It has been an awesome week; Things seem to be lining up for us here in Richlands. It has been amazing to see the Lord’s hand in our work. I am feeling that you reap what you sow!
So this week we went on exchanges with the Welch Elders. I was able to go to Welch, a very poor area, but the people there are gold! I was with a great missionary--I could tell this Elder had been around some missionaries that may have nudged him in the wrong direction a few times. We had some great talks on the way down and I was determined to show him how obedience and a positive attitude can truly create miracles and also just to be a friend and help where I could. We started working and with many prayers in my heart we started seeing success. We taught two people, had great lessons, and then one after the other we found three new people for them to teach. Two of them accepted a baptism invite and it was a blast. We were so pumped! We had run out of Book of Mormons that they had in their truck.
I have never seen a missionary so astonished. I bought him dinner and we had a great discussion on setting goals for yourself and how being obedient is really the only way to receive power to call down blessings from heaven. This Elder was so inspired to change and to find out for himself who he wants to become when his mission is over. I was exhausted when the exchange was over, we worked very hard and it was one of the best ones I have been on. It doesn't matter where you are, God Loves His children everywhere!
Yesterday we had one of the coolest things happen! We went to give the sacrament to a Sister in the Branch who has been too sick to come. She is good friends with our Recent Convert, Jim Gunn, and he was also there with us. We walked in and were about to get started and she said, “Wait, I have a friend who wants to meet with you. Let me text him.” I was like, sweet, this will be awesome. Then this man, Tim, walks in and as soon as he was in the door the spirit hit the room. We sat down and in his eyes you could see that he had been searching for something for a long time and was desperate to find answers. So we started teaching, we were a little rocky because we were so excited, but we taught a good Restoration lesson and he received it well. It truly filled his soul; it was like I watched a giant weight being lifted off of him and he was fighting back tears. I told him that God wanted him to prepare to be baptized and he accepted a baptismal date. We all together kneeled and prayed at the end of our lesson and we were all in tears it was so powerful. It was beyond us, completely my jaw was pretty much dropped and I could not believe the spirit that generated from our lesson and lingered with us in this home. We got in the car and I was like, “Did that really just happen?” My trainee being stoked out of his mind was also gazed; it took a while to get back into reality!
I have been so scared to face the last part of my mission. I can’t imagine not being a missionary! I never would have thought I would be more nervous to go home than I was to come out. Thankfully, like I still have two transfers to give it my all. I will finish strong but boy am I starting to get tired. I have really been feeling it but I guess that is a good sign. I love this work, it is so cool, it has been incomparable to anything I have ever done.
Keep the Faith-- I hope everyone has a great week!
- Elder L. Kaleb Bingham
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