Elder Bingham gets back with his ex

Don't worry it isn't what it sounds like.

So after 8 months, Elder Bingham was finally blessed with a transfer!! And it definetly wasn't what I was expecting. I am now in the area Guabira, which is a little town in the middle of nowhere close to the city of Montero, which is a smaller city in the department of Santa Cruz. Basically, I'm really far away from most of the rest of the mission that isn't in Beni. And my companion... Elder Tuares! You might remember I was with him for one transfer a while back in Belen. I'm back with my ex comp. Its a party. I'm also no longer District leader, but thats fine. Elder Tuares and I get along really well and we're working hard, I'm happy to be with the guy again. This could potentialy be my last area in the mission, so good thing its super cool.

So Guabira is a little town known for its giant sugar factory thats always burning sugar cane. If you're close to the factory you have to deal with the constant odor of the burning cane, which is a pretty nasty smell. Like all the men work in the sugar factory during sugar season, seems like it pays pretty well. But other than that Guabira is a lot of humble farm land. There's some parts of our area where theres only houses like every 100 meters and a bunch of grass and cows in between. Its pretty wild. My area almost couldn't be any more different from Belen. On Saturday Elder Tuares and I got super lost looking for the house of this contact we did the other day and we were just wandering around for like 40 minutes in the middle of nowhere looking for the place. And when we finally got there she wasn't home! It was pretty fun though. I'll send a video I took if I can.

But that same day we had a super faith building experience! We have been praying like all week to be able to find a family to teach. A mom, a dad, and kids. And then right after we escaped from all the jungle farmland, our prayers were answered! We started contacting after our cita fell through, and at the first house we went to, a nice guy named Julio and his wife (and they are actually married, halleluia!!) let us talk to them for a bit! they have three kids and one of them is of baptizeable age! They are really interested and I'm excited to teach them in the future. The people in Guabira are really humble and receptive, and I think we should have a lot of success here. Wish me luck! Or just pray for me, that works better than luck-wishing.

Elder Bingham