June 16, 2013
Hello everyone!
So, sorry I was late e-mailing today. We had a zone activity earlier in Catbalogan. We were supposed to go hiking, but because of the typhoon, we decided to play dodge ball at the chapel instead. It was a lot of fun!! I love my zone! I also got to say goodbye to my mommita in Catbalogan, because she wasn't in town when I got transferred, so that was nice.
This week I had a lot of adventures. A very old driver asked me if I would come to his house... but not so that I could share the gospel with him... he told me I was very nice to look at... In English... that is even more awkward than when it happens in Waray-Waray. Mostly because I could understand him.
Then one day I stepped in a sewage gutter. That was super gross! It was around 6 at night, so we decided to go home so that I could bleach my leg. haha just kidding. I didn't use bleach. I used like a gallon of rubbing alcohol! I guess the Lord didn't want us to go anywhere else, and the only way he could stop these missionaries is if I stepped in a sewer.
I also experienced my first Filipino funeral. A really amazing lady in our branch died last Monday. She was super great! I had only met her a few times, but she worked with the missionaries, always did a ton of visiting teaching, and she was an awesome teacher. She was super Christ like. She died while she was praying. Last Sunday, I was in sacrament meeting, and I thought, "Wow, I am feeling the spirit sooooooo strong! I feel so much peace and I just am loving this sacrament meeting! hmmm... I wonder why..." After, we learned of Sister Layam's death the day after, I realized why. When I was working as a CNA, I would take people really close to passing on, and there would be such a unique spirit there. I think that I felt that spirit at the sacrament meeting because the veil was a little thinner than usual. It helped remind me of how many people (seen and unseen) are helping me with my missionary work, supporting and protecting me. I am really sad for the Layam family, but I'm also super happy because this has opened a lot of opportunities for us to help strengthen the branch. A lot of inactive people that knew sister Layam attended her funeral, and a lot of them agreed to let us teach them. Death is kind of a funny thing. It's really sad, but it helps people realize how important the gospel really is. I'm really thankful for the knowledge that I have of this gospel!! It blesses my life every second of everyday!!!
We also have 4 new investigators!!! wooooo!! In Calbayog, everyone is super devout Catholic. A lot of people want to talk to us about America, not really about the church... But these new investigators are great! One of them is American!!!! He is from California. His name is Rod the American. Actually, we just call him that because we don't know his real last name. But he's nice! Unfortunately, none of them came to church yesterday, but that's ok, because they will next week after we teach them more!
I basically love my mission! I have so much fun with Sister Schaap everyday! I'm so grateful that she's my companion!!! It's good because we both don't really know what we're doing, so we have to rely on the Lord every single day. Which is good because even though we don't speak Tagalog (which a lot of people do here) and we aren't super fluent in Waray-Waray, all of our lessons seem to work out. I've taught more lessons this week than I have in any other week of my mission, which I'm super happy about!!! I just love life all of the time! woooo! How can I not with being apart of such an amazing gospel, and serving these amazing people??
I hope all of you have a great week! Thank you so much for all of your prayers and for all of your love!!! You are the best!!!!
Love,
Sister Bingham
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