Well I got some big news this week! I got a call from my Mission President Sunday night and he told me he was going to transfer me. At first I was a little disappointed because I didn't want to leave the people we have been working with. They are doing so well and they are all close to being baptized, but my Mission President is transferring me. . . I'm going to a town called Princeton! It is in West Virginia! I am super excited! Here is also the other big news. . I got called to be a Zone Leader! I'm super excited and a little nervous. But it is going to be fun. I have been to Princeton a few times; its big!! I'm so excited to serve in a more city area. It is going to be fun. My new companion is Elder Trujillo. (Good luck trying to pronounce it.) ;) But he is really great~ I know him pretty well!
I have spent the last week preparing to say good bye to all the friends I have made. I say friends because I don't like calling them investigators--They are way more than that. The sucky part of a mission is leaving an area where you have grown so close to people. They really do become a part of you! They find themselves in a special place in your heart that just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
I said goodbye to Dennis yesterday. It was hard--I have worked so hard and for so long and it’s been so rewarding to see his knowledge grow in the restored gospel. I know he is going to always remember the feelings He has received from the Holy Ghost from the message we were blessed enough to deliver. My prayer is that I hope he can continue to learn and be baptized. It will happen one day, I know it. I just wish I could see it! But the Lord has a plan.
I feel like Rich-lands has been my own
"Refiners Fire." I don't think I have ever been pushed so much
in my life as I have been here. I have had my testimony challenged, There has
not been a day we didn't get rejected by someone, and I have never seen this
side of discipleship. But I wouldn't trade it for the world. I really wouldn't
because this place has helped me become something better then who I was. I feel
good about what I have done here and I can say again as I did my last area, I
am leaving it better then I found it!
I will also remember all the faithful members of the church that don't have it easy like we do back home. They have shown me how to really "walk in faith." What a blessing they have been for me!
A quote I came across this week by President Monson is, "The greatest decision I have ever made is giving up something I loved, For the God that I loved even more; He has never forgotten me for that."
What a great statement. I am finding this to
be so true. I am learning more and more about who I really am and who I really
want to become. I feel like my perspective is changing along with my testimony.
It feels amazing! The sacrifices we make for the gospel and living it come back
to bless us in so many ways! It’s all up to us if we are going to let it change
us or not.
I'm so excited to see what The Lord has
in store for me in my next area! It will be an adventure. I love you all and
thanks for all the great support and prayers!
Keep the Faith!
Elder Kaleb Bingham
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| Some pictures I got with Dennis yesterday: |
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| Chad and I |
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| Sam and I |
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I found my buddy Sage Kotsenburg on some cereal--
nobody would believe me when I told them that I competed with him in Park City.
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Elder Powell and I
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