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
Cheers!
-Elder Riley Field
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