Elder Field And Elder Serassio Become The Mission's Greatest Detectives!

First off, I just found out that President Monson passed away yesterday. That man was and is a prophet of God. He will he missed. The plan of salvation is so cool isn't it :) we know where he is right now and I'm so grateful for that knowledge
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Guys!! I have such a cool story for later in the email ;) But my week was super good! Sorry for the late email, our p-day got switched to today because WE ARE GOING TO THE TEMPLE! Which temple you might ask??? The Medford Oregon temple!!! That's right Homies Elder Field is leaving the mission for a little bit ;) it literally is the closest one to us, and it's a 3 1/2-hour drive away. So I'm super pumped to go to the temple and see what this one is like :D Guys temples are so freaking cool. I love it.

Anyway, let's talk about the week!

So, we are slowly starting to see an increase in population in Arcata haha. The students are coming back! so we have been able to contact some good people. There are still a ton of people at home which has forced us to switch up our finding tactics but for the most part it's been pretty good. I have learned a lot which is always a blessing. I love learning. Like a lot. It's weird I know. I'm a weird human. But anyway, off that strange tangent. We weren't able to find anyone new last week :( But we were able to have some amazing lessons with Diana this week! We talked about the law of chastity along with the word of wisdom and the law of tithing. Haha all in separate lessons don't worry, but they went so well! she accepted all of it and is super pumped to learn more and is still looking forward to her baptismal date on February 3rd. (we had to move it back slightly but it's okay, we found out we will be having MLC on the 27th so we wouldn’t be there. We gave her the option of still getting baptized that day, but she said she wanted us to be there. How nice! Anyway, she is just so freaking cool. Love her lots. Anywho that's really the only person we worked with this week. Everyone is still MIA from New years and Christmas. Which BTW HAPPY FREAKING NEW YEAR!!!  I can't believe it's 2018 already. It's so nuts. 2017 was a pretty good year. It was the full year I spent on my mission. I will forever be grateful for 2017. Let's see what this new year brings.

So, because the work was crazy slow in the YSA Last week, we somehow we're able to remain busy. But like doing a lot of different things. One of the elders in zone had to go to the hospital to get surgery. It was an emergency, he is okay now so don't worry. But we had to stay overnight at the hospital with him. #HosptialSleepIsTheWorstSleep I got maybe 20 mins sleep put together. But don't worry we got permission to take an hour nap. It was really nice. And that was all we needed to keep going. The Lord sustains.

COOL Story Of The WEEK! We became freaking detectives. Let me explain. So, the Arcata elders went to the hospital to pick up the companion of the elder who was in the hospital. While they were there, their phone got stolen. So that was a bummer. Mind you these are the brand new smart phones we have, so we were really sad. So we called the AP's to let them know what happened. They were super bummed and we basically gave up on the phone. Well I got an  idea.  I was pretty sure we could track where the phone was (thank you parents for tracking me all my high-school days on my smart phone to know that it was possible) So while the tech elders looked into it we just went to work knocking doors which is 90% of what we have been doing the past week. Anyway, we got a call an hour later and they said they knew where the phone was. It was over by the WinCo and was on the move. "So...... What the freak do we do?" So, we decided we would call the police and let them know.  We called them and they sent a police officer to meet up with us. His name was Ryan. Nice guy. Helped us out lots. So, we met with him and drove and approached the phone’s location and so we made noises on the phone from the computer and low and behold some homeless guy had it. We got it back and then the police officer looked at us and said, "Well what do you want to do? You want to press charges?" I looked at the officer and said, "Honestly we just wanted the phone back." So we let him go, the police officer chastised him for a little bit and then we were on our way. Such a weird day...... I took some videos, I will share them with my parents, if yall want to see what they were like talk to my mom, she will figure out how to get them to you. Haha fun stuff. Anyway, that was the day we became detectives. The other missionaries still don't believe us ;)

Anyway, sorry this email was really scatter brained and quick. I’m writing this really quick the night before we leave for the temple :D Because I know I won't have time tomorrow (don't worry I got permission) . 

I love you all! God is good! I will talk to you more on Monday!!! BYE!!!

#LightTheWorld

Cheers!
-Elder Riley Field

Bumper sticker on a parked car weirded me out. So I put a pass along card. Jesus is always there. Sometimes peaking around a license plate 

And look! I drew our investigator that we were teaching during companion ship study. We did a teaching practice and we needed someone to teach. So, meet Jake. He would fit in rather well here in Humboldt.