Seeeeee I'm not dead :) just late.
Hey guys! So, let me explain why I'm emailing today! Our
P-Day got switched to today because a member of the 70 Elder Schweitzer was
coming and touring the mission. We had a big half mission conference to come and
hear him speak and what not. It was pretty cool! The dude is way awesome he
taught us all about how to teach Repentance. He explained the importance of
Repentance in God's plan of salvation. It was sooooooooo cool! He also taught
us how to contact better and how to extend a Baptismal invite better. Apparently,
I needed all of this because I have been doing missionary work all wrong 😂😂
I learned a ton! I have at least 4 pages of notes. We also heard from President
and Sister Wright which is always such a pleasure to hear from them. She taught
about how important it is to have a testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith. She
then went on and listed all the things we are able to do because of the
prophet. The list was huuuugggeee! It was amazing to see how much Joseph was
able to do for the salvation of mankind. It was pretty cool :)
Anyway, this week was a good week! Busy with a lot of
finding (shocking, right?) but I'm trying to have a better attitude about it
haha. That was one thing I learned. I do have a positive outlook, it just
sometimes could be a little better with regards to finding :)
Tuesday of last week was a good day. We went and met with a
recent convert named Sister Coons! We are giving her the new member lessons
because she hasn't ever gotten them. Her son (Zak who is 17 years old) actually
isn't a member. He sits in on lessons. He is a super cool kid. We get along
really well so he is down to sit in and listens. He participated a bit when we
were talking about the restoration of the gospel. We gave him a Book of Mormon
and asked him to read it. He accepted and said he would. So I'm pretty excited
about that! We are going over next Tuesday to give the second lesson. :)
Wednesday, we had the chance to go to Brother Hsia's retirement
party. There were a ton of nonmembers there and we were trying to talk it up but
it was rather difficult. There wasn't much success but it was a fun party none
the less lots of food and fun. Brother Hsia had been working there for 40
years! Freaking insane haha. We also went to food bank and met a kid named Kyle
there. The dude just started firing off questions about who we are what we
believed and all sorts of stuff! The kid was cool he was 19 years old and was
super curious! He doesn't belong to any church he is just "spiritual"
he says. (that's a common answer for people here in Cali) he is coming again
next week so we can talk to him more so I'm pretty excited about that too! But
yeah so that was the highlight of Wednesday. Other than finding!
Thursday, we had the district leader meeting, which was
good. Just the usual meeting. It was good. Got to see and learn from president
for an hour. Did some service and yeah. Fun stuff.
Friday! We did a really big service, it was like a big swap
meet we volunteered at. It was specifically for baby items and what not. It was
pretty chill. Then we weekly planned! Swaaaaaaaaag! Lots of finding for this
week too! Now that I have learned a new contacting strategy I’m pretty excited.
Woot!
Saturday, we had district meeting and something interesting
happened. Hermana Foster, she is the one I sing with all the time, she was in
my district in San Rafael, well she got transferred to another area but her
companion went home early. She then got transferred to my district in a trio
now. So, we get to serve around each other again. Yay!
Sunday was just a good Sabbath. The gospel principles and
doctrine classes were combined and it was a big member missionary lesson.
Sooooooooo gooooooooooooddd. We are hoping to get the members more focused in
the work. I think it's working. :) we will find out here soon.
Anyway that's pretty much it for this week. The zone
conference was amazing. I wish I could talk about it more but I'm running out
of time! I will tell you all about it next week! I love you all! Have wonderful
week!
-Elder Riley Field
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