Elder Field Is Going To Eureka Zone!

Yup Elder Field is getting transferred and he is going as far north as freaking possible. Hahaha well not quite. There is a place called Crescent City which is more northern. But it's the northern most zone. Also, I get to by a YSA Missionary! This is going to be interesting haha. I have always wanted to be a YSA missionary. It's gonna be tough. But this is going to be fun :)

Anyway, friends and family that means my time here in Vacaville is done. I have spent 3 really good transfers here. I'm super sad to leave the people we are teaching. And the worst part of it is, I don't know if I will get to say good bye to anyone. Transfer docs came out on Sunday night (due to some complications, trust me I totally understand what that is like), so we didn't know who was staying or who was going. So we tried to have lessons with all our investigators that night but unfortunately they all canceled..... Lame huh.... 4 lessons that were set all fell through our canceled. I was pretty bummed to say the least. But I know they will be left in good hands. Vacaville was a really big learning experience. But I'm glad I had it. Bye Vacaville. It's been fun.

Let’s jump into some cool experiences this week. This week was FIRE for Vacaville. Don't know if saying fire in California is too soon but it was bumpin that's for sure. The zone found over 18 new investigators this week. I'm so freaking proud of them. We went out this last week and hit the pavement. (18 investigators are more than we have found in 1 week for a while) our #crikey is still going strong. We owe the zone pizza today...... Good thing we have a tiny zone. The #crikey videos were pretty funny this week. I will have to see if we can send a couple of them. Haha. So, the zone focus was definitely a success. I feel Steve Irwin smiling down upon us now. Rest in peace big fella'!

Cool story of the week. We were out finding one morning. We had met a lady names Sophia a few days prior she was in a hurry to get to work but she wanted us to stop by some other time. So, we decided we would go see how she was doing on Thursday morning. Well she was home and was really excited to see us. She asked us how our missions were going and how receptive the people are here. It was a very pleasant conversation. So, while having this doorstep conversation she just for some reason opened up and told us how hard of a year it had been on her spiritually. She was explaining a couple of experiences that reminded us of the people Alma. When they were in captivity. There is a scripture that says, "the lord will lighten their burdens" so we she was talking that came into mind along with Job. We knew she was religious and loved the Bible, so we had 2 options. Go the safe route and do Job. Or go the risky route and introduce the Book of Mormon. So of course, we took the risky option haha. Everyone needs the Book of Mormon. So, we share that with her along with other things and she loved it. She thanked us over and over again about how that was she needed to hear and she knew telling us to come back was a good idea. She then asked us if we could come back again. So, we set up a time and re-committed her to prayer (she had mentioned that her prayers were slipping) and we gave her a Book of Mormon and the book of Enos to read. She was really excited to read it and said she would. She is such a solid investigator. Oh man it stinks I don't get to teach her.

That's really the only real cool story for this week. Just a pretty normal week of missionary work. Lots of finding/door knocking/street contacting. Had a few lessons that went alright. We had a sick companionship study. I realized I'm doing missionary work all wrong haha. I am not giving my investigators a chance to really study the gospel and find out for themselves. I just have been going over and giving the lessons. I need to make it more of a search/study session for them. You learn more and better when you find the answer for yourself. We had a whole companionship study learning about how we could do this and how we could better our teaching skills. So good.

Other than that, nothing much more happened. I'm excited for a new transfer. Just had the thought cross my mind that I will be hitting my 18 month mark this next transfer and the sisters I came out with finish their missions at the end of the transfer. Good grief. Where did the time go?! Haha it's okay though I still have 6 and a half glorious months left to serve my Father in Heaven. Let's see what Eureka has in store for Elder Field. Tune in next week to find out ;)

Love you all! God is good! He knows you and loves you. I know that to be true. It's one of the pillars of my testimony. The Book of Mormon is the word of God. Joseph Smith saw what he said he saw. Jesus is the Christ, the promised messiah. And I know he knows me and helps me every day. I still am really trying to really feel prayer. But I do know he is listening.

Have a wonderful week.

-Elder Riley Field

Pictures!

For those who know my family you know what dish I made a couple of days ago. It was a hit. Everyone in the apartment loved it!