May 10, 2015

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MUM!!!!!!!!!! I hope the family spoiled you heaps! Sorry we have to wait a couple weeks to Skype, but it will be worth the wait! :) I am SO grateful for you this day and for all the many things you have done for me throughout my life like driving me to after school sports, cooking all my food, doing my laundry, and most importantly for raising me in this gospel. I would not be anywhere near the person I am today without you! LOVE YOU HEAPS!!!!!

Also, a happy mother's day to all the other motherly figures I have had in my life, be it grandma's, teachers, young women's leaders, etc.

Last but not least, happy mother's day to the mother-to-be: my sister Kelsey! I am excited that you and Isaac have FINALLY made the righteous decision to start giving me nieces and nephews! :)

Back to the missionary work now. So this week wasn't too bad of a first week of the transfer. I have started to feel a cold coming, so I haven't been going too hard out, but we've still done our best to work effectively in the changing weather.

We had a zone meeting in Finley on Friday (two hour drive one way), but it was worth the drive! We had trainings on all the things I needed to hear! It's crazy how much those meetings can boost my spirits and give me enough strength to go back out and go hard!

We saw the Soqosoqo's this week. They are doing pretty good, but we are still working with them to try and get them to start reading the Book of Mormon again and to come to church.

Stella is also doing pretty good. The Jehovah's Witnesses came to her door this week and gave her some stuff, so I just hope that she can see clearly enough through their rubbish. But other than that she is doing well. We will go see her again later this week when she gets back from Sydney again.

Mere might be postponing her baptism for May 23. She told us that she has mid-term exams coming up in May for school so it just might not be the right timing. But we will still visit her and help her to be able to be baptised as soon as possible because she is absolutely golden! We went over the baptism interview questions with her and she can answer everything no problem!

Funny story of the week: Sister Dere and I were tracting earlier this week and there was this one door we knocked on. A man answered the door and started talking to us. He was friendly, but there was just one problem... His pants zipper was down. We could tell that he had absolutely no idea, and apparently had forgotten to check that before he answered the door, so we just did our best to remain eye contact and not to bust up laughing haha!

Love yous heaps!

Sister Bingham

1. Sister Tia with all her Cheetos her auntie in Utah sent her! (yes they are all already gone)

2. Some of us at the mother's day breakfast Saturday morning (I'm in my jumper because we went at 6:30 to help start cooking)

3. this is cocoa rice. It is a Samoan dish you make by combining rice, coconut cream, and cocoa Samoa

4. Lollies we helped prepare with the Primary presidency for Mother's Day

5. This is the Huntsman that somehow made its way into our flat. Mum, I have a really great video of Sister Dere and I killing it coming your way soon. :)