My mission is just one big YOLO.

Due to a little incident I am hanging out in Black Mountain Stake. I am sure that I will be back to Anthem soon, probably later today. BUT.. Let me tell you about my crazy week.

Last Monday was Sister Stoker's birthday. It was a fun day full of fast blessings. Mom- thank you so much for the pedicures. The three of us felt SO pampered!! :) I loved to be able to spoil her...  and get a little spoiled myself. 

This week I wasn't feeling very good so we were in for a day. Needless-to-say, my eyebrow are tweezed, the house is clean, the area book is updated, the sisters we go on exchanges with all have little gifts in the mail and more! haha. I am feeling much better now. I am actually grateful I got sick when I did because now I am able to be on my A-game for Sister Tu! I love to be here with her and to help. 

Last week we went on 3 exchanges and we worked real hard! I want to write about something that happened a few weeks ago though- I was able to go to the temple to do baptisms for the dead with recent converts from Lake Havasu! SEVEN people I taught were there. Jackie just cried and cried as she performed a sacred ordinance for her mother, aunt, and grandmother. She is such an example of diligence. She dove head first into being a member of Christ's church and there is no stopping her. I look up to her! I want to regain the excitement that I had for LIVING the gospel, not just sharing it.

Anyways. So many people that I love were there. I remembered a piece of my family. 

All of my thoughts are scatter-brained because of a swirling that has happened to me and my companion. I will be able to sit down next week and unload to all of you, I am sure. Until then I am working hard to get lots and lots of work done!

I love this gospel. I love Sister Stoker, I love the leaders in this mission and I am beyond grateful for all the learning I have done here in Las VEGAS!

~Sister Fields

THERE IS A HIGHLIGHT OF MY WHOLE LIFE IN THIS ONE!

So this is a slow computer- BUT I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM MY FAMILY EVERY WEEK!!! What a blessing it is to live in a time where I can instantly talk to my loved ones!

Today is Sister Stoker's birthday. This morning I looked at my watch 15 minutes before comp study was supposed to end and said "OH NO! We're going to be late- put your shoes on." Really there wasn't a set time to go I just wanted to make it more exciting.We went to the Cupcakery and I had called before and ordered a little box for her. It was really cute! (Because these computers aren't working the best we are going to email now and send pictures later today...) After that we picked up a frappacino from Starbucks and now we are emailing. After this we are leaving to get pedicures and going to the Cheesecake Factory with Sister Lee (LOVE HER). It is just going to be a day full of surprises and fun!! Sister Stoker is so sweet to me so we are aiming to make this the best day ever!!

          This week was exciting with exchanges. I spent a day with Sister Lowry and Sister Nilson. Sometimes my favorite thing about exchanges is just to talk about how we have real life problems. I have learned this week that it is alright to have a bad day every once in a while as long as you turn to the Lord for every second of it!! In Sister Nilson's area (called Lake Mead) we were role playing in the morning using a "blessing contact" and Sister Nilson played the investigator. After I asked her "What feels different than from when we started talking?" She said that the room looks a little lighter. Then we were talking to someone that day, asked the same question and he WORD FOR WORD SAID THE EXACT SAME THING!!! You best believe that we smiled so wide- the Lord REALLY prepares people to receive His message. I know it! 

ALSO------ BEST PART OF THE WHOLE WEEK------ WE WENT TO LUNCH WITH SISTER NEIDER BUT IT GETS BETTER! We were talking about some sisters that were struggling with certain problems, asking for advice and things like that. We all were talking about what our responsibilities are and how best we should be accomplishing them. I loved hearing her words of wisdom about following up. She also applied EVERYTHING we talked about to marriage and family. ("Salt Lake says we need to tell you that you will be real people again one day," she says) I love Sister Neider with my whole heart! Anyways... We were talking when she all the sudden brings up the article (which everyone in the world and their mom wants to talk to us about, which is nice... but Sister Stoker quotes it "Fields, tall and outgoing radiates confi..." ALRIGHT HUSH!) 

Side note: Sister Stoker and I just switched computers and this one is bigger... I thought I wrote a lot more than I did. Whoops.

BACK TO THE STORY!! Sister Neider said that she was reading the comments and "not all of them are nice, sisters..." She went on to explain that the ordained women were a little upset I was talking about Humility and said that it was stupid to ask a sister to do that and blah blah blah... WELL THEN SHE SAYS 

WELL... WHEN I WAS TALKING TO DAVID BEDNAR ABOUT IT........

and so that happened. We are pretty much best friends. I just wanted all of you to know about this! 

With all my love,

and off to have fun

SISTER FIELDS

I AM GOING TO ANTHEM!!! :)

So I am being transferred to Anthem Stake. Which, rumor has it, it is the highest tithing paying stake in the world... I am not sure if it is true or not. But I would like to think that. I am excited to go from covering three stakes to one ward the size of my PINKY NAIL! I am going to be able to walk the area... 100 times a day! Sister Stoker is going to be my new companion. I am BEYOND excited to be a companion with a Sister Training Leader. I hope that we finally get to go on exchanges with other STLs. I think that will benefit a lot of sisters. I am just excited for this transfer. I am praying for humility- so pray for me!! :) We, Sister Stoker and I, have decided that we are not going to use the car at all. not for meetings, not for anything. We are even going to ride our bikes to church. 

This week has been crazy. This morning we have been going crazy at the Nellis Air Force Base! I will have to send pictures next week. I love it so much- I am really going to miss this area. I am pleased with the way I am leaving it though- there are many people set for baptism and people who are dedicated to living this gospel more. I have seen an IMMENSE change in Temple View YSA. I am grateful for all my friends that I have made here in Sunrise! GAH! I just wish that I could express in words what this ward has done for me. I have been doing a little too much expressing in tears lately... Anyways! about what happened this week.

We taught A MILLION lessons. I am so happy :) We have been working really hard with the people who are border line and seeing if they will progress or should be dropped until they are ready to do more. OH FUNNY THING: Here is an example of one not ready to make commitments to the Lord. We went to a lesson with a guy named Brian. First sign: he opened the door with no shirt on, and didn't put one on until we had asked him to. We continued on to say the opening prayer and read 1st Nephi chapter 1 to get a jump start on his reading with him. There is a verse at the end of that chapter that talks about tender mercies and we explained what that meant to each of us. Second sign: he answered with sex and drugs... YUP. Moving on. He is just a goof that need to grow up just a little (and I mean this in the nicest of ways) so that he will be more willing to keep commitments. 

Example of someone who IS prepared: Joe! He was meeting with us for a while when Sister Kelepi first got here but then a lot of hard things were happening in his life so he decided that he wanted to take a break. He came to church last week (he called a member all on his own for a ride) and he told us he needed to set up a time to meet with us. We taught him solid for a week- when he was running a few minutes behind he would call and let us know where he was at. He called frantic when he couldn't find his Book of Mormon... Yesterday we had a lesson with him and we invited him to be baptized when he told us that he was praying about a date for a while. He wants to be baptized on his birthday at the end of April. It will be his REbirthday too! :)

This has been a miraculous week. I am really grateful to have had Sister Kelepi as a companion. She has a tender spot in my heart. I love to wake up and see her smile every morning. I love that she has a sense of humor that can keep me laughing all day long. I love that we can play pranks and poke on each other and just... be myself! In fact-- last night I bit a tiny whole in the bottom of my water bottle and squirted at her while she was driving to our last appointment. When she tried to grab it from me to throw it out the window, I just reached over and took the cap off. It went ALL OVER her lap!! It was definitely one of the funniest things that has happened in a long time! :)

Smiling in Sunrise- for one more day! 

Sister Fields

ONE MORE WEEK IN sunRISE! I can not even believe how fast the time has gone by!

I am torn. I know that I am leaving this next week so all of my spare time is spent packing. It is so hard to go though 9 months of memories. I love my family here in Sunrise and it is already hard to leave. I am really grateful for all the people who have helped me change my life. I know that I will be back to visit and I will have plenty of places to stay! I can not wait to introduce all of you to the people that are so close to the temple! I have been able to see the wonderful transformation of so many people- my ward, companions, investigators, recent converts, friends, and myself. I know I am rambling but this isn't a feeling I have felt before. I am grateful to the Lord for all His miracles He miracles He shared with us this week. We were able to meet so many people with so much potential this week. I promised Sister Neider that I would leave this area with a million dollars hidden in every pocket! And that is what He is helping us to do!

We are teaching a sweet girl named Marly. She had a bad experience with Elders in the past. They told her to read chapters of the Book of Mormon and to write a page essay about it so they know she understood it. She told them that she hated the Book of Mormon because of that. We know that isn't true. It's like when you hate cleaning your room because your mom forces you to, but you love having a clean room... We read a chapter with her and it turns out she just doesn't understand a lot of the lingo. So we answered a few of her questions and promised to read on her own. She is so cute. She decided that she wants to pick her own baptism date- she wants to pray and read and go to church until she recieves her answer but she knows she will get it!

I am sorry I have been bad at telling stories. I will keep a note card with me this week so I can tell you all about this week next Monday! I am too excited to go out and teach today! :) Write me??

I love you all!! Like more than I have ever been able to explain!

~Sister Fields

Sister Kelepi and I matched his week. 1st time on purpose and 2nd time on accident!