Playing tug of war with a beggar. 08/04/19

Hello!!!

There are these safety videos which all the missionaries have to watch and President is able to see who has seen them or not and I think there are only like one or two missionaries that have actually watched them because they're just kinda pointless for our mission. It's all about not crossing busy roads, always look left and right and we're like really it doesn't matter what we do there's always gonna be a ton of traffic on the road and no matter which way you look there's gonna be vehicles coming for you! It would be awesome if we got to make our own safety videos for India!

Our main mode of transport now is the metro and at the Janak Puri West metro station, they have the tallest escalator in all of India! It's 15.65m tall which is equivalent to a five storey building. I'm lucky enough to get to ride it nearly every day! 

We were on the metro one day and there was a lady next to us watching grey's anatomy on her phone. Sister Dorairaj started talking to me about the show and the lady watching it could hear so she started talking to us about the show too. We got to introduce ourselves and what we do and she was totally into the work we do for others. This is what we call TV show finding haha. 

I had my first MLC on Tuesday which was cool getting to see the inside workings of how decisions about the mission and everything is made. Plus we got given lunch! 

There was a beggar on some stairs which is usual as there are beggars everywhere you go here. I'm always a target for these people because they see white skin and they're like ooh you're rich! I try to have lollies in my bag that I'm able to give to kids and then they'll leave you alone. Anyway there was this beggar on the stairs and as I'm walking past her she grabs onto my skirt and won't let go and I'm like ahh Sister Dorairaj help me! I'm playing tug of war with this little old lady and for someone that's begging for money and supposedly has no strength, she sure had a really good grip. I was tugging with two hands and couldn't get free without ripping my skirt or tumbling down the stairs. Sister Dorairaj had to end up giving her money and she loosened her grip but still wanted more and I was like nope and grabbed my skirt back. We had to walk past this lady again and so I made sure I was as far away from her as possible. I'm never walking next to beggars again.

Love Sister Watts

Last day of transfers and the Yadav family couldn't have me leaving without having lunch there.

They had bunnies!! So glad i got to see them before i left! I didn't want to leave them! They were the cutest and tiniest little things ever!!! Their names are honey and bunny!

My first Sunday in the Janak Puri Home group! 

My first Mission Leadership Training (MLC)