But when have we thought Elder Field needed anything else
right? Man this week was a little sparse on the finding and teaching game.....
due to THANKSGIVING!!!! Man, this Thanksgiving was a little bit slow. We had a turkey
bowl in the morning (which I am still really sore from..... woof) Anyway I will get
into that more later! Let's dive into the week, shall we??
Anyway, this week was pretty solid. I Did a lot of really
good studies as per usual. I have decided I'm going to read the entire Book of
Mormon before Christmas. (Due to a challenge by my mother, yall should join us
and let me know how you’re doing! That would be DOPE!) So, I started the day
after Thanksgiving and I'm going through it and marking up all the places it
references Christ. Any title, reference, or instance of his speaking, or just
explaining his life. It's been really cool so far. I got a little hardback Book of Mormon I'm
marking up and at the end I'm going to write my testimony of the Savior in the
back :D we will see how that goes. I'm already 4 chapters behind where I need
to be soooooooooooooooo yeah...... hahaha don't worry I can do it just got to
start speed reading ;)
So like I said before due to Thanksgiving the campus and
Arcata have been ghost towns..... I have been shocked how empty it is. Everyone
went home for Thanksgiving, and I know it's going to be even worse with
Christmas. I'm just hoping we will find that one lonely college student who
doesn't go home for Christmas who is just ready for the message of the gospel!
He/she is out there, I can feel it. I will let you know if I find them.
Even with everyone being gone we did however set a bunch of
return appointments for this next week along with reestablishing contact with
an old investigator and picking up a new investigator named Lexi. She is way
cool. Kinda closed off at first, but my companion and I had the feeling to just
straight up teach about the boldness of claim we and the Book of Mormon make.
About how we are the one true church. The lesson got intense. Her mom was there,
and she had said she believed the Book of Mormon (I guess she read before ????
idk) So we pointed out that if she believed the Book of Mormon, that means she
needs to get baptized into our church and that church she goes to isn't
correct. (Yeah there were some points where It got intense, but it was all
spirit driven so that's good) She then started to back pedal, so we just
invited her to read the Book and pray about it ;) no pressure or anything ;)
this is the point where Lexi started to get curious. We found out though she
isn't sure about Jesus Christ being the Savior of the world. She believes he
was a guy who lived, but isn't too keen on the idea of him being the son of God.
So, we taught that the Book of Mormon (along with making a really bold claim)
is the evidence of Jesus Christ's divinity. After the Restoration lesson she
seemed super curious and said she was going to read it. And she said we could
come back and teach more. So, whether this is just a situation where she wants
to gain knowledge about the Mormons or she is genuinely wants to know, I'm not
sure yet. But I'm excited to keep teaching her.
We had MLC today which was awesome as usual. The Topics of
discussion this time were Patience, how to work with stake leaders, and how to
improve the Culture of the zone. I Learns tons as usual. Also got rebuked by
the spirit as usual. I always tell new missionaries that MLC is like getting
beaten the crap out of by the spirit, both in a good way and a rebuking way.
And then you walk away half dead you heal up and improve only in time for the
next MLC to roll around. And then you do it all again. There is a lot of
learning and growing that happens :D so we got to drive 4 hours down to Santa
Rosa for an awesome meeting and then drove 4 hours back. I have discovered how
much I love to drive. Driving is so awesome!! A lot of the missionaries complain
about the drive to and from Eureka zone, but I embrace it. It's so much fun!! We
just get to drive down and listen to music and just have some awesome
conversation with the missionaries you ride down with :D can't complain.
Anyway, we have some good plans going forward for the
week. We talked to our branch president and he gave us some good direction on
where he wants the work to go. We are also having a meeting with the stake
president on how he wants the missionary work in zone to go :D. The zone is
doing good, still playing our game. Tomorrow is round 2 so we are excited :D
let's see what happens.
Fun story of the week. Well, idk how fun it is but maybe
it's funny to you guys. We had a turkey bowl. So, I got put on one of the teams
and I was one of the bigger kids, (like usual) so they put me on the line,
against this dude....... No joke.... My height and like 300 pounds (he was
really kind :D he is a surgeon and is just a great guy) but this dude was
massive. I would run at him and he would
swat me away like I was fly!!! I was quite sore from getting thrown around to
say the least.
That's about it for my week. It was a good week and I'm
learning how to be patient with myself and my short comings. That's something I
have always struggled with. But if the Lord can be patient with me I should be
able to be patient with myself. Along
with that I am learning how to minister in the Savior’s way. So, I have been
hardcore studying situations the Savior was put in and how he handled them. It's
given me a new desire to be and act like my Savior Jesus Christ. I really do
love him. And I know he lives and loves us all. God is good. So is life. There
is always to be happy or grateful for. Even if your days seem dark and down, go
to your knees, kneel down, and talk to your dad. Your heavenly dad. He will help
you feel happy and grateful. Plus if any of you need a pick me up, shoot me an
email and I will let you know how much I love you and how much the Lord loves
you:D You are all so amazing and I love and miss you all!! God bless!! Go
find some people to share you testimony with! Later Gators!
-Elder Riley Field
My Book of Mormon I'm marking up -
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