Elder Field Has Now Memorized The Paw Patrol Theme Song

Hey friends and family! 

No, Elder Field has not been a naughty missionary. Whenever we go to a family's home and the have little kids, they always seem to be watching Paw-Patrol. Especially the Minnier's son Cody. He loves that show. So sometimes while we are visiting them and teaching them a lesson Paw-Patrol is on in the backround. So needless to say, I know all the characters and their theme song. So, you could kinda say I'm a pretty big fan now. ;)

Anyway, this week was a good week. We had a lot of good lessons along with some good finding opportunities. We weren't able to teach Joe this week. He was up in Montana visiting some family, but he is back now and we are excited to get to work with him. We were able to go see the Minnier's a few times and explained our plan to get them to the temple as quick as possible. Steve said he really wants to see what they look like in the inside. So, when we told him he would get that chance he was pretty excited. So, we have them started on family history. Looking for some good names to take to the temple. 

We had a lesson with our new investigator Steve Meza! Turns out, he is actually pretty solid!! I'm super pumped. He wants to come to church more and learn more about God and Jesus Christ. He has no religious background what so ever so it's cool cuz we are starting from the ground up. We talked about prayer and our relationship with Heavenly Father. He is really digging it and Is having some cool experience with prayer. I'm happy for him!

So sad news..... I will be losing one of my companions...... Elder Koelliker will be heading home. He has had some struggles. I love him to death and I wish him the best! 

Anyway, that's all from me this week!! Love you all and wish you all a wonderful week!

Here is a photo of us right here right now because I forgot to take pictures this week :]

God is Good,

Cheers!
-Elder Riley Field

A diagram I wrote up for an investigator

Elder Field Is Still Here Knocking Doors!

As you can see I can't really think of a more creative subject line. so that will have to do for this week! Anyway, we were able to see some freaking awesome things this week! FIRST OFF!!!

STEVE AND CHRISTANA MINNIER AND JOE CHANDLER ALL GOT BAPTIZED THIS SATURDAY AND WERE CONFIRMED YESTERDAY!!!! Oh man I love them all so much! They are all so good!! The baptism was amazing, the spirit was so strong, and there were a ton of members there to support them. It just was fantastic.  The week prior to the baptism was horribly hectic...... lessons canceling, many times thinking "man I don't know if they are going to make it to Saturday", but alas it all worked out and now they are officially members of the church! And they are all so happy!!! We had a chance to talk to them a little bit after they were baptized, and they were all just so happy.  They all were glowing with the radiance of a new soul committed to follow Christ. It was so good. Anyway, we aren’t done yet with them. Next stop is the temple and we are going to start preparing them to take ancestor names to the temple!!!! :D

The rest of the week was good, we were crazy busy as always. We were able to finish our first "family mission plan" experience. I don't remember if I told yall this but, we are going around to members of the ward creating family mission plans.  We did one with the Trevino family, who actually were taught and baptized by a couple of really good missionary friends. But we sat down with them and they were so enthusiastic about the entire thing!! They loved it and came up with some really solid ideas for a mission statement along with some really good ideas for a plan. I'm so pumped to go visit other members of the ward. I just hope they are excited as the Trevinos were! :D

Other than that, we were able to pick up a few new investigators this week. One named Steve M. and the other named Louis. So hopefully we can start meeting g with them regularly, because we are running low on the investigator department hahah.... I guess that's a good problem to have right now. :D But I'm pumped to get back out there and knock a bunch of doors. It’s strange but at the beginning of the mission I hated knocking doors, but now it's almost therapeutic. Whenever I'm feeling down or I'm just not up to do missionary work that day, I always ask my companions if we could knock doors for like 30 mins and afterward I feel great and am ready to get back to it. It's awesome!

Anyway, I think that's all for me! I love you all and wish you the best of weeks! God is real, Jesus loves you, Joseph Smith was and Is a prophet, and the Book of Mormon is the work of God and is the actual historic account of the people who once inhabited this land. And I'm every so grateful for their stories.  

God is Good,

Cheers!
-Elder Riley Field

Elder Field Is Still Going

So, I had my Skype call yesterday, and I really have no motivation to email haha. I know I didn't talk to friends on that call but hey, I hope you all understand, I love you all lots! We had a great week though! We had some awesome lessons with our investigators. Joe chandler and Steve and Christana Minnier all passed their interview and they will be baptized this week! Really excited about that. But if you want more of an update y’all can email me haha!  I would be more than happy to provide. I just don't want to type it all up right now haha. Love you all lots.   Talk to you next week! 

God is Good

Cheers!
-Elder Riley Field

Elder Field Is "GOING THE DISTANCE!"

Now with that subject line I realize you can draw 2 different references from it. Just so you all know it's not from the Hercules movie, but it's absolutely the one from the band Cake. :D 

Friends and family this week was a wonderful week! A very long and stressful week, but a good week none the less. We got Transfer docs yesterday! I will be staying here in woodland while getting another companion. D: goodbye zebra companionship. It was wonderful while I had it! We could contact ANYONE! Except those that spoke Punjabi........ surprisingly there are a lot of people who speak that here in woodland..... crazy..... Anyway, back on topic! My new companion is Elder McGladrie! And I actually just got a phone call while typing this from the mission president and found out I will be receiving an additional companion!! Hahaha Elder Field will be in a trio this transfer!!! His name is Elder Kalicher? I think that's how you spell it? I'm not sure. I have never met him before, but this was a last-minute change, so this should be fun. What I thought was going to be a relaxing p-day is now going to be spent trying to make our apartment a 3-man apartment. It's gonna be a tighter fit but I think we can do it :D maybe..... hahah...... 

Anyway, this week was a great week! We were able to reset Steve and Christana Minnie's baptism date for the 19th! They are going good! Steve is still pushing through is problems but is doing super awesome. He just wants to get baptized so bad! Man, that guy is awesome! So, they are doing great.

We had a lesson with Trayvone! It was a great lesson on baptism! He even accepted a baptismal date which is super awesome! He is getting baptized in August. It's a little far out but he definitely needs that time to really learn and study. We aren't sure how much he is retaining. So, we are going to take teaching super slow. He is a way cool kid who is just looking to change his life. He has had some hard circumstances growing up. But the one thing I know will help is the gospel. It's a gospel of change! It truly is!! I have seen so many people change while on my mission. For the better!!! I love this gospel for that fact alone. It seems to be the only thing that can bring lasting change and happiness for all time and eternity. Man, everyone needs the gospel.

Joe Chandler’s baptismal date needs to be pushed back so we are also pushing his back to the 19th of May! so we are shooting for 3 baptisms on the 19th! I really think they can all do it! I'm so proud of all of them and how much they have grown since I have first met them it’s so cool!!!

Emma is....... *Sigh* being a 16-year-old girl..... haha she just is fighting the spirit so hard.... she doesn't want to admit that she has felt the holy ghost and received answers. But we are still working with her. I'm praying my guts out lately for some sort of direction with her. We just can't seem to find anything that clicks...... but hopefully the new elders will bring in some good perspectives and fresh ideas! We will see! They both are in their first year of their missions so hopefully we got some great new insights! 

Anyway, I think that's about it for us. We have been just working hard and trying to find more and more people to teach. That and work with our members in helping them become more missionary minded. We came up with an idea! We are going to help every family in the ward come up with a family mission plan!! To start off we are visiting them and sharing a super powerful spiritual message and then having them come up with a Mission statement for their family mission plan. So, because I didn't want to ask anyone to do something I wouldn't do. I created my own mission statement for my member missionary work. It's -

Riley, Lovest Thou Me? Feed my Sheep

Now I’m not sure if it's an official statement, but I like the phrase. It comes out of John 21. Go check it out. It's my FAVORITE chapter in the 4 gospels. Along with checking out that chapter, go read "The First Great Commandment" by Jeffrey R. Holland. It will change your life friends, I promise :D

Anyway, I'm still coming up with the plans for my mission plan but it's a work in progress. I have ideas just not concrete things. 

But I think that's all from me! I love you all! I love being a missionary! Even though I'm entering this last transfer I'm super excited just to give it my all, and not look back. I will try to email every week but if I don't send a mass email it's because I'm lame and really didn't want to. But I will try to send something!! even if it's a dorky picture or video hahaha. Which I might have one this week, so we will see! The gospel is true!!!! The Book of Mormon IS THE WORD OF GOD! And Joseph Smith IS a prophet. Had a run in with a guy who tried to contend me on the Joseph Smith's validity of being a prophet. Man. He is. No one can convince me otherwise. I know what I felt. I know the feeling I felt while reading the Book of Mormon. I know the feeling I felt while I sat in Carthage Jail as a kid. I know the joy this church brings. I know that this is all real!!! I say it all the time but the biggest blessing that has come to me on my mission has been the fact that I have realized how real this all is. It's not just stories, or things that are made up. Guys, God is real. Jesus really did die for us. Heaven is real, which means Satan is for real. This world is a battle for our hearts. It's my prayer that we give them to god and follow his divine plan for us. I know these things are true. In the name of Jesus Christ, my Savior. Amen.

God is Good,

Cheers!
-Elder Riley Field