Sunday was a hard day for us, it would be officially the last Sunday we would be in Vizag. What a great opportunity it was to experience 'The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' in Visakhapatnam, India. In the short time we were here we have made so many friendships, it truly makes me want to come back to visit our new friends. The church is a funny thing, how you appear out of nowhere and instantly these people that I have never met before in my life, and may not ever see again (although I hope that is not the case), can become such very close friends. It was a very emotional day for us. The branch president asked us to share our testimonies, it was a wonderful, spiritual time. We also found out one of the missionaries is leave, being transferred to Chennai, so it was the last Sunday for him as well. Elder Bown has served in this area for 6 months. After church the branch members had a "party" for us, which was so sweet. We went upstairs to a small area that was full of people, took lots and lots of pictures and a cake was brought out. Cake is a funny way of celebrating everything around here, but it's not like you can ask members to bring a couple of dozen cookies...people don't make cookies in these parts. After the cake was brought out, without knowing what else to sing, they all sang "Happy Birthday". Haha, Brayden and I just laughed. We have so come to love the people here and the things we find so quirky, have come to mean so much. We will miss the Vizag 2nd Branch!

Some of the branch members that stayed for a picture

She was baptized last week, Ryan confirmed her a member

Good friends

Sunil and Nazirina

More friends

Some of the Relief Society sisters...I look like a giant!

cake sharing

Ryan got it on his head...I guess the office doesn't need to do that anymore!

Good friends

As we begin to count down our time here in Vizag (we leave for Bangalore on Friday evening), things are beginning to feel like a whirlwind to me. The anxiety you get from packing everything up, making sure you have enough room to pack all that was accumulated, etc, etc. But then I realize...the only things worth bringing home are the things we've collected from our trip. After that, it doesn't really matter.

With it being our last Sunday, and one of the missionaries last Sunday's we decided to have all four Elders over for one last visit. Ryan made more yummy pasta and french bread and we finished off the evening with brownie sundaes.

Our family with Elder Bown and Elder Peterson

Our family with Elder Katuka and Elder Raja

Davis wasn't allowed to show his clothes because he was wearing mismatched pajamas!