Elder Field Meets A Really Drunk Dude.....

Hey family and friends! We had a pretty good week this week. Wasn't to eventful but we did meet some crazy people when tracting. I love knocking doors now a days just because of the crazies you get to meet. That and it's just fun. Like I get to spend hours at a time with a companion whom I love dearly, and we get to just hang out and try to talk to people about Jesus. Yes, there are rude ones but ultimately you just let it roll off ya. That and hey, persecution for the sake of Jesus Christ are just security for your blessings in heaven.

Anyway, this week we did some prep work for this coming week and Diana's baptism. She was gone for spring break (as was 7/8 of Arcata) so we weren't able to meet with her, but we got times and dates for the baptism and also for lessons this week. She is still looking super solid for Saturday! She is super excited! 

Other than that, we just did a bunch of finding.  With little success. We did find 2 investigators who seem pretty promising.  One of them is named Maria there other one is named Amber. They both told us to come back after spring break was over, so we will see if they are truly interested. 

That was...... pretty much it...... I know...... We didn't have any lessons. Well we did have a lesson with Daniel. He is doing super awesome. We taught him the Word of Wisdom and he was kind of wary about it, but he said he would give it a try and pray about it. His sincerity blows me away. I was about to write him off as not interested but Elder Serassio and I kept feeling we should just keep going back. And low and behold. He now has a baptismal date and he came to church this week! So that's exciting!!!! He is doing good.

Fun story this week. We were tracting on Tuesday night and boy people were...... strange..... we met a guy who was drinking. He opened the door and said, "Oh your knocking on everyone's door huh?" Then slammed the door. We laughed about it and walked up stairs. All of a sudden he opens the door and starts playing this Hardcore Screamo music..... It was nuts.....like it was saying "Praise Satan" hahaha like what?!?!? We laughed about it. Someone upstairs opened the door and asked what was going on. We explained the situation and she laughed about it and was super kind and even listened to our message because of it. So, thank you angry drunk dude. 

That's all from me this week! I love you all and wish you the best of weeks! We find out transfers this week! I will let ya know where I'm going!! Love you!!! GET PUMPED FOR CONFERENCE FRIENDS!!!! IT'S GONNA BE AWESOME!!!

God is Good,

Cheers!
-Elder Riley Field

Hey, I forgot to tell you all a story!! Here is an excerpt from a letter I sent to President! I forgot to include it into my weekly. I am too lazy to re-write it but here it is copy and pasted from the very email I sent to President! It was a special one and I wanted to share it with all yall!

So, the Hermanas have an investigating family who seems pretty cool. They have a son who is 18 who said he would be interested in some activities that the branch would be doing. We sent him an invite to a game of basketball we would be playing. He said, "I'm not very athletic but I will come!" I assured him that I wasn't either and he came! Well he showed up, and we were both right, we were both garbage at basketball :D So we sat out of a game or 2..... or 3....... okay we really didn't play any basketball that night, but I had such an awesome conversation with this kid named Noah. He is a SUPER SHY kid. So, I just decided to talk to him for the rest of the night. Turns out he is super in to photography! Well my mom is as well as my sister, so we were able to talk photography and cameras and what he wants to do with it, then we got on the topic of video games! And guess what president!! I played a lot of video games back home. I know shocker right. Probably contributed to the fact I'm not that athletic anywho! We talked about all of the games he was playing, gave him some recommendations of what he should play (don't worry I promise gospel related stuff is coming) We then got on the topic of music and guess what president!! WE LIKED THE SAME KIND OF MUSIC! This was awesome, it just seemed we had everything in common. I had such a strong feeling that I knew this kid....... He reminded me so much of...... ME........ We became fast friends. We quickly got on the topic of religion and what he believes. Turns out his dad is Jehovah’s Witness and how his mom is another Christian denomination. So, him being part Jehovah’s Witness I had TONS of questions for him and what not. We talked about what their services were like and their basic beliefs. He had only been to a few services, so he explained them and then told me what HE really believed, like what his beliefs on God were. That was pretty cool. He told me the things he knew were true were, that God lives, That Jesus is his savior and that there is a heaven. That's all he knew.  Then he asked what our beliefs were and what our services were like! BINGO! Then the missionary work began.We offered him a tour, so we took him on a tour of the building and talked all about services and basic beliefs. He just kept commenting, "Yeah, I like that." Showed him the font, the chapel, the primary room, the Family history center, all the photos of the prophets and apostles. But the coolest part was when we stopped at a picture of the first vision. He asked what it was. So, I got to explain what it was and that God the father and Jesus Christ came and visited this young boy. I got to hardcore bare my testimony of the reality of Joseph's Smith's vision. President, if there is one thing in this world That I KNOW. It's that Joseph Smith was a prophet. He did see God. I KNOW it. I had the spirit confirm it to me when I was in Carthage jail. The spirit was so strong. I was only 14-15 at the time. But I knew that where I was standing was a place where a prophet of the lord gave his life in the service of his savior. No one can shake me of that conviction. I got to share the first vision with a kid I barely knew who I had developed such a love for within minutes of meeting him. He made mention of how he wanted friends. Good friends. That's something I so desperately wanted at his age. and I just wanted to hug him and tell him I would be his friend and that there are 14 MILLION other people who wanted to be his friend and love him and support him and help him reach his full potential. President I think I found one of the reasons I came to this mission. I was sent to this mission to meet Noah.He isn't even our investigator, but I was meant to meet him. We had an amazing chat about what the Book of Mormon was. I asked him if he had ever actually listened to the sisters, he said he didn't really pay much attention but that he would definitely start paying more attention and that he would read the Book of Mormon. I told him if he had questions he was free to ask me or the sisters. I even asked if I could follow up with him and he accepted and said he would love that. I am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who gave me that chance to meet Noah. I have no clue if he will join, I have no clue if he will even remember me. But I know that I was meant to meet him. I have a feeling I met a pre-earth buddy this week. I just hope I said what was needed. because boy. I felt so much love for this kid. God is so Good. So so good!