Some masts were persuaded to come to Baba in Jabalpur, but when they could not be persuaded, Baba would leave Jabalpur to contact them. One day Chhagan brought a boy who was a mast from the town of Seoni. After contacting him, Baba sent him back with Chhagan. Many in Seoni believed the boy to be a saint. Upon his return, the young mast declared, "I see Meher Baba in everything and in every being!"
Keki Bajan was sent word to bring a mast named Bharosa Baba to Jabalpur. The mast, an old man, naked except for a loincloth, was always seen carrying dirty rags and sticks. In Jabalpur, the mast was given food, a bath and new clothes, but afterward he became very angry and restless. He was sent back to Katni after a day or so.
As per his promise, one day Baba visited Keki Bajan's house in Katni, 90 km to the northeast, with Jal Kerawalla, Gustadji and a few of the men. The Bajans' car was sent to Jabalpur to bring Baba's group. Baba had lunch with the couple and presented them with a framed photograph of himself.
"Your connection with me is of many lifetimes," he informed them.
Keki mentioned some financial difficulties, but Baba only smiled, reassuring him, "Everything will be all right in its own time. Don't worry about it. Don't think of that debt but of this debt [pointing upward to indicate God]."
Gesturing towards a painting of Zoroaster on the wall above his chair, Baba urged the couple, "Think of me as you think of him."
During this period, Gulmai and Adi Sr. arrived on 12 January, and Gustadji also came to stay with Baba. Of the mandali, Chanji, Kaka and Chhagan were already there, staying in a rented bungalow. That same day, Baba sent the Jessawala family, except for Eruch, back to Nagpur with Pappa. Chhagan was sent ahead to Benares to arrange housing for Baba and the women; Chanji had also left for Benares on the 10th for advance work.
On Sunday, 15 January 1939, Gulmai, Gustadji, Mohammed Mast, Rustom's eldest son Mehlu (who had come for a visit) and the servants were sent to Benares by train, escorted by Adi Sr.