What a great week it was! Things are going
great here in Radford! We have been very blessed to see so many great
things this week in our area. Even though it has gotten really cold here,
things haven't slowed down too bad.
We had a great lesson this week with one of our Investigators, Kenny Harris. Kenny is a funny guy we have been working with for a few weeks now. He is coming along great and loves all the lessons we’re teaching him. The hardest thing is getting him to church! We’re still working on that, but while we were teaching the Plan of Salvation, Elder Williams and I had a great idea to use the church building in the lesson. We used all the big rooms of the church to teach about a different part of the plan, for example, we used one half of the gym to teach the pre earth life then used the big sliding curtain in the gym to describe the veil and coming down to earth. We even used the baptismal font to teach the basics of the gospel. We then moved from room to room until we got through the whole plan and then had a recap about everything we had taught him and left Him with a few commitments. This was so effective for us and we feel like he understood the plan of salvation really well and we taught him at his own pace so he could grasp all the important points. After it made me realize how lucky we are to have such an amazing plan that heavenly Father has given us!
The baptism was incredible yesterday! It was one of the best experiences I have ever had. We had the Baptism after church; Josh is the eight year old son of the Vaught family. His mom, Alicia, is a member but when we had found her she was completely inactive and knew very little about the church. Her husband, Shane, is a nonmember and isn't religious at all. He is an intimidating guy to teach, but he is a great man. And Josh’s younger brother is Zach and he is 7. Anyway, it was awesome! The bishop of the ward conducted the service and one of the family friends baptized Josh. We was so excited--it was fun to see. All went well with the ordinance and we were back in the Relief Society Room when they were giving the talks on receiving the Holy Ghost. The man that gave the Holy Ghost talk was their old bishop when Alicia got converted. The bishop that was conducting felt prompted to ask the old bishop to confirm Josh and he did after he was through giving his talk on the Holy Ghost. Without hesitation he confirmed him and it was one of the coolest blessings I have ever heard. In the blessing he said that Josh was called here at this time so that he could help his parents in this life to be converted to the gospel. And that Josh one day will serve a mission and be very successful because of what his family has and is going through. It was so special.
It was so cool to see the difference Elder Williams and I made to this family. The mom stood up in the end and thanked us for everything we had done for them and being so patient and not giving up on their family. It brought me the most satisfaction I have ever felt. I could feel that God called me here at this time to help the Vaught Family and help them receive the gospel.
I have really come to know in my heart that I am supposed to be here and that despite all my weaknesses and imperfections, the Lord is working through me to help hasten His work. This church is so true.
Keep the Faith!
Elder Kaleb Bingham
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