Well this week went pretty well. I have found my new favorite word in my redneck vocabulary! So normally you would say follow me, I followed him. Well not in Virginia, it is now I fall'erd him home HaHa. When a lady said that multiple times, I was laughing pretty hard; I have never heard that one before!
So we have been undertaking a lot of service lately! Last week a man that just moved into the branch needed someone to hang a door for him, frame and all. I was like, “That is no big deal, I have hung hundreds of doors growing up building homes.” He showed us the door and we started working. Then he handed me a hammer and a nail. . . . I have only ever used a nail gun when hanging doors and I now know why I have only used a nail gun! It was a disaster! I was so stressed, but by the grace of God we got it hung and it looked good and it opened and shut! So I then decided that I would never again take on a project like that on my mission again. Well a week later someone asked us to help them install a bath tub. . . haha and I said, “We will help, but you will need to call a plumber to help!” So we did and we helped put a tub in, it was a lot less stressful :)
We have been teaching a family and after multiple lessons we were realizing that this family did not understand the restoration. So we thought of everything we could do, and then were thinking how we could teach it. We resulted in building a pyramid out of cups and built Christ’s church. We even put pictures of the Apostles on the cups and all. Then we tore down the pyramid and explained the Great Apostasy and all that, then we restored the church and they loved it! They finally understood it! And they had a ball with the lessons--it was great, we were able to bare testimony and have a powerful ending to the lesson. It was awesome! Now they are back on track, so that is good.
One of our favorite sisters from the branch, Sister Marshall, has been in the hospital all week. She hasn't been able to attend church for a while because of health reasons. So last p-day, we went and visited and brought her some of her favorite candy. Her faith has blown me away. She has perfect faith with no doubts and was happy and not worried. It really opened my eyes that we can be happy in our trials. That no matter what happens, we can have perfect absolute faith in our Savior. Luckily she is getting released today. One life lesson learned.
I am starting to gain a fast testimony of member missionary work. My whole mission I have been able to go and find people to teach on my own. Well recently, no matter how hard we are trying, we are not finding by tracting. It has been kind of hard, but I realized that there are many ways to find. So last week we asked a member to take us out to see some people. Brother Newton picked us up and said he had a friend he wanted us to meet. Of course we said yeah, let’s go meet them. We meet a couple named Susie and Donny and we sat down and the member introduced us and we started to teach. We asked, “Have you ever wondered why there are so many churches?” They both have had that question and we answered it! It was a great lesson and they wanted more so we were able to set up a return appointment for this week. Member missionary work is powerful!
I hope everyone has a good Easter. I think the Resurrection is my favorite part of the New Testament. I find a lot of hope in the Resurrection and in the fact that Christ broke the bands of death. Please reflect on it and please fall'er Him!
Love you all--Keep the Faith!
- Elder L. Kaleb Bingham
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