Elder Field Turns 1!!!

This Wednesday I will have been out for a year..... Woah..... Weird..... 

Guys there was a lot that happened this week so I'm going to skip the lengthy intro! HERE WE GO!

Monday was just your average P-Day, but at the end of the day we had all the departing Elders stay with us in our apartment. It was so cool to see a couple of friends for the Last time. Plus, it was cool because they were just talking about their missions and giving me advice on how to make this last half of the mission great. :D :D :D it was super cool.

Tuesday was a busy day....... We woke up at normal time but we were out the door by 7:30. We went to go set up everything. After that Elder Jones gave me some last words of advice before he left. I love that guy. I'm going to miss him so much. He is one of those missionaries whom I know I will see again in the future. We have a good friendship. I hope he does well his last transfer. ANYWAY, I grabbed my new companion Elder Reese and began running haha. So, the Tech Elders run transfers. We make sure everyone has their new companion/Cars/Phones. We make sure everyone leaves on time and knows where they are going. This transfer was a lot smoother than the previous transfer. I got a megaphone this time to yell at people...... I don't like being the bad guy...... But someone has to kill the fun and send them to their area. Anyway, after that I quickly filled in Elder Reese on the Tech Elder Duties and kinda what we do while we ate at Chick-fil-A. When we got back to the office we set up for the new missionaries who were coming in. Met all them, made sure their trainers where there, had the trainer meeting, had the greenie meeting, So on and so forth. Once that was all done we cleaned everything up and that was our day. We went to dinner over at the Perkins home. Then we went back to the office and did some of the Week 1 stuff. (The week 1 stuff is just a bunch of things we need to get done by the first week of the transfer, such as update contact info, add new missionaries to the system, delete old missionaries, and other housekeeping items) Fun story about the greenie meeting. We got permission from president to use a clip from the IT Crowd in our presentation to explain what we tech elders do. And if you know me you know exactly what clip I used ;) "Hello IT department, have you tried turning off and on again" 

Wed was the best day of the week hands down because after a long day at the office completing the week 1 stuff and preparing for MLC the next day, we went and introduced Elder Reese to Jazlin. While we were visiting on the door step (We couldn't go in because there wasn't another male in the home) We talked about how her week was when her mom walked up and asked if she had thought about a baptismal date. She said she had and she wasn't sure. The next little bit I'm not sure what happened because then they just started throwing dates and times out and basically planed her baptism..... YEAH....... THEY JUST PLANNED IT....... Jazlin will be baptized on June 10th....... YEAH AND THE DATE THEY CAME UP WITH WAS IN A WEEK........ I'M SO FREAKING EXCITED!!!! I WAS SO HAPPY I WAS BASICALLY SPEECHLESS WHEN THEY FINISHED PLANNING IT OUT....... Jazlin is super stoked about it as well! so right on the spot we set up all our lessons for the next couple of days that way we would be able to teach everything in such a little time. Another cool thing is Jazlin just recently got a new job. She talked to her boss and asked if she could have every Sunday off so she could go to church. And she got it approved!!!! I was on cloud 9 when she told me this. I'm so pumped for her. It's looking good. I know the Lord has had a very big hand in all of this. She has definitely been prepared. I have just been lucky enough to have been part of the ride.

Another cool thing that happened on Wednesday. We went over to brother Rowland's house for a Book of Mormon read. We asked if he had prayed about it. And he did!! He said that he doesn't feel like he got an answer but he also said he wasn't sure what he was expecting. We told him about what the fruits of the Spirit are and then we told him, one way that helps us get answers to prayers, we should continue to search and learn. We asked him if he wanted to take the missionary lessons. And he said yes!!! This is the first time he has ever shown interest in the missionary discussions. I was super pumped. 

Thursday was MLC, made sure the technology didn't burst into flames at all which is good. :D That was pretty much that day.... we had one of our lessons with Jazlin that night. It went well. Talked about the law of chastity. Thought it was going to be awkward but it actually went well. Hahaha only slightly awkward.

Friday, we did planning and we finished the office things...... any who we did a lot of finding that day as well. yay! Not much to report there haha

Saturday, we did a lot of finding as well. But we had an awesome district meeting.  We did some service for a lady whom I was really hoping would turn into an investigator, but..... she was very not interested but was really thankful for the service. 

That was pretty much our week. It was super busy and exciting! This week was cool because we were able to see a lot of miracles. It’s been cool watching these people whom I have served around for 4 and a half months now grow and watch the spirit work with them. It’s really cool watching them being guided to the truth and watching their hearts soften. And to have been a part of that, it's been super humbling. 

Cool insight I learned this week, in my studies this week the word remember has been sticking out to me more and more. The word remember is an interesting word due to the fact heavenly father asks us to remember a lot. In the Book of Mormon there are a ton of verses that say the word remember. "Remember remember that it is upon......" "Remember the trail and tribulations of your fathers...." It appears over and over. I was reading in The Infinite Atonement, and he talked about the word remember. He tells of the story of a mountain climber who was climbing with a friend. His friend was the Belayer. While he was climbing he fell and pulled 3 of the anchor points out with him. 10 feet from the ground the Belayer saved his life but using his brute strength to stop the fall. He then was saying "What do you do for the guy who saved your life. Do you give them a used climbing rope for Christmas?? No! You remember him, you always remember him. Funny how those are the exact words in the sacramental prayer" We as mortals have a tendency to forget. So, we need to be constantly reminded. that we need to remember. So, I would like to challenge all of you to take some time and truly remember the savior. And what he did for you. Reflect on how that has helped you become who you are today. It's been fun remembering. You start to feel your connection to the savior grow. 

I love you all and hope you all have a good week!! 

-Elder Riley Field

Elder Reese and I in cat shirts :D