“that portion of mankind God has given us to love & to serve”

oh hey there family! :) long time no see...... seriously though haha. :) :)   happy st. patrick's day! ... last week! haha i hope you went all out and wore all green everything, because i did and it was glorious. mint-green top with teal-green skirt? oh baby, youbetcha ;) hahaha. plus i have a nice green raincoat i can wear because miracle of miracles, it's finally raincoat season and i have retired the giant black sleeping bag :) farewell, mission parka. you have done me well. i will be wearing you in the seattle-tacoma airport on april 24th, 2014, because there is no way you are fitting in any of my bags <3 #packingjoys ;) anyways, st. patty's day was great, we went to bishop w's house and they are obviously my favorite. everyone (except the 2 yr old? #independantstreak) was wearing audacious green and we ate corned beef and cabbage... which is REALLY salty.... and drank "leprechaun dump in a cup" even though bishop told the kids not to call it that hahaha. and it was really really fun and i love them. :) :) :) and we had a delicious minty treat. i am trying to make this email not all about food but it's difficult sometimes hahah ;) also we took a selfie on bishop's phone for seester blood and we were trying to email it to me and i was struggling HARDCORE with the iphone 5 hahaha and bishop was like "come on sister proffit.... iphones existed before your mission, you know!" hahahaha. seriously struggling though hahaha #missionjoys ;)

tuesday i realized that the prophet on the cover of the january 2014 ensign looks like benedict cumberbatch (bbc actor) so that was cool. tuesday we also went to the m's to teach o:) a series of great things ensued. 1) we were like "hey, we have a few extra minutes and it's almost 50 degrees, lets go to culvers and get a scoop for o!" so we did, and we brought it to her, and turns out it was her FAVORITE flavor and she was having a hard day. so good. job. Spirit. :) :) :) #revelationthroughdesireforculvers ;) 2) c m (age 8) came home from school. sis m: "hi sweetie!" cameron: "I'M STARVING AND I HAVE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM." me: story of my life, kid.... hahaha. :) :) <3 them 3) (and this one is a legit miracle....) we were teaching o el plan de salvacion (i <3 language study <3) and her mom walks in to say that she's going to the store or something.... and her mom has declined to hear the lessons etc before, and she's not extremely supportive (not un-supportive, but not like weeping for joy either) but today before she leaves she goes, "since i'm here, would you guys mind saying a prayer for me?" and so we did.... and it was awesome. there's a couple of moments on my mission that have been like... whoosh. so intense. usually i'm praying for someone who really needs it. and it's like a lot of pressure, but it's not, and the Spirit is strong and i'm so grateful. and that's the kind of moment that it was. and it feels good. i love this missionary gig. :) :) anyways. it was awesome. :) also on tuesday we got to teach a and i love her. i've discovered an enormous love for teaching the basics. restoration. plan of salvation. i think that's all i'm gonna teach till i go home <3 <3 <3 :) :) also, the trio is still great. i love sister roylance & sister ruiz :) :) :)

wedesday we got to teach the m... they are great. they are funny and old but they are great :) 1 ne 15-16... which was their assignment to read last time haha but they forgot so we did 1 ne 11-14 twice in a row ;) #dejavu #groundhogday? ;) also had a moment on wednesday, driving around oconomowoc... i think we were stopped at a light or something and i just realized how much i love these people. how much i love what i'm doing. how grateful i am to be here :) :) i was reading a talk by president kimball where he talks about "that portion of mankind God has given us to love & to serve" and just reflecting a bit. i like this life :) ALSO. family, this is really exciting. you might want to pay attention to this part. i have discovered one of my new greatest loves. it is this: not doing menial labor because a computer is doing it for me <3 and how i discovered it is this: PANDORA'S HOPE CHEST. it's an extension on google chrome. get it now and then go to familysearch.org. IT WILL SEARCH YOUR FAMILY TREE FOR THOSE WHO NEED THEIR TEMPLE WORK DONE. like, HELLO. where has this been all my life. no more clicking back forever & ever & ever & ever.... now, a computer will do that for us :) :) :) :) seriously, DO THAT and then take those names to the temple & do more research :) :) :) :) :) so that was cool. scripture chains discovered this week: 2 Ne. 26:15 / Alma 5:7-9. God does the heavy lifting :) 2 Ne. 25:23 / Alma 24:10-11. what is "all we can do"? :) :) pretty cool. 

thursday was interviews and those were fun. president prefaced mine by saying we weren't going to talk about me going home, we have another interview for that, so that was nice hahaha :) we also introduced ourselves and our "spirit animals" in dtm... best quote: "my spirit animal is a giraffe. yellow's my favorite color and i have freckles. i was meant to be.... well, a person, because i'm a child of God." hahahahah <3 sister plante ;) also i got a sick cd from elder hedgecock (titled, "sister proffit's jams for her last transfer!" hahaha) and a fantastically hilarious letter from sister blood. so it was a good thursday. also went to le ducs for the reputedly best custard in the state of wisconsin, and it was great. i asked the boy working there what i should get and this was a huge mistake because he recommended (and i ordered... and ate...) the "topper" burger. which is legit a burger with deep fried cheese curds and an onion ring and bbq sauce. clearly invented by a teenage boy and never meant for human consumption. but i ate it. and survived. and then drank a regular black cow that only cost me the price of a jr black cow because blessings of missionary service. #suddenlywerebacktofood #andfreefood #mygreatestlove? ;) #youonlyserveamissioninwisconsinonce

best quote from friday (obviously from my bestie s j)... sisters r asked her how she came in contact with the church. "We [her & her now-husband] were carrying these giant santa claus bags full of cans out to our tent in the forest and he just busts out, "hey, i'm a mormon priest!" :) :) :) :) :) :) :) ohhhhhhh family. someday soon i will tell you about her and my other best friend aron (her husband) and how the gospel literally changes and saves lives daily. i love them so much. i love this gospel so so much :) :) :) :) :) :) :)friday we also went to a FRIDAY FISH FRY (finally!!) and it was great. tommy & di's diner in mapleton, wisconsin. where it's at :) :) and we taught the gospel.... and we loved our friends.... and it was a generally great great day. i love missionary work :) :) :) 

saturday sister b presented me with a wonderful present.... a placemat map. hahahaha story.... i have a newfound love/appreciate/obsession with geography, thanks to the maps in our apartment. so at her house for dinner once i was talking about it........ and then like a month later she bought me a map placemat of my own hahaha what a priceless friend she is :) :) :) and she told the person where she bought it that it was for a missionary and she's going to go back and tell him that i love it and give him a passalong card hahaha #membermissionarywork ;) also on saturday we got to teach the lovely a c again and she got to feel the Spirit tell her what she needs to do to repent and then she recognized it and acted on it and did it and i love it :) :) also she gave us like 5 legit referrals hahaha #testimonystrengthened :) :) :) and i love the plan of salvation. and i love a. and i love missionary work :) :) 

also taught the J KIDS finallyyyyyyyyyy and it was great. they have a 14-year-old son who is legit and wants to have the Spirit in his life. so obviously i loved that even more than i loved the eggplant spaghetti sauce we had on our noodles for dinner. #healthfood #wordofwizdom ;) also, took us 3 minutes to drive to their house, and 10 minutes to parallel park. #howmanysistermissionariesdoesittaketoparallelparkamissioncarinoconomowoc #apparently3... #triopower. sister ruiz was literally hanging out the side of the car directing sister roylance hahaha #ifeelitsfine ;) also, i've been learning spanish slang. so now i say "chin!" (cheeeen!) instead of freak & heck #gome ;) also, quote from sister ruiz: "everything denotes that there is a weirdness in sister proffit" hahaha ;) <3

sunday was beautiful. sunday always is :) a & her mom came to church!! all three hours!!!!!!! :) :) :) :) miracle.  and then afterwards we contacted a referral from s (the crazy cat man of oconomowoc.... we finna go back another time) :) and then went to see my favorite 95 year old, a g. and we commenced to laugh really really hard for a really really really long time :) :) :) new favorite thing: profound quotes that don't actually make sense.

"Life is like a mirror. Whatever you see reflects back at you." ~ a g <3 :) it's a nice idea though. i liked it :) also she told sister ruiz (who is mexican) that mexico is a horrible country. she didn't realize she was mexican and didn't understand why we were all laughing hysterically hahaha. there were several more funny quotes but you probably had to be there.......... missions are the best, that's all i'll say :) :)  also i love espanol and i love language study. i'm practicing praying and testifying en espanol and it is muito bom (that's portugese for very good.. hahaha) :) also yesterday sister ruiz taught us the restoration en portuges and i got kinda lost but when she started saying the first vision.... i still didn't understand what she was saying but i felt the difference. so i knew which part she was on. it was cool :) :) :) me gusta language study!!! :) :) :) goal: read the entire libro de mormon out loud. eventually. :) 

okay okay okay. that is all i have to say. it's been a muito bom week :) :) i love missionary work and i love kettle moraine and i love my companions and i love my friends. and i love YOU, familia. see you when i see you :) :) :) the work is true! the gospel is true. o evangelio abensoa as familias. (no idea how to spell that but i can say it.) :)  i love you mucho mucho :) :) :)xoxoxoxoxoxox seester cecelia proffit :) :) :) 

scripture of the week =  1 Ne 16:8 (again) because.... I'm happy. and sometimes I'm so happy that just saying the words "I'm the happiest i have ever been in my whole entire life because of the gospel/my mission/etc" or just "I'm happy!" is enough to make me cry :) :) :) oh we also taught the g's on thursday... [he's less-active, she's been investigating off & on for like 7 years....] out of 1 ne 8 (tree of life) and were like okay seriously though..... where do you see this going????? what do you desire?? what's gonna get you there???? and it was good. understanding was had. commitments were made and kept. except they still didn't come to church. but she's hopefully been reading daily... we text her every day to see how's it's going hahah ;)   okay that is all :) also, the j's do the pathways program. did you know you can go to byu for $65/credit?????????????????

also -- told the ward council j h was a ninja. they were like "......" but they said they'd help us catch him :) :)