“this is true happiness”

oh, family. :)

you will be pleased to know that i cried (of happiness/Spirit) for the first time in a LONG time yesterday. what were we talking about? FAMILIES. yes. it is true. i love you an extreme amount. this gospel is the biggest and greatest blessing in my life because it allows us to BE A FAMILY FOREVER. this is something that i cannot handle and that i love more than life. yes, it is true. :)

but more on that later :)

so on Monday, we had indian food with indian j from india, who is NOT what i expected and is 28 but could pass for 17 and has bling. hahaha. also, the food was DELICIOUS. even though we already had dinner plans. haha. we used the pictures from the Book of Mormon and he said he believes it and will read it sooooooooo..... we'll just go from there!! haha he now knows that we are not nuns, so that's good ;) ;) also, the member we brought ended up being weirdly perfect??? thanks, Heavenly Father :) (Heavenly Fatherrrrrrr!!! ~ elder pobanz. rhymes with hoe dance.) :) and then we ate all the food and then we went to the Bishop's house for dinner haha and ate more there :) #thisiswhyimfat ;) good news though, it was delicious, and i love the w's to the moon and back for certain <3 their kids are BFFs and they are just such a wonderful family <3 <3 <3 (kind of like ours) ;) i just love all of them. and, good news! they love me too ;)

oh also good news! sister blood is staying with me in kettle! hooray!! :) :) i love her :) :)

also, people i would like to be when i grow up: l b. she speaks in a very proper australian accent always and calls everyone "friend" and "friend of mine." and prays with the GREATEST sincerity i have ever heard from anyone ever. and i love her. and she always shares her testimony and she is just marvelous and i love her.

also, let us never forget when elder hernandez from mexico said "oh, sister proffit! you are marvelous!" in a mexican accent. :) :) :) :) :) #greatestmomentinmylife

yes i know that you have no idea who that is. but that's okay hahaha. :) :)

so wednesday. i was weirdly happy. and cold. as per usual these days. :) i just LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY. it is weird. i realized the other day that i know there have been hard times, etc, but i kind of can't remember them....... i cant tell if i've had a weirdly easy mission, or if i just ignore the bad times and don't let them affect me hahaha. either way, i'm happy about it :) :) So wednesday, we're just goin around, knockin on doors, leaving post-it notes on some of them, freezing to death, and just happy and smiling and singing. WEIRD, right???????? but so so great as well!! :) :) :) i love what i do!!!!!!!! who needs to feel their nose??????? :)

because HERE IS THE THING, family. here. is. the. thing.

I LOVE THIS GOSPEL SO SO MUCH. i love the message that we bring. IT. IS. AMAZING. studying preach my gospel page-by-page has LIT-TER-ALLY changed my life. i can't even handle myself ever. and i can't put it all in an email. but just know, family, that i know that the Book of Mormon is true. i know that Jesus Christ's church and gospel have been restored!!!!!!! and here is something awesome: WE CAN KNOW THE TRUTH. like, HELLO. think about it. WE DON'T HAVE TO GOOGLE IT.  WE DON'T HAVE TO WONDER OR GUESS OR SUPPOSE. WE CAN KNOW THE TRUTH. we don't have to be "tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine," (eph. 4:14). how. amazing. is this. let's all remember this and love it <3

also i would like to quote the call letter again: "...the Lord will bless you with increased knowledge and testimony of the Restoration and of the truths of the gospel of Jesus Christ." YES, TRUE. <3

i would also like to point out that the last paragraph of the introduction to the Book of Mormon is AMAZING. seriously, read that thing. and then tell me if those three things that we can know are not important. (hint: SO. IMPORTANT. AND AMAZING. the Lord’s kingdom once again established on the earth, preparatory to the Second Coming of the Messiah????????? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

i feel that i am slowly turning into a psycho. but i'm ALSO okay with it :) :) :) 

the stars here are ridiculously beautiful. we are living in the arctic. #polarvortex. :)  we love it :) :) :)

in other news, i wrestled a squash on wednesday. #victorygoestotosisterproffit #howididNOTpicturemymission ;)

in other news, s j is my new best friend and i love her. also, i almost cried for the first time in a long time teaching her. that family proclamation!!! it'll getcha :) :) hilarious thing she said after looking at my plan of salvation pictures that i drew: "welcome to crayon heaven! where colorful language is accepted!" hahahahahah it took me a second cause i'm not used to people being FUNNY!! also she said more hilarious things that you can ask me about when i get home because i can't explain it in an email and it's frustrating me hahaha.

also i am currently dying of heatstroke cause i'm wearing a bazillion layers and long underwear. #frozentundraproblems

let us always bear in mind that this mission is one mission away from the north pole. aka the mission above us contains it. #santa

let us also bear in mind that weekly planning in a southern accent is the best. #always #ilovesisterblood

speaking of which, this quote from her was ALMOST the title of this email but then i decided to wax spiritual: "nobody knows what anybody's thinking, but EVERYbody knows what sister proffit's thinking" hahaha. apparently i am becoming outspoken in my old age ;)

let's see. what else.

i love the people of the oconomowoc subway. i love friendly people and being friendly and being a missionary :) i love tender mercies of the Lord. i love FREE CREAM CHEESE from nice subway guy on a saturday where your entire soul is frozen and no one is letting you in. i love this gospel and i love this message. i love that we know the purpose of life. !!!!!!!!!!! i love our message. "Heavenly Father has a plan for our happiness." can everybody please just know this???????????? i want to be a missionary. oh wait, I AM. #dreamscometrue #telleverybody. i get so much joy and satisfaction from this work. a ridiculous amount. days like saturday don't even phase me. it's fantastic. 

hey, wanna hear something awesome?? on FRIDAY a miracle happened. well several in quick succession, actually. so friday we were finishing up weekly planning, only had about an hour or so before our dinner appointment but we needed to do some work so we hit the pavement and prayed and GUESS WHAT EVERYBODY WAS HOME. which literally n e v e r happens, not ever in this history of ever has that happened. BUT IT DID. and i was soooo happy. and we got to introduce the Book of Mormon to my new friend G and testify and he's finna read it and we finna come back and talk about it, and we got a legit hq referral (which also neverrrrr happens hahaha) and we got to see all the friends! have all the lessons!!! exceed all the goals!!!!! haha it was a really great day. and we got it all in before dinner. :) :) :) :) :) #YAY 

hey i have a question. why do we have to have a broken heart?? (3 Ne. 9:20. also 3 Ne 9:21-22 = why Christ came = awesome) :) J

so i have a new favorite holiday and it's called 2nd Christmas. and it is the joy of my life and a tender mercy because without it saturday would've been lame hahaha. but it WASN'T because CHRISTMAS LIGHTS and CHRISTMAS MUSIC. it was a dream come true and i loved it :) :) :) #davidarculetachristmas :) :) :) also we sang allllllll the Christmas hymns for comp study :) :) #heyneighbors

also on saturday we got to go to a child's baptism with our friends and i just love the Spirit there. yay baptism! everyone should get baptized!! :) :)

if you're wondering if it's as cold as it looks, the answer is no. it is colder. i have a frozen popsicle face. but i'm happy.

also, family. i am stressin about coming home. because this is real life now and the idea of home life is not appealing to me. but i'm ALSO realizing that trusting in the Lord applies to home life AND mission life. so i'm working on it. i just love it here so much!!!!!!! mission calls should come with a warning label...... because they don't tell you when you get your mission call that the BEST people in the world live there and they'll all become your greatest friends and you will never never never want to leave!!!!!!!!! <3 {or maybe they do and i just wasn't listening.........} ;) #greaterblessingsandmorehappinessthanyouhaveyetexperiencedawaityou ;)

okay family. we've made it to Sunday. i apologize for the ridiculous length of this. but it was a grand, grand day. :)

president cutler and his family spoke in church! that's where we get the title of this email.... president raymond a. cutler. "This is true happiness." and then BOOM the Spirit bearing witness of the truth of that straight to my heart <3 ow. love it. truth. :) :) :)

i also learned that Joseph Smith's answer wasn't just the first vision -- it was James 1:5 as well :) and that asking, seeking, and knocking is a pattern. and sometimes there's a barrier (door) in the way, but that the Lord will open that door :) hooray for Brother B and inspiring correlation meetings!! :) :)

also i would like to point out that the first paragraph of the family proclamation is amazing. "We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator’s plan for the eternal destiny of His children." aaaaaaaaand cue sister proffit crying during a lesson hahaha. but hey!!! it's so true!!!!! The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave!!!!! Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS SO IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like i literally cannot emphasize this enough, nor can i ever convey to you the enormity of emotion i feel when i read and ponder this. i'm waxing verbose cause it's important. THIS IS REAL. this is true. and the law of chastity is about protecting families. and i love it. family. we can be together, as a family, forever. we won't just be co-habitating humans in heaven. we won't be angels floating around single-ly and seperately, recognizing each other but not being together. no. we. will be. a family. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i invite you to pray about this. yes, i am totally sister-missionary-ing you right now. but for realsies.

my life is changed. family. i am so different. i am so happy. this gospel is the plan of true, true, lasting, happiness. i testify that that is true with ALL of my soul and being <3 <3 <3 <3 <3  i am so happy.  it is so cold. i care not at all :) :) :)

it's okay to have questions and to not understand things. move forward with faith. God is preparing a space in your heart :) :) {michael wilcox talk -- 4th watch God -- so good!!!!!!! changed my life :) :)}

i would also like to quote sister blood: "i made it very clear for you and you chose wrong."

is this in reference to: a) a four-way stop, b) a non-progessing investigator, or c) all of the above. :)answer: c. :) :) :) 

oh family. i am sad that you most likely do not get all my jokes hahaha. but that is okay. i will explain them all to you in good time. and you still will not understand them. but it is okay. i am so happy. i love this missionary life. i love love love wisconsin. i love this area and i love this mission. and okay okay i'm done now. just know that i love you. and i love this gospel. and sometimes i cry about it. and that is okay. :) :) :) :) :) 

LOVE YOU BYEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"Now, what do we hear in the gospel which we have received? A voice of gladness! A voice of mercy from heaven; and a voice of truth out of the earth; ...a voice of gladness for the living and the dead; glad tidings of great joy. How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that bring glad tidings of good things, and that say unto Zion: Behold, thy God reigneth! ...Shall we not go on in so great a cause? Go forward and not backward. Courage, brethren; and on, on to the victory! Let your hearts rejoice, and be exceedingly glad.  Let the mountains shout for joy, and all ye valleys cry aloud; and all ye seas and dry lands tell the wonders of your Eternal King! And ye rivers, and brooks, and rills, flow down with gladness. Let the woods and all the trees of the field praise the Lord; and ye solid rocks weep for joy! And let the sun, moon, and the morning stars sing together, and let all the sons of God shout for joy! And let the eternal creations declare his name forever and ever! And again I say, how glorious is the voice we hear from heaven, proclaiming in our ears, glory, and salvation, and honor, and immortality, and eternal life; kingdoms, principalities, and powers! (D&C 128:19-23)

#howifeel #josephsmithgottooexcitedtoo ;) :) :) (the whole thing is good but i took out parts to keep it short...er....haha)