I LOVE SO MANY THINGS SO MUCH

ohhhhhhhhhh dear family..................... too much. too much i love all things missionary LIFE.

 

okay but first i should probably tell you like spiritual stuff & what i learned & such.

 

so this is what i'm learning.

 

sometimes........................... rules seem dumb. like, waking up at 6:30am for example. like, what? i can get ready in 10 minutes! no big deal! i don't need to be obedient to this rule! it's for other people, not me!

 

wrong chongo!

 

becaaaaaauseeee......... well because of so many things. so many times the rules aren't even about what they seeeeem like they're about (ex: waking up in the morning, having time to get ready, etc)... they're about other things. things that you can't even know until you live it for a long time...... orrrrrrrrrr don't live it. (comp unity, being just straight up obedient, etc.) because this is what i have learned. being "meh" about one rule (waking up) leads you to being "mehh" about other rules... which leads you to relax other rules & standards, which leads to more relaxing & not obeying, & on & on until you doing/not doing things that you NEVER thought you would be. like ever.

 

at least that's how it goes for me. i have to be strictly obedient, or nothing.

 

sooooooooo sometimes the rules seem dumb. and lots of time they don't make sense. and lots of times they make me sleepy and i am  P R O FESSIONAL at rationalizing first thing in the morning hahaha. but i knooooooowwwwwwww that being EXACTLY obedient is what i need to be a happy, successful missionary & person.

 

it's what life is all about, baby. i mean elders & sisters. obedience! first law of heaven! what set Jesus Christ apart from everyone else & gave Him power!!

 

alsooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo this is something i learned that is cool.

 

pre-earth life, right? we're all there. Father in Heaven presents this great plan. Satan's like............... eh, no, i don't think that'll work, let's do my idea instead!!

 

{now i don't know if this is doctrinally correct buuuutttttt..... this is what the Spirit told me}

 

Satan's huge-o mistake-o was NOT TRUSTING IN GOD. he didn't think that God's plan would work! at least that's kind of what it seems like to me. and that has been the cardinal sin of all mankind ever since........... trusting in our OWN ideas, what WE think is best, instead of having the FAITH and the COURAGE to choose God's plan instead.

 

luuuuuckily.......... everyone here has already made the right choice once!!! we've already chosen faith in Jesus Christ! We've already accepted His plan for us!! now we just have to do it again..... and again..... and again, every day of our lives :) :) hooray, happiness and joy from choosing the plan of our all-knowing, wise, and loving Father in Heaven!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :)

 

so that is what i learned this week. go team!! :) :) 

in other news: i love elders. possibly too much. they are my bffs <3 <3 <3

 

so here's what happened: a month ago we moved here and our furniture was in boxes.

 

i hate building things.

 

i'm not good at building things.

 

it takes me 96million hours to build one nightstand and the drawer won't even slide shut.

 

dumb.

 

elders loooooooooooooooove building things. elder beech was a straight up carpenter at home! so this is what my little brain thinks........... let the elders build our stuff!! 

 

exceeeeptttttttt... problem. they can't come into our house while we're there.

 

solution! we had a new missionaries & trainers meeting all day thursday in oshkosh! (b'gosh!) soooooooooooo the zone leaders & the other elders came over thursday afternoon to build our house. hooray!! we left little notes & snacks around the house for them.

 

and thennnnnnnnnnnnn we came home. and they had EXPLODED our house with decorations hahahahaha whaaaaaatttttttttttttttttt????????????? elders!!!!!!!! there were sticky notes everywhere with like inside jokes & nonsense & such (& elder beech is from england so obviously harry potter quotes) & we're like ohhhhhhhh myyyyy goooooooodness!!!!!!!!!!!! and we go into the bathroom and we're like lalala... hey... why is the shower curtain bulging & pink????

 

…they had FILLED OUR SHOWER WITH BALLOONS.

 

ten million points for the elders. ten million points.

 

best friends ever!! we love them!! :) :) :)

 

let's see, what else wonderful happened this week............ oh! we've been teaching lessons! to such lovely people!! who i love so so so much!!! and we're inviting EVERYONE to read the Book of Mormon for at least 10 minutes a day! so, family, will you do that??? :) :) oh & also, remember when i invited you (missionary style) to have comp inventory with the Lord? how did that go?! (we invite, they commit, we follow up right now) :) :) :)

 

 

basically, i love being a missionary so so much!!!!!!!!! we had zone meetings & trainer meetings this week and i just loooooooooooove other missionaries, they are so so cute!!! in a missionary way!! hahaha :) :) :) just love 'em. how can you not :) :) :) 

 

friends got baptized this week, friend s**** came to CHURCH yessssssssss turns out she had a funeral last week and so was NOT blowing us off!!!!!!! hooray!!!!!!!!!! our other friend s*** did not make it but she texted us (without us texting her first!) and apologized & explained and hooray for people not lying to us!! haha love it... :) :) :)

 

so yes. that is my week. i love all of missionary land so much, forever <3 <3 

 

fact: it is hard sometimes. i am so bad at so many things!!! it takes me forever to learn my lessons!!!!!!!! whyyyyyyyyyyy????????!!!!!!!!! 

 

buuuuuttttttttttttttttt repentance is real. it is hard. but it is so good. and the sooner the better because things just keep piliing up so so fast!!!!!!

 

scriptures:

 

alma 31:10 -- forget the little things, and it all falls apart

alma 37:6 -- by small & simple things are great things brought to pass :) :)

 

i love you sooooooooooo much family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love my Savior, Jesus Christ!!!!!!!!! I know He lives!!!!!!!!!! I love Him forever :) :) :) thumbs up for the Book of Mormon, prophets, & temples........ aaaaaaaaamen :) :) :) 

 

love, love, love   sister proffit :) :) :)  xoxoxoxoxoxo

 

 

oh and we had such a good lesson with a new friend who is b'h (? something like that...) basically she believes in prophets......... like this one prophet from iran in 1865....... and joseph smith........... and we're all one, etc etc. but she is sooooooooooo nice and she's reading the Book of Mormon!! and she cried during the closing prayer (sister butler said it) and then added a prayer for us to be protected and she is just suuuuuuuuuuuch the sweetest lady of all time!!!!!!!!!! love love love <3 and she ALSO told us we had a glow!!! whaaaaaaatt??????

 

also, we had dinner with bishop's family and i love them. i love all the bishops in the whole world!!!!!!! :) :) :)