nakkapalli have had beef biryani at a place called
HMR. its so good!!The area is impossible for me to learn, there are like no
street names and the people here only learn the areas by certain landmarks
and signs. Which makes it really hard to memorize where everyone lives,
which there are so many tiny streets and narrow ways with no addresses. so
we have been getting around with a couple members showing us where they
live. its impressive their memory of the branch/ward members.The reason why
its hard for me to understand the indians english is because its so flipping
fast and has this crazy accent .It was hard for me to understand my
companion at first but ive gotten the hang of it now. Ill be able to
understand the longer im here. most of the members i have lots of trouble
with understanding in lessons. Like you said dad, the native language here
is Tamil. and everyone prefers speaking it. But im not making any efforts
right now to learn it, it would be too hard.
The conditions are really poor with the members that we meet. Very small
places that they live in that they try to keep as clean as they can. but
they are trying their hardest and love it when we come over. They treat us
with lots of respect and love which is so great. Anyhow i have to make this
short, we are meeting with a man named raja who is super awesome. He's had
all the lessons and is ready for baptism. he just needs to come to church 3
times in a row so that we can see he is commited. but he is super solid guy
and im excited for him. also we are meeting with a guy named Aanish who is
20 and had a bike accident awhile back. he is slow in speach and i can
barely understand his english but he also wants to be baptized. there are a
couple part members families we want to work with slowly and we found 4 new
investigators. 2 dif families that is.Its wierd not wearing a badge right
now but we got a email today saying all areas will go back to tracting and
talking with everyone. so we will get instruction on thursday about it and
start them! 
Soo thats it for the week, oh and there are 3 people getting married this
week so we for sure will know who is going to salt lake since they are all
family i think. ill find out and talk with you next week.which is mothers
day!!! im soo excited to call you guys! im praying i can skype at the church
but there are issues with the internet. we will send a quick email out like
sat or friday. but i think for now expect a call from me mon morning around
7. so thats like sun at 8 at night there! it might be super slow so it might
turn to a voice call. lets all pray for skype haha love you all, things are
going well out here. lot different than florida thats for sure.Have a great
week everyone!-Elder Conrad