Elder Field Was Attacked By A 2-Year-Old Wielding Paint

Hey friends and family!

This week was a good week. It flew by. While sitting here trying to reflect on what happened and I really can't remember all that happened haha. So, let's see if I can dig through the missionary memory banks and see if I can scrounge up something for this email ;)

We had such an amazing family home evening with the Decious family. We talked all about the plan of salvation and taught them about it. I was amazing at how much they didn't know about it. Then again thinking back to me before the mission I probably wouldn't have been able to recite it off. But we walked through each step and the girls had some deep questions. Questions they had been wondering for a while and it was such a spirit fueled evening. We helped them answer some of their questions about the afterlife that had been troubling them. It was cool because as we taught it I could "feel" my testimony becoming more and more solid on the plan of salvation. I can't wait to go over again tonight because we are teaching about the Atonement!!! Also, if any if you know any fun FHE games. I need ideas..... Bad..... I'm running out of ideas haha

We went on exchanges with one of the district leaders who is training this week. I took the greenie. His name is Elder McGladrie. He is so freaking funny, we had way too much fun on our exchange. We got a call from our ward mission leader with an emergency. A pipe in his yard burst and he needed us to come fix it. So, because we are trying to develop a better relationship with our ward mission leader (he loves Elder Harris, I'm trying to build a relationship with him before Elder Harris takes off. So, we went digging and fixed it, we got very very dirty.... Haha but after which we were able to go and do a ton of finding and he really enjoyed it. It was cool to have that greenie fire again. Everything was so exciting. Hahaha guys I want to train again haha :)

We had a lesson with a new investigator we picked up named Breanna! She is 25 and was walking down the street when we contacted her. We went over and talked to her about the restoration of Christ's church. She apparently had some really good Mormon friends so she had some good feelings towards us. She also was super interested in family history so we set up some time to go to the family history center at the church building. So that's awesome! Excited to see where that goes.

Our lesson with our Liberian investigator Newton fell through :( he was feeling sick but we got a text from him saying he was sorry and was looking forward to our next meeting. Hopefully we can meet with him this week. He is so coooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!

We also picked up a new investigator! His name is Will! He was a member referral from Brother Egloff. He called us in the morning and said he needed some help unloading stuff from his truck. We told him we should be able to do it. Well he invited Will over to help us out too. The best part is, Brother Egloff and his wife conveniently had to go to the store. So, we helped Will unload it and then had an awesome lesson with him. Everything he said brought my mind to a point of the gospel that we could share. It was so freaking cool. Guys, Will would make the perfect Mormon hahaha his story relates with what Joseph Smith was going through. We are going to call him up and meet with him :) blessings man. Blessings.

We went over to the Grindle home and had such an awesome visit! First, we went over midafternoon to set up something for the night. And while we visited for 2 seconds she told us that they had been reading and even taking notes!!! She says there are a lot of things in the Book of Mormon that had been standing out to her!! GUYS THEY ARE READING THE BOOK OF MORMON AND ARE STARTING TO COME TO CHURCH! I'M SO FREAKING HAPPY FOR THEM!! OH, I WANT TO SEE THEM SEALED IN THE TEMPLE SO BAD HAHA!....... Anyway, we went over the night and visited them and had an awesome lesson on the commandments which she opened up to us about her problems with her family. And how she wants to let go of those feelings of anger and frustration. So, it switched to the Atonement and we talked a bit about how Christ can help her get rid of the those feelings. She said she would work on it. We invited her and her family to keep reading and praying. Hopefully we can come up with some good stuff for her to read and study so she can know how she can rely on the savior. They are so cool! During the lesson is when little Emily came at me with acrylic paint that was pink and got it on my pants which was sad haha. Nothing too bad but now I have 3 little finger prints of pink on my black pants. I love Emily even though she is full of energy and she keeps me on my toes.

The sad part of the Grindle story is they didn't come to church this week. Emily woke up with a fever. So, I'm praying they will come to church next week.

We also had a lesson with the Busbys on temples. They haven't been progressing and we are thinking about dropping them but we got back in touch with the and they still want to learn so we will see if they start progressing again. They are really cool. They just need to jump into the Book of Mormon. And then all would be well.

That sums up my week. Can't think of any crazy stories or anything, but know I'm doing well and I am learning tons. The past two transfers have been a huge learning experience. And trying to figure out how to be a good zone leader is always on my mind. I decided I'm going to memorize D&C 121: 34-46. I want that to be really instilled in my soul. I have decided I'm also going to memorize a bunch of other scriptures. Got to put my memorization skills to work right? ;)

Love you all, have a wonderful week,

-Elder Riley Field

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