The following is a list of facts that Amy Knapp and I ,Lindsey Mulliner, collected while interviewing Reverend David. Some of the info may not be 100% correct, but we tried our best.

Concerning Head Paint

If both male and females wear the red dot, they are Hindu
Southern Indian ladies wear a big red dot to show that they are married and living a family life. Widows are not allowed to wear them.
Girls and married women wear flowers (jasmine) in their hair. Along with the dot, widows are must remove the flowers upon the death of her husband.
The more intricate stickers on the foreheads are for decoration only, and do not mean anything particular.
Upon being married, one wears a yellow thread around the neck that holds money. This works as a type of wedding ring.
Members of a particular sect were three white paint lines on their forehead with a big red dot. This sect believes that God is half man, and half woman, and that the family is the God head.
If a person wears a symbol on their head that looks like a U with a line going through it, these people are members of a sect that believes that God chooses to be incarnated into either a human or an animal (hence cows and pigs)
Ladies from the state west of where we are wear a small line on their head that is yellow (based on sandalwood.)

Concerning Love

1. Arranged marriages are still very popular. The betrother couple does not touch or speak until the wedding day. It has become more common for the young people to follow the “american style.”
2. In villages, boy and girl interaction is forbidden and can result in death.
3. If you’re 35, single, and a woman, you’re too old to be married.
4. In weddings, the most common flowers used are jasmine and the rose
5. By law, the legal age for marriage is 21.
6. In the villages, marriage is usually done when the woman is around the age of 15.

Concerning Death

Marigolds ( we think, or it may be another yellow flower) are the flower typically used for funerals
For funerals, Indian Christians follow a more western style, and Hindus also have wakes.
The period of mourning for both HIndu and Christians is 16 days.
On the 16thy day, they have prayers and end the period of mourning.

Concerning the Christian Faith in India

The most popular denomination in India is Roman Catholic
Lutherans are the second largest denomination in India
Their are 12 Lutheran Churches throughout India and they form the UELCI (United Evangelical Lutheran Churches of India)
Baptists, Methodists, and Anglicans form one denomination in name only and are divided by region. They are known as the Church of North India, and the Church of South India.
Mormonism is relatively new to India, and the Mormons here also dress in white shirt, black pants, black tie, and they also go door to door. We have decided that it is an international phenomenon.