Hey Family!
I'm so glad that you guys are reading the Book of Mormon everyday! I can't even believe how much I feel the spirit since I started reading it every single day. In one of the meetings I went to this week, they were talking about the Book of Mormon and how vitally important it is. I kind of feel bad that I've never really taken it that seriously... oh well! Good thing we can just try our best and improve everyday!!
Well, This is only day 11, but it feels like I've been here at least a month. Yesterday at lunch, I thought to my self, "yay! Only a few hours until bed!" and then I looked down at my watch and realized that I still had a 10 hour day ahead of me. Days feel like 3 days in one, but whole weeks feel like only 3 days. It's some weird time warp thing that happens. Twilight Zone????? I think so.
I already went to the temple today! Our assigned session starts at 6:20 am. So that means that we have to wake up at 5:45 to make it on time. I actually am doing better at waking up than I thought I would! It takes some serious forcing myself, but it works out better. It's kind of hard though, because the other companionship in my room likes to stay up and sleep in... So, I feel bad that turning on the light makes them mad at us... haha oh well.
There is an elder in my district, Elder Metusula, is from Australia. The funniest thing happened the other day!! Sometimes he swears on accident because in Australia, they don't have the same swear words as we do. So someone from the intercom paged our classroom and wanted him to come to the front desk and he was like, "HECK NO!!!" And it was silent for a second, and then everyone was laughing hysterically! This isn't the first time it's happened either. On one of the first days, he kept saying words that missionaries shouldn't say..... so he asked me to make a list of words that are considered not so good. So I did! Except I didn't actually say the words... I just described them... (ei: person who doesn't know his dad, opposite of heaven, stuffffffffs) So, don't worry! I guess it doesn't really sound funny when I type it out, but we're still laughing about it like everyday!
I LOVE my district! They feel like my family, now. If you think about it, I have spent 16 hours a day with them for 11 days. That's a lot of hours! I just really love being around these missionaries. We laugh a lot, and have a lot of fun! Which is good! I think my favorite elders are Elder Steiner and Elder Metusula. They are really good guys! And super hilarious! I sit by both of them, so it really make the stress of the day seem less and less. We had the opportunity to teach lessons to each other in English the other day! Someone pretended to be an investigator, except they pretended to be a nonmember or less active member that they already know. It was a really cool experience, because even though we were both members/ missionaries, the spirit was still there like it was an actual lesson. I can't wait until I can pour my heart out into my lessons. Right now, it's like being taught by a sunbeam. No, joke. Later today, we are going to teach a new "investigator" except we aren't allowed to bring notes at all. Our teacher, Brother Elmer, told us that if we show the Lord that we trust him, and that we rely on him completely, he will tell us what to say. I hope he's right! haha It's really cool though how much the spirit is there in our lessons, even though we can't really explain the principles of the gospel super well... And when we do, It's super broken Cebuano. I know that I say wrong things when my investigator is trying to hold back laughter. The other day, I accidently told him to look up a wrong verse, and instead of reading something about faith, it was more along the lines of.. "and if you don't repent you will be thrust to hell." .... oops!
We had a really good devotional last week about being converted. Now I know why they want us to be strictly obedient. They want us to have a testimony of being obedient to the Lord's commandments, and they don't want us to be hypocritical when we're teaching. It makes sense now. But the spirit won't be with you if you are bearing your testimony on something that you don't personally believe.
Katie was telling me that her mom bought a little recorder and now they send that back and forth? That could be fun! haha I see her everywhere! I can send pictures now! but I can only send 5 at a time, so that's why it will be a bunch of e-mails...
I love you all!!! I'm so happy here! I love it more every day! I just really love feeling Heavenly Father's love for me all the time. It's not so much that I didn't feel it before, but that there were so many distractions of everyday life that helps us to not hear the voice of the Lord, and to feel the spirit. That's why the MTC is such a good environment! I thought I would really miss Facebook, and my phone. But to be honest, I really don't. I can't believe how much I can get done in 1 day. I'm sort of appalled at how much time I wasted on facebook and the internet. Pointless!! I appreciate all of the letters and all of the packages!! I feel so loved!! I think most of the elders in my district are jealous of me, because I get more dear elders/letters/packages than a ton of them! I'm so blessed to have so many people in my life that give me so much love!! I'm running out of time, but I'll write you this week!!
Love, Sister Bingham
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