seriously though. the gospel is the
best best best best best :) :) :) :) :)
we had such a great week!!! i love
missionary work so so much!!! it is honestly the most worthwhile thing i've
ever done. i'm not doing it perfectly, i could be so much better, but i do love
it and i do love the people here. joy comes from giving all your heart, might,
mind, & strength :) :) :) :)
so where do i even begin. well.
this week we had MISSION TOUR!! :)
:) Elder Anthony D. Perkins of the 1st quorum of Seventy came and it was lovely
:) which leads me to my invitation of the week! this is actually something that
his wife did with just us sisters in a special meeting but it still counts. are
you ready? :) :)
get out your pen & paper! &
fill in the blanks :)
"Praise ye the Lord, for He hath.....and.....The Lord, He is my.......and I will......"
"Praise ye the Lord, for He hath.....and.....The Lord, He is my.......and I will......"
:) :) :) so fun! you get to write
your own psalm :) :) i know i felt the Spirit so strong when we did this,
because I know that praising God brings me joy :) He is my light and my life! I
love Him :) :) :) so if you want to, you can send yours to me, or you can keep
them just to yourself, but i loved this and i hope you do too :) :) :)
also. S. my B.F.F. :) :) :) :) :)
so we go over to review the
baptismal interview questions and teach the commandments. and so we're talking
about her Book of Mormon reading........ she was in the army for 10 years and
that's obviously hard so we showed her the story of captain moroni and said she
could read there for a bit if she wanted. so she did, "just enough to make
me feel better" and now she's back in 2 nephi... actually she texted us
this morning that chapter 22 is one of her favorites so far and i just love her
:) :) :) but anyways we were following up on her Book of Mormon reading and she
is JUST SO AWESOME and here is one of many reasons why: so apparently armor
wasn't invented till like..... way after Christ. so she's reading about the
nephites armor and she's like... "wow! when you pray and are seeking
inspiration from God, you get to be way ahead of your time!!" uhhhhh
what????? she teaches me so much every single day. i need to start taking notes
in our lessons hahaha. Alma 43:19-21. doesn't that just make it so much cooler
to know that armor hadn't even been invented yet???? can you imagine how the
lamanites must've felt?? "uhhhh what even are they wearing????" GOD
IS SO COOL. and then she connected it back to Noah and the ark, and Nephi and
his ship, and how they weren't created after the knowledge of man but after the
directions of God :) :) SHE IS SO COOL. :) :) :) :) :) seriously my favorite
<3 <3 oh and we taught tithing, the word of wisdom, and chastity all in
one lesson because she has no problems with anything. her literal only question
was "why eat meat sparingly?" and when we invited her to commit to
live the word of wisdom she was like "oh yes, that shouldn't be a problem,
i don't eat much meat anyways" hahahaha stephanie. that is so the least of
our concerns right now. I LOVE YOU. like who even are you. the best. i love
you. amen. :) :) :) and i was saying something like "sometimes i think of
commandments as like rules that bind us down--" and she interrupts and
teaches me beautifully about why we obey God's commandments and how they bring
us joy and keep us safe and all this and i'm like okay. i'm done hahaha. throw
in the towel, who even are you, i love you. amen. :) :) :) :) :)
sooooooooooooooo i love her. and she's getting BAPTIZED saturday the 12th at 4pm.
you're all invited. come out to appleton. greatest land of my life :) :)
:) i seriously love wisconsin so
much <3 <3 <3
so anyways, that was marvelous :)
and so was mission tour and so is everything.
in other news, the relief society
broadcast. I. LOVED IT. and mostly i loved because s came and SHE loved it. :)
:) oh, wanna know something RIDICULOUS??? okay this should give hope to all you
member-missionaries out there. i don't know if you've heard that it takes an
average of 7 interactions with the gospel before you're baptized? i don't know
if that's legit but we hear it all the time. so S. apparently went to church
with a neighbor family when she was little. what?????? and then her SISTER
lived with a member for a while and was going to join but then made some poor
choices and &c &c. but at the broadcast. t b from the 1st ward turns
around and is like "you look so familiar........ what's your last name???"
long story short sister b was friends with s's little sister and sister c (sis
b's mom in the 2nd ward) was the member that he sister lived with. so what.
even. is this. idk but i LOVE it and so they're all going to come to the
baptism and it's amazing and you never know what can happen down the road!!! :)
:) :) :) :) you are all the best and i love you.
and i LOVED watching the relief
society broadcast "with" you mom!! i think that is one of my favorite
parts of conference on my mission -- knowing that we are all watching it live,
together :) :) it makes me feel so connected to you!! :) :) :) it was so, so,
wonderful and i know that we are led by a living prophet today. how awesome is
that???????????????????? like so awesome :) :) :) i love that we have
directions for living joyfully!! i know they are true!! the gospel IS the way
to the happy, joyful, peaceful, abundant life :) :) follow the prophets and be
happy. our loving Heavenly Father gave them to us for a reason :) :) He wants
us to be happy. He wants us to return to Him as happy and joyful and fulfilled
as possible -- with our families to be together forever :) :) WHAT a marvelous
plan!!! I love Him so so much. I love my Savior so so much. He helps me to be
better. He's never mad at us -- He only wants to help. Though it can seem to be
impossible to change, though social pressures may seem to intense, though we
may feel that we are beyond hope and simply too weak -- it doesn't matter. He
can help us. He wants to help us. His arms are always stretched out to us in
mercy <3 <3 <3 I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. i will never never never stop
declaring that He Lives. that He loves us. and that His way is the way to peace
and joy in every phase of life :) :) :)
I LOVE you, family. soooooooooo so
much. the gospel is true. truth has been restored. and we can know it, live it,
and love it :) :) :) :) :) EVERYTHING
IS WONDERFUL. amen :) :) :)
Xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo sister cece proffit :) :) :) :) :)
oh and everyone was crying at the end of
the r s broadcast. Obviously. And everyone loved it JJ:) and we were combined with the 1st ward for
dinner! So I got to see my old friends and I love them.!!!
Also, say hi to people and give them
hugs. It makes a big differenceJJ
be ‘that guy’ that always says hi JJJit’s fun!!and it makes people feel loved and happy and
appreciated! Soooo easy! Sooooo goodJJJJ
I love you xoxoxox
Oh, and this was the quote of the
week, coming home one day. “This is what I’ve learned about church:it’s perfect
for people! Why don’t they come??? Hahaha
seriously though, church is always perfect.
Oh, also, I accidently left my
nametag at HOME one night (luckily I have a spare in my bag (beg) but I seriously HATED not having it Hahaha.
Can I pleaseeeeeeee wear it everyday for the rest of my life????:)JJ
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