Shifting in Coimbatore

This is the church building in Coimbatore. Two branches meet in this building. We have the opportunity to work with both branches. That means that we are at church from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every Sunday. We enjoy meeting with the members of the church here. They make us feel very welcome.


 The building and the grounds are quite beautiful. We hope that everyone can tell by the pictures that the day was hot and sunny.

We were able to spend some time with some young people during the week. We "played" cricket for a while - well we didn't actually play a game; we hit the ball while a young man threw the ball to us. The security guard kept telling Elder Tiefenbach that he needed to hit the ball harder and that he should hit the ball with more spirit, like Sister Tiefenbach. After we played cricket, Sister Tiefenbach helped a young woman of about 13 years learn about the piano. In the Coimbatore branches, Sister Tiefenbach is the music expert. That is way too funny. We enjoyed our afternoon with them.

We shifted our apartment on Thursday. That means that we moved to our new apartment. We were excited to finally be closer to the church so we don't have to get a taxi everytime we need to go to the church. We will still need taxis to go shopping. We have no shopping close to us.

This is most of our belongings. How many trucks like this would it take to shift all our things in Regina? This makes us think about the things we really need. Mind you, our appliances and furniture were delivered separately. And, we definitely were barely getting by with the things we had. We did not want to acquire too much so our move would be easier. We had about 3 more bags that we took in the taxi. They looked far too precarious perched on top of everything else.


After moving, we were able to shop, shop, and shop. We had to make up for the shortages we had. We didn't buy anything extravagant. Things like flour and sugar were on our list. We also needed household items like garbage containers, etc. For the last two shopping trips, we hired a brother from one of the branches here. He has an old, old car (1940's or 50's) with no airconditioning and worn out seats, but we can rely on him. He drove us to the shops and stayed with us when we shopped. This all took 3 hours from the time he picked us up to the time he dropped us at home. He charges us 500 rupees, which is about $10.00. We don't mind paying extra because hiring him saves us a lot of time we would waste by waiting for a regular taxi.

We have two photos so everyone can compare the surroundings of our old apartment to our new one.







This is the area for our old apartment with quiet streets and beautiful trees.









This is the view from our balcony of our new apartment.

Welcome. Please come in and visit for awhile.

Take a seat. We can prepare something for you to eat with our new FOUR burner stove. We also have a microwave/convection oven. Maybe, we can make a chocolate cake now that we have flour and sugar. Mind you, the sugar is much coarser here, so we are not sure whether or not baking will turn our the same. We are still looking for some metal baking pans so we can possible make pizza.

If you need laundry done, we can certainly accommodate that. We have no dryer, so you would likely have to stay the night while the clothes dry.

 Today, Mother's Day, Sister Tiefenbach taught the primary children (children aged 3 - 12) a Mother's Day song. After they learned the song, they all went to sing the song to the women in Relief Society. (Relief Society is the women's organization of the church.) Sister Tiefenbach also received three roses from the two branches.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. Enjoy the day.