MALNUTRITION SCREENING IN TOLEDO AHHHH SISTER BINGHAM OKAY
Have I ever said that God really does know and love us so so so much?!!!? It's soo true! my goodness I have a new companion Sister Cherrington. She's a champ and this is the first time she's been assigned to Cebu island yay! She got here Thursday night and Friday morning we went right to Cebu for a special zone conference with Sister Bingham, the general relief society president for the whole church and President Schmutz, the area president of the whole Philippines, We learned soooo much we were INSPIRED ah there are things we should 'always do' and things we should 'never do' such as always being faithful and never being critical. They talked about that we won't, don't, and can't know everything but we never give up on people or on ourselves because God's plan is perfect!
THEN we came home to Toledo on Saturday to a malnutrition screening program run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Sister Bingham was there ministering one by one to the children and all those from Toledo who attended. We had only 1 month in advance to prepare as a district in Toledo and these members did INCREDIBLE THINGS they prepared shirts, banners, food pyramid pictures, everything!) and were so excited to be receiving this much needed help. so they found that toledo is one of the most malnurished places in the world for children ages 0-5 so we had people come get their weight and height taken to see what level they were on their nutrition. We got to go around the whole morning greeting kids (the cute Intes family was there) and meeting so many members and non members with little kids in hand running around and watching the church videos and handing out bubbles and toys. The members in charge would register the kids and help get their weight and height which would calculate their nutrition level based on World Health Organization standards (even to just hear about the WHO oh my goodness YES) and that afternoon we got together to look at the results. There is an incredible article about this whole event ! (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/president-bingham-emphasizes-relief-societys-importance-in-philippines-area-fight-against-malnutrition?lang=eng
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Relief Society General President Jean B. Bingham greets some of the children in the Toledo Philippines District of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a malnutrition screening hosted by the district on Saturday, February 8, 2020.
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The leaders and missionaries gathered with the LDS charities president and Sister Bingham and we were all shocked to hear the results. Tears were shed, but there was such a drive to start doing things to change this. I felt so inspired!!!! Ministering is so individual and one-on-one but there are so many inspired leaders that are doing so much to not only help spiritual things but SAVE LIVES and make sure temporal and spiritual needs are being met YAYAY
We just went right to work after that and INCREDIBLE we met jennebeth who's husband is a member from Balamban but hasn't been to church in a long time and we gave them a book of mormon the last time and they have read every single word on the first 5 pages like including the copyright and place it was printed and everything haha then we ended up waiting for a long time for him (brother jenard) and then hadn't planned a lesson but talked about nephi and keeping the commandments because God DOES provide a way and he promised so happily that he wont go fishing on Sunday so he can go to church with Sister Jennebeth and it was POWERFUL.
We went to Brother Alan and were so bold in teaching about repentance and how we NEED the sacrament and it was so good to see him in his white shirt with his brother who hasn't been at church in years to take the sacrament. REally helps us have a fresh new slate and be forgiven
the intes family is so in love with reading the book of mormon and so converted we went on sunday and there was a family ministering already to them and we all talked about the temple because both families are trying to prepare to go there POWER
she is incredible!!!
our church building for the screening!
okay we also rode this horse thing right next to buses and jeepneys and cars hahah President Pajaro our mission president pulled over the van for us to ride this down the street
monkey at market
Nutrition Screening - Toledo, Philippines
People we met at the nutrition screening that we later visited at their house
Sister Bingham ministering one by one to the sweet pepole of Toledo.
I learmed so much by watching her and feeling of her deep love for the Lord and each and everyone of HIs children
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