I am convinced that I am in a different mission! Roanoke is so sweet! It is massive. I have never been in a city this big on my mission before--it is so much fun! The population of people in our area is 98,000 people. We can talk to people all day long, it is awesome. I have been having so much fun being here it feels great.
We have been doing a lot of work in down town Roanoke. Basically all we have to do is walk down the street and just talk to people and that is how we have been finding people to teach! It is the greatest; I feel like I'm in New York! I attached a picture of a street we were working last night.
We had a cool experience down town my first day I got here. We were walking and noticed a girl and a few guys moving someone in to a studio apartment. We offered to help them move in and they gladly accepted our service! We got talking while we were moving and once we were done the girl named Kristina told us how thankful she was for our help. It turns out that she just got a job on one of the Virginia news stations, she is a reporter. It was neat. She invited us back to share a message with her; we were excited about that! It was cool to see how some simple service can really touch someone's life. After we were done helping her move in, one of the guys that were there bought us lunch! It was awesome. There is no better feeling then serving someone--there is so much we can do in our day to day lives. This is something I will always do because I'm addicted to the loving satisfaction that comes from a little service.
The Roanoke ward is awesome! It feels like I'm out west. It was a good welcoming Sunday! We had a really great lesson in Gospel Principals about Repentance. After church we had a lunch and mingle where everyone had lunch and just talked, it was sweet! I like the ward a lot; it will be a lot of fun to work with them.
We had a good lesson with a 14 year old boy last night named Nasir. He lives in the inner part of the city. What a smart kid! It was a fun lesson; we taught him the Plan of Salvation and invited him to be baptized. After we extended the invitation we asked him, “How long do you think it will take you to come to know this is true?” He replied, “I don't know, probably like three weeks!” It was a powerful response--he has a lot of faith!
I'm looking forward to spending a lot of time in Roanoke! I feel like I am needed here. I can’t wait to see the miracles that are awaiting me here! I love you all--thanks for all the support and the prayers.
Keep the Faith!
- Elder L. Kaleb Bingham
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