Well this week went a different direction then we were
expecting.
So last week I talked a lot about a man named Marcus that we have been teaching. He was supposed to get baptized on Sunday. We do
not know why, but Marcus backed out at the last minute on Saturday night. It was
pretty crushing for us.
We had done all we could for him. We were fasting all day
Saturday and still walking the streets in the hot weather. He had a very
uplifting experience when he passed his baptism interview and was just so
solid. Marcus even went to the DC Temple, on his own, last week just to go
see it and feel the spirit. He was doing family history, so he could start on
his deceased relative’s work right after he was baptized. He was the most solid
man I have ever taught.
Saturday night we were getting worried because we hadn't
heard back from him all day. So he finally sent us a message and said "the
LDS church is just not for me" and apologized and canceled his baptism. This
was so hard because we all knew that he was so ready. We think his family might
have threatened him again. So please keep him in your prayers. We hope we will
hear back from him soon so we can try to get him back.
The most frustrating thing about missionary work is
accepting the principle about agency. No matter what you do or how good of a
missionary you are, people still have to accept the message and act on it for
themselves. This is the saddest part of the work! When you love someone and
know what they need and could have and they, for any given reason, make the
wrong choice.
But luckily we have a loving God that is patient with our
decisions and has given us a Savior, someone to redeem us from our wrong
decisions and help us achieve God’s purpose, to have us return to live with him
some day. How grateful I am for that loving God and for the Savior’s infinite atonement.
Well besides that, the week was really busy and we put in
a lot of hard work! It was really neat to see a handful of inactive members that we have been working with for weeks make it back to church yesterday for the first time in years! It made us feel good The ward needs them and they felt that!
So I hit my year mark. . . . . This also brought
some mixed emotions. I can’t believe that I only have a year left. I am going
to make this next year even greater than my last! This time as a missionary is
so precious and I am loving it!
Thank you all so much for the support. I love you and
Keep the Faith!
- Elder Kaleb Bingham.
P.S. The picture is me burning a shirt for my Hump day!
My hand was literally on fire. . . but I got the shot! 
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