Es chistoso pero es serio

Whoo cambios.

We had them again, as you can imagine. and they were crazy once again. Tuesday night we went out for Shawarma to celebrate the end of the cambio. Which also happened to be the 4th of July. And justamente, there was barbeque sauce with the shawarma. So that made me really happy and made me feel almost American. And then cambios happened and I was instantly extremely unhappy. Well not necessarily unhappy, but extremely dumbfounded.

So first off, Elder Moreno got transferred, and I'm staying here another cambio. I'm going to have my third comp in my third transfer in the same area. And elder Moreno is going to Paraiso, to be companions with Elder Prince. My comp in the CCM. I'm a little jealous. Elder Bastias, quite possibly my favorite Elder so far that hasn't been my comp, is going to Trinidad, probably to die there. And I'm staying here with Elder Ferreira as my new companion. He's from Brasil, and he's super cool, but he's also a little famous for being disobedient sometimes. Oh yeah and I'm going to be district leader this cambio. In my third cambio en the mission. Which kind of blew my mind and made me really stressed and humble all at the same time. I blame Elder Moreno for my new assignment. He told Presidente Cabezas multiple times in the weekly letters that "Elder Bingham está listo por cualquier asignación". Including this super dificult one. But I guess that's my life now.

So I now have a lot more responsibilites now including proselyting in this difficult area. It really isn't that bad, I just get a little stressed sometimes. I've been praying a lot to know what to do with my district and stuff. Because they just kind of throw you in there as district leader with only the manual misional and a little binder to train you. Im a little worried I'll be in a baptismal interview or something and not understand something really important the investigator tells me. And accidentally let a murder get baptized. Es chistoso pero es serio. Which is my new phrase by the way.

But the week has actually been pretty good as far as lessons go. The only problem is that Elder Ferreira likes to talk a lot, and we end up late to a lot of lessons. which is a problem. But one really cool lesson we had was with a couple called Jhonny y Nelly. We taught them the restauracion, and after we explained the first vision, Jhonny said "una pregunta. Ese realmente pasó?" Si hermano. Testificamos que si. The spirit was really strong in there. Teach and testify. the golden combo.

For a spiritual homework for you guys, I realized that 1 nefi 17 is a perfect analogy for missionary work. And anyone who's been in my class in church knows how much I love analogies.The story about Nefi building the boat. I'll give you the basis. Nefi is the mission president. his brothers are the missionaries. The boat is the church, and the tools are your converts. I'll let you go read it and find out how perfect it is for yourself. Es chistoso pero es serio.

Hey I'll make you a deal. You guys pray for me and I'll pray for you. Sound good right? Love you all

Elder Bingham