DANIEL: December 28, 2011

Dear families and friends,

 

How are you? I hope you all had wonderful Christmas. Tell me about was your Christmas. It was wonderful to talk to you all and I was so happy to hear all of your voices and miss you all and love you guys.

My spiritual moment for this week:

 

It was wonderful to see how people want the spiritual things? And also in the other hand how people don’t care for the spiritual things? Few days before I was so made at my self and also about some members. I said to my companion why we work so heard for their salvation and help them to understand how important the gospel is for them and still they don’t read and pray and come to church.

The next day I woke up and started to read the Book of Mormon, while I was reading I got my answer to my question in (2Nephi 30). We teach and help this people first we love them and also we have the Madison to their problems. I gave thanks to our Heavenly Father for giving me this wonderful responsibility to me.

I love the scriptures and it helps me to help others and myself.

I know I said it so many times and read the scriptures and read it with a Questions in your mind and see if your questions is answered in the end of your reading. I tell you it will be.

                   Happy New year 

Love you families Friends,

Elder Aruldoss

DAVID: December 26, 2011

I am so happy that i was able to talk you my hole family. I was overwelmed with joy and didn't know what to say on the phone.  I was really greatful to talk to all of you. 

 

I did call my mom Kala and my dad. They are doing well.  My dad was saying that he is getting old and won't be able to survive for another two years.(I KNOW! that he was kidding, and wants us to come home)  My dad really misses us.  Of course my mom as well.  This time i felt something different with my dad's voice.  I love my dad.  he is a good man.

 

In Chennai, we have opened a new church building for our branch.  I think in the past years they had rented bulidings here and there.  NOW, we have our own building.  THey opened it begining of this month.

 

I still sick, suffering with fever and cold.  Even on the Chrismas day i had to suffer. Even though my companion and went for out to WORK!  God really blessed us that day. We found so many investicators, I think i told you before.  Missionary work is really fun and exciting. I like it a lot.  On Christmas day we went to couple of members house and had nice dinner with them.  GUESS WHAT I HAD!! YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!!  I had Biryani.  MAN, i am sick of that food. Mom, send me something different.  I am trying to avoid eating rice everyday because i will become FAT.  I am doing exersice each day.

 

Our baptism was really good and so many members stayed for this wonderful baptismal service.  We as the India Banglore Mission amazing year.  We as a missin baptised 597 baptism this year and our goal was to baptize about 700 people.  It was amazing!!

I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and got nice gifts.  Just one thing that i want to say, Remember our Savior always and he will bless us and will guide us.

 

SO Danny is serving in my companion's branch and i heard that branch is the  most popular branch in Delhi. 

 

Love, Elder Aruldoss 

Talking to the Fam on Christmas

We performed a skit called the world's uglest man in the world. Everyone loved it!!

Twins.  One is a member, one is not.

DANIEL: December 21, 2011

Dear Families and Friends, 

How are you all families and friends? I'm so happy because Christmas is hear but I am sad I am not with ether of my families. I want all of you to read (Helaman 14) it is wonderful chapter about the birth of Christ.

we are doing some fun things on the 24th with our mission President and his family members.  you can call me at 4 pm on Sunday and we will talk.  [EDITOR'S NOTE: This is 3:30 AM Arizona time.  We didn't exactly make the call until later. . .]  I am exited to talk to you all.

My companion is cool and amazing love because he is patient guy and loving. It is heard some times to find people like that in India. we have laugh together, love together, suffer together, and learn together. 

I love it and I am having a time of my life. My companion and I working heard and having a lot of fun in this Great work. I am grateful for the Investigators and Members in the Branch. I feel like before I came to this earth I chose them (Members and Investigators) in Pre-Earth life. I love them  very much. One of my investigators has been struggling with their family problems. When we went to their family they told us about their struggles. That time the spirit told me Satan is trying them to not to get this gospel but they made the decision to be baptized this coming Sunday. I am glad They realized how important the gospel is to them and to their family. 

Marry Christmas To you all

I love you all thank you for your love and support.

Elder Aruldoss

DAVID: December 19, 2011

I am so happy that all the kids are coming home for Christmas.  I will so looking forward to talking to you.  We have about 45 min to talk to our family and i talk to pre.Funk and he told me that i can call my mom family in India and USA. I was so happy after he said that.  So I have to buy a sim card and Tell you the number later on this week. You can call me 9:00 am in the morning.  So like you said it will be saturday AZ time.  Make sure all of the kids are home when you call me, PLEASE!

 

My week was good.  We have this one family, part members.  They live on the mountain, its like a jungle.  MAN!!!  We have to walk all the way to the top to get to their house because their house is way on the top. Basically last house on the top of the mountain.  We walk up there everyday to teach this one sister who is going to take baptism next month.  Her name is Gouri. Both my companion and I die climbing up this mountain. Sometime our life is like climbing a moutain.   We want to give up moving farward with life and face so many problems and challenges.  But the end is worth it all and we feel happy because we maid it.  In the same way we struggled so much going up, but happy that we maid it and not only we are happy but others also happy to receive the gospel.  I felt so happy to see this family everyday because i know that it was worth of climbing this moutain to bring them to Church.  This sister also came to church yesterday.  God is really great!!

 

I love you  and will be waiting for your call!!

 

Elder Aruldoss

DANIEL: December 14, 2011

Dear Families and friends,

Thank you for your love and support. I really miss you all for this Christmas season ( this is my first Christmas that I wouldn't be with neither of my families little sad).

This week was wonderful because I experienced sadness and joy. Sadness because out teaching river was little dried.  Joy because now our teaching river is batter.

We found two family the first family is amazing family. Because their life story is amazing and through God's help they were alive.

I want you to think of God hand in your life When you read this stories and How much you should be grateful for the blessings in your life?

Massey Family
They have 9 people in their family and only two people work in that family. they have a house. in that family a persons' name Rohit. One day he was attacked by some people. He almost died and some how he was amazingly brought back to life. That moment lead that Family to Christianity. when we found that family I thanked God four leading us to this family. They love the Gospel now they will be baptized (December 25).
When I heard this story I thought to my self God save Rohit's life so his family can hear the Gospel Of Jesus Christ.

The Second story is a new family we found this through Referrals. This family name is Karin family. they have 7 members in their family and sister. Karin's husband had past-away and she has been taking care of them. They are really a poor family. When I heard about them it reminded me of my childhood days and made me cry. we invited them to be baptized in Jan. First. When I heard this stories made me to be grateful for the things in my life. I love this Gospel because it changes others life.

Mom I talked to Brother Slater. yes he very far away from me But it's OK I was happy I get to talk to him.

Love all,
 
Elder. Aruldoss

SISTER ANDREA FUNK (DAVID'S MISSION PRESIDENT'S WIFE): December 18, 2011

Dear family of Elder Aruldoss,

Elder Aruldoss is a fine missionary.  As an obedient missionary he is a good example to his companion.  President Funk and I had the opportunity to be with him during our recent Zone Conference in Visakhapatnam.  He bore his testimony and said, “I know the Savior lives.  When we trust him he will guide us.  The work we are doing for him is his work.  I am grateful for the scriptures.  I have learned God’s love.  I know this is the only true Church.”

I have attached some pictures and the Christmas message we gave to our missionaries.

Have a Merry Christmas.

Love,

Sister Funk

DAVID: December 12, 2011

Thank you for the emails.  I love reading them each week.  

 

This week was awesome.  My new companion and i baptized a part member.  It was such a great experence.  We are really working hard in our area.  I love the missionary work.  So we are currently teaching a family and they all speak english.  So we did everything that we could to invite them to church and even we took our branch president with us to talk to him.  We had a nice conversion with him.  This family said that it is hard to come to church in the afternoon and our church in is in the afternoon.  so they will come to church srarting next year.  From next month church will be in the morning  and i am excited.  I dont know why?

 

On last wednesday, my comapanion and i went on a split. so i took one member with me to his house to teach his parents.  So when i went to his house, i saw there were about 16 people who were sitting in the house and they all relatives to this member.  The BAD NEWS WAS NO ONE SPOKE ENGLISH!!!!!  However, i did not miss the opportunity and most of the people had Word of Wisdom problem.  SO I DECIEDED TO TEACH THEM THIS COMMANDMENTS!!  It was such a good lesson and i loved each one of them in that house.  They took my invitation to follow this commandments.  It was a great experence.  I felt like a PASTER,  teaches this huge croud. 

 

I am excited to talk to all of you.  Abbey, sorry about that email.  I still love very much. 

 

Hey, mom can you please send me some family pictures.  Maybe from Aaron's weding.  Please mom. I have no pictures of our family and everyone  is asking me about family and want to see the pictures.

 

I love you mom and dad and all the Allred kids.

Elder Aruldoss.