Wow, this week, so many amazing things happened. We had MLC
and lessons with our awesome investigators! Set a baptismal date for one of our
investigators who I totally thought we were gonna drop. #BlessingsOfBringingAMemberToLessons,
I Gave a talk in church with 2 days’ notice. #LifeOfAMissionary and Elder Field
realized that he still has a long road ahead of him. There still is a lot of
things I need to change about myself. Anywho! Enough introduction, let's jump
into the story, shall we?
This week was wonderful! We had a few lessons with Steve and
Christana before they took off to San Jose for the weekend. But we were able to
sit down with them and share about temples and families. And all the amazing
things that happen in the temple and how they can be sealed as a family! They
loved it of course and accepted each thing we taught them about. They even
talked about getting sealed. They really want to do that. The lessons were
difficult of course because Cody, the Tasmania Devil, was out and about. And
boy was he on one, but even though he was bouncing off the walls, the spirit
was strong, and they enjoyed the message. We have to move their baptismal date
back because Steve hasn't quite quit his habit yet, but!!!! He is making huge
progress and we are proud of him. We are going over tonight to make a plan with
him on how he is going to kick it. We feel good that by May 5th he can have it
kicked. ;) That's when his new date will be :D missions are so stinking cool!
I was able to do an exchange with Elder Hiening. He is from
Paraguay. Speaks good English. But it was super fun. He is brand new. First
transfer. We knocked a ton of doors, talked to a ton of people, had some great
lessons. And guess what????? We ate some amazing food! Did you know that Elder
Hiening, before his mission, was a chef! At a Japanese restaurant! So, he
cooked me a really fancy lunch haha. He asked me what I had at the apartment
for lunch and I said...... "Uhhhmmmm chicken and some rice...... Not a lot
of options." He then responded, "I can work with that." He then
proceeded to make the best dang chicken and rice I have ever tasted. It was
awesome. He like looked at the spices we had in the apartment and sighed and
said, "Not much to work with but.... I will see what I can do." He
did well. Let me tell you. I have a picture of the meal. He even plated it
really fancy haha. He is an awesome guy. It was a super fun exchange! We found
a new investigator named Enes! Cool story for just a quick second. We knocked
on her door and started to talk to her and she said, "Oh sorry I don't
live here I'm just visiting my son while my apartment is being renovated."
We quickly asked if there was a time we could drop by her place and she said
yes!!!! We briefly mentioned what we would be sharing and gave her a pamphlet
with a discover.mormon.org website
card in it. We asked her to check out the pamphlet and that we could discuss it
on Monday at 7! She happily accepted! Well about an hour later, we get this
text from the referral center missionaries saying that they had a referral for
us! We got all pumped and asked who it was and guess what! It was Enes! She had
gone online and actually checked out the pamphlet and website and ordered a
Bible and Book of Mormon! So that was pretty cool! She actually did what we
asked her to do. That's rare! haha ;) so hopefully things turn out well!
We were able to have a lesson with Emma this week as well.
Our good old logical heavy metal 16-year-old didn't quite understand why Jesus Christ
was a thing. So, we were able to explain the laws of justice and mercy and
man!!! The spirit was so strong!!!!! We bore some awesome testimony about the
two laws only being fulfilled by a mediator! The two laws of justice and mercy
was the thing that really helped me develop a testimony of the savior. It made
sense why we needed him. I was so happy to be able to share what made my
testimony real with her. And she understood. The lesson as going super well and
then we mentioned baptism as one of the steps to paying the Savior back,
because we are now in debt to him. She didn't like the baptism thing........ so,
we hit a road block there, but we have some ideas to get around that. Hopefully
we can set a new baptismal date with her. I’m praying my guts out that she is
reading and praying about the Book of Mormon. That's the way she can know this
is all true. It's the way she can know if we are actually representatives of
the lord Jesus Christ. It boils down to, is the Book of Mormon true. :D she
will get it soon. I just know it.
We had a lesson with Joe yesterday as well. I don't know if
I have ever mentioned Joe before. I didn't really think he would progress
because he was being really stubborn. He is the brother of a member in the ward
who is really solid. We started teaching him after we had dinner with him and
his brother. Joe is a cool guy, super nice, loves the lord. But he is just very
set in his ways. So, we have had multiple lessons with him and he wasn't
progressing. So, this last lesson was kind of a last ditch effort before we
dropped him. We brought our ward mission leader. And WOW. Brother Henneke is a
stud!!!! He walked in, built an instance connection with the guy, and basically
challenged him to be baptized. There was a little bit of resistance due to some
questions Joe had, we were able to answer them, and he accepted a baptismal
date!!!!!!!! For May 12th!!!! LIKE WHAT?!?!??!? I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GOING TO
BE A FUN "LETS SEE WHERE YOUR AT SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH
YOU" lesson but we left with him wanting to be baptized. man...... crazy
stuff...... the lord really showed me. Not that I didn't have the faith that
Joe could change. I just didn't think It would happen so soon. Lord proved me
wrong. The lords timing is a strange thing isn't it. hahah.
So I gave a talk in church..... it was awful..... I did
horrible....... man..... it was so scattered brained..... but I think I got to
point across..... man..... it was ...... woof...... not one of my finer
moments..... I blame it on the fact that I had a 2 days’ notice and wasn't able
to refine it......... hahah... anyway I made some people laugh and I bore
testimony of the restoration, so I did my job as a missionary ;)
We had MLC this week.... and man. I had a really big
realization. I already knew I wasn't anywhere close to being the type of
leader/teacher as the savior was. But I realized how bad I want to be like him.
I know I will never reach it in this life (which by the way is the most
frustrating thing in my mind because I'm hard on myself hahaha) but we had a
really cool section at MLC we're we took apart the type of servant leader the
savior was. How he dealt with situation, certain attributes that he had that we
need to develop. And boy, there's a lot that I'm missing. But I'm really going
to try hard to develop as many as I can before I got home. I most definitely
have changed since being out here.... but there is such a long road ahead of
me. :D Good thing The lord is on my side. ;) He can guide me through how I can
be better. I just need to be careful about asking him. Because he shows me ALL
the areas I need to improve let me tell ya. hahah.
Anywho, I think that's all from me! I Love you all! I wish
you the best! I know that the God loves us! Joseph Smith was a prophet! And the
Book of Mormon is true! I know it! And I can't deny it! So, I will keep telling
people until I'm blue in the face! I love you all!!
God is Good,
Cheers!
-Elder Riley Field
Cheers!
-Elder Riley Field
Lunch with Elder Hiening!
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