Baba then asked Eruch, "Did you hear what Kaka says about engineering? Why don't you become my engineer instead?"
Eruch replied that he would see what happened.
Eruch was very strong physically. One day in Nasik, Baba asked Eruch to massage his legs.
While Eruch was rubbing the muscles, Baba asked, "Do you know everything?"
Eruch answered proudly, "I have learned many things."
"Do you know how to swim?"
Eruch said yes.
"Will you swim in my ocean?"
Eruch burst out laughing.
Baba then directed him, "If you know everything, repair my chappals and bring them back within three minutes."
One of the leather straps had come loose and Eruch took the sandal, thinking: "If I don't stitch it in time, Baba will claim I was only boasting." He approached Freiny and asked if there was a sewing machine in the house. She pointed it out, and Eruch proceeded to begin repairing the leather strap.
Freiny's children Meheru and Naggu watched noisily as Eruch fixed the sandal. Eruch told them to be quiet. He sewed the sandal and went back to Baba in seven minutes.
Baba examined it and gestured, "Good, but you took so long."
"The proper tools were not available," Eruch replied.
Baba congratulated him on doing a good job and then asked, "Do you know carpentry? Tailoring? Cobblery as well?"
"Yes, I do," said Eruch. "My parents have taught me many things." Baba appeared pleased and praised Eruch's abilities.
While staying at Nasik, Baba called the Jessawalas to Rahuri on 26 April and showed them the ashram and explained his work there. When Baba bathed the masts, he kept Eruch by his side.
In Rahuri, nearly 200 patients a day would come seeking treatment at the Meher Free Dispensary, run by Dr. Nilu with the help of Jalbhai. The patients, mostly poor and illiterate villagers, were treated well, and at times Baba would also help. He would keep a watchful eye on their treatment and come to the clinic to meet them. The patients would wait for Baba's visits and his presence would give them joy and minimize their suffering.
One day a poor woman came to the dispensary with a maggot-infected head injury. The wound was deep and very painful. She shouted, "Meher Baba! I want Meher Baba's darshan! I wish to see him before I die! Please call him."