Week 26 (Binalbagan)

Maayong aga liwat! (Good Morning!) it feels like I just sent an email yesterday :P
So our new elder is Elder De Luna, who arrived in November the same time I did. We were really sad about Elder Cabato leaving cause he's a lot of fun, but Elder De Luna is fun too and he told me I was sagad (skilled) at Ilonggo so he's okay in my book.
Anyway we had lots of good lessons this week! We had Brother and Sister Girao work with us on Wednesday as we visited Maribel, 26 year old mother of two children who's sister in law is a member, and the Gabuello family (I'll explain in a min). So Sister Maribel has accepted our invitation to be baptized on April 21 and at the same time be married to her husband (all this is okay with him). She started reading the Book of Mormon the moment we gave it to her and right now she's already in 3 Nephi!! She listens really well and really has a desire to follow Christ, the only thing she lacks is attending a church service. Sister Girao was super awesome and friendly and I know if Maribel attends church, she'll have an immediate friend in Sister Girao.
 
Then we visited the Gabuello family. Sister Gabuello is always involved in our discussions and Brother Gabuello attends if he isn't at work. They have 6 children ages 20, 19, 15, 13, 9, and 3. The oldest 3 are strong young women who are always participating in our lessons. They are super strong in their faith in Christ and I'm always impressed by their responses to questions. In our lesson, with the help of the Giraos, we talked about conversion and how to recognize answers to our prayers. The Spirit was so strong and I was so grateful for the help and knowledge of Brother and Sister Girao. Sister Girao invited Sister Gabuello to attend the stake RS activity on Saturday and then church on Sunday. Unfortuantely, she wasn't able to attend either. But we'll try again this week!
Something funny that happened was at our lesson with the Gabuello family. We got on the topic of missions and who's called to serve and why they serve and Sister Gabuello was a little nervous and said she didn't think she could do that. We gently laughed and told her it was not asked of her to serve a mission as she was married and was raising children. She looked relieved and then said she really couldn't do what we missionaries do, she said "indi ko kabalo kon paano maghambal!" or "I don't know how to speak!" I quietly said "ako man" or "me too" and everyone heard and then had a good laugh at that.
Love you all! Thank you for your support sa akon pirme!
Sister Bingham
Pictures: Live cockroach vs dead cockroach, NOT IN MY HOUSE
I made mac and cheese! Thanks mom
Alipo-on kids, they are the best
sunset over the island of Nabuswang
Siopao
Stake RS activity, our ward RS dancing the 50s way
Me and Mount Kanla-on
Live cockroach

dead cockroach


mac and cheese!

Alipo-on kids

sunset over the island of Nabuswang

Siopao


Stake RS activity, our ward RS dancing the 50s way

Sister Bingham and Mount Kanla-on

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