Well I got a new companion! His name is Elder Kleiman. He is so awesome! He is from Utah and he played on BYU’s rugby team! He actually played with Aaron on his same team! He only has like 5 weeks left on his mission though, so I'm killing him off. But on the bright side, president called me and told me that he gave me Elder Kleiman because he is one of the top leaders and missionaries in our mission and he wants him to train me to become a leader. He wants younger missionaries learning to become good leaders. So I thought that was pretty cool! We get along really well and have a lot of fun; we have a lot in common and our personalities are very similar so we teach very well together. We have already seen a ton of success in this past week. I'm very glad he is my companion!
The college is going to be starting back up soon in Radford. I'm so excited for all the students to come back! Hopefully we can start teaching younger people! We have picked up a few younger families this last week. We found a lady named Tasha Smith, she works at the gas station by our house, and we taught her and her husband and got them on date to be baptized on Aug. 30th!! On top of that, they came to church yesterday and loved it! They said that they felt something different about our church that they really liked! It was so great to hear that! They also have a 5 year old girl and a baby boy. I have been very excited about them!
We have a lot of other investigators we picked up this last week that were excited for! I have really good feelings about the next couple weeks. I think we will see a lot more success and hopefully some baptisms!
One of the bigger things I have learned this week is obedience. It is very hard to be an exactly obedient missionary. What I realized is that we shouldn't be obedient just because we are commanded to, we should be obedient because we love God and we trust in him. The only way God can give us blessings and help in this life is if we are obedient to his commandments and we are obedient because we love him. God knows us all and loves us all and he is always mindful of what we are going through, our trials and our challenges. He is even mindful of our temptations. All he wants for us is to be happy and to find joy in this life and return back to him. When we are obedient to God and we love him and want to follow him, he will bless us and take care of us. I'm so grateful for this gospel and everything that comes with it. I'm very grateful for all of my family and loved ones. I love getting all the support that I do, it’s very comforting. I hope everyone has a great week! I love you all and I will see everyone soon!
Keep the faith!
-Elder Kaleb Bingham
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