‘welcome to real life, my friend’

 title quote courtesy of elder hernandez, ztm. story later :)

oh, family. so much happened this week!! well not actually that much, it just feels like it because we just got the TRANSFER INFORMATION and i'm feeling overwhelemed. but i'll try not to let it show to much ;) 

SO MONDAY. we had breakfast for dinner with this couple in the ward who reminds me SO MUCH of gramma & grampa condie, so obviously i loved it. also breakfast is a great thing to feed missionaries because breakfast for us is usually a bagel and an apple or something lame like that. so it was nice :) :)

tuesday was zone training!! sooo fun. they just split our zone so it was actually weirdly small, but still fun. so fun fact, we drove the lake mills sisters to elkhorn, and we're on our merry way, when sister martin hands me a box and is like "guess what's in here?" me: "i dunno, like a willow tree statue or something?" "noooo.... it's for elder kadous....." "a ceramic cat?" "close!!!!!!!!!"  well long story short it was a cremated cat. yes family. i drove to elkhorn wisconsin with 3 sister missionaries and a cremated cat. quote from sister martin: "His name was Crash........ then he crashed and burned.........."#no.:) :) :) :) :)so that was a party. wooo-hoooo wisconsin!! :) :)

also, story time. elder hernandez and elder gifford are doing their area accountability, talking about their investigator who is IN A GANG and has to get GANG BEAT in order to leave the gang and join the church. me: "oh my gosh!!!!!!!! someone should call the cops!!!!!!!!!!!!" elder hernandez: "welcome to the real life, my friend." entire zone: ~outrageous laughter~ i'm serious though, somebody should call the cops........ #kenosha

also, elder phelps is great and i'm DEPRESSED that he's getting transferred and won't be my zone leader anymore because he is great. he always gets us pumped UP with his ztm testimony, but not because it's like intense or like aragorn-status but because it's just so sincere. and humble. and you're just like..... yes. i will do this. i will do this work of de Lord. and it will be amazing. he shared this scripture and now it's on our board :)
 "Has the day of miracles ceased? Or have angels ceased to appear unto the children of men? Or has He withheld the power of the Holy Ghost from them? Or will he, so long as time shall last, or the earth shall stand, or there shall be one man upon the face thereof to be saved? Behold I say unto you, Nay; for it is by faith that miracles are wrought; and it is by faith that angels appear and minister unto men." (moroni 7:35-37) :) actually that kind of IS aragorn status. but in a different way. a spiritual-pump-up way :) :) :)

also tuesday was great 'cause i got to TESTIFY and that is my ultimate favorite thing :) :) alma 7:11-12. Helaman 5:11. truth truth truth out of the earth, my friends :) :) :) oh and also, after ztm we caravaned it over to americana for some classy mexican food / baby-sized burritos (see pictures...) and since all mission cars legit look the same........ it was weird. #silver2014s #thisiswhypeoplethingwereacult ;)

WEDNESDAY we got to go to the doctor!! hooray!! :) :) also, thanks for all your prayers for sister blood..... she is feeling much much much MUCH better things week, which we ascribe to prayers and faith and miracles and medicine :) :) :) we saw the most wonderful little asian dr. y, who told sister blood "do nothing. limp. like noodle." when she was running some tests hahaha :) :) also we went to walgreens and the pharmacist legit looked like the bad guy from phineas & ferb. and we got a "5 wishes" packet to start our ADVANCE DIRECTIVE and i'm excited :) :) :) hahahaha. i'll show it to you when i get home ;) HILARIOUS. sister blood + sister proffit at the doctors = lotttsssssss of giggling hahaha. also, fun fact: doctors do not appreciate sassy side comments. who knew? ;) haha

thursday was s and my lovely friends the c whom i love <3 

friday we got to teach my lovely friends the m and i love them <3 and when br. m said the opening prayer he prayed, "bless our beloved sisters" and i was like awwwwww :) :) :) 

in other news, missionary work is hard when you have the hiccups. "you(hic!)'re gonna ha(hic!)ve to take th(hic!)is door....." ;)

we also had dinner with the s and it somehow descended into a joke fest, ending with the kids making up their own jokes. my personal favorite: m: "what did the crops say to the farmer?" c:"i can hear you?" ..................... hahahahahahaha. basically it was just a jolly good time and we're finna teach their neighbor so yay :) :) :) also at that dinner there was a perfect execution of the "control freak" knock-knock joke, me to sister blood...... hahaha. sis b: "I KNOW how to tell a knock knock joke!!!!!!!!!" hahahahaha :) :) i'm gonna miss her so so much!!!!!!!! 

also, we sang to elder kadous. "pat his cheeks and give him whaaat? a great... book of mormon!!" ;) #elderfriends

saturday morning we got the dreaded transfer text...... and my beloved sister blood is leaving :( :( :( :( :( i mean, we knew it was coming....... but still :( :( also, this transfer scenario is CRAY. "heh HEH!!" ~ president to us ;) 

saturday an osmond miracle happened. ARE YOU READY.~us, in the car, listening to "close every door" [an excellent missionary song...]~let's go try j t!~~knock knock~ "oh sisters! come in! i was just listening to donny osmond! weird, every time i listen to him the missionaries show up!" ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.............. hahahahaha

first of all, every time someone does one of those "everytime [x] happens, the missionaries show up!" i'm like "WHAT IF WE HADN'T SHOWN UP????????????" also, donny? yes. :) :) :) :) :)so that was fun haha. we finna come back and teach her and her en-tire family :) :) :) quotes: "there are no better friends than osmond friends."[teenage son]: "are you talking about donny osmond again?" hahahahaher: "the girls from church are here!"[non-member husband]: "i know, i saw them coming so i hid in the garage." hahaha. #atleastyourehonest ;) also, she's the queen of the wisconsin accent and i love it. i studied ch. 7 of pmg this week (surprisingly great!) and now i'm working on a list of things i love about wisconsin culture. hahaha. it's been a blast :) :)

#1: [technically this is not culture but it's still a wisconsin thing and i love it] BOSTON CREAM FROZEN CUSTARD FROM CULVERS. actually chocolate eclair is my ULTIMATE favorite flavor but boston cream is basically the same thing but with out the puff pastry :) :) :) :) :) :) #YUM also i love sister blood probably about as much as i love chocolate eclair frozen custard, or perhaps slightly more ;) i love companions <3 <3 <3 weirdly we think the same thoughts. at the same time. #3months? #togetherforever also shout-out to eliza bean bishop for sending me a beautiful SCARF and letter this week :) :) :) :) i love it :) :)

good news, it's in the 40s!! weirdly it feels SO MUCH like seattle weather right now and i'm LOVING it :) :) :)

sunday sunday sunday. come and gone again. my favorite day of the week always :) :) :)

quotes:[a j was sitting in the pew behind us reading a talk just before sacrament meeting]"detours are costly; they must be shunned." ~president monsoon "but at least we're given an opportunity to pay the cost." ~ a. :) the j are SO cool, i can't wait to tell you more about them when i come home :) :)

reading 1 Thessalonians 5:8-28 in gospel principles... which is actually REALLY great and not that long so you all should read it :) :) talking about what it means to be of a sober mind -- a says basically it means nothing altering your thought process, not being in panic mode. which i thought was cool :)

thought that came to me at church: it's one thing to worship God on your own, and another thing entirely to do it in a gathering of imperfect people....... aka church ;) there must be something to it! God's commandments are all to make us happier and better and stronger and more like Him :) :) :)

pmg greatness: "God gives us commandments for our benefit. They are instructions from a loving Father in Heaven to help us have happy lives... Heavenly Father knows our weaknesses and is patient with us. He blesses us as we strive to obey His commandments." :)

quote from relief society lesson: "if you err in judgement, be sure you err on the side of love & mercy" <3

quote from j m (whom i would like to adopt into my family): "repentance isn't about changing Heavenly Father's view of us, it's about changing us!" :)

i would like to say that i LOVE THE M & O SO SO SO SO MUCH <3 <3 <3 they are my bffs. br. m reminds me of corey (brower). :) and they are just gems, all of them <3 we had dinner & a lesson with them and o on sunday, reading out of 1 Ne 16 (which i love!!!!!) and it was great. laughed sooooooooo hard (at dinner) and felt the spirit soooooooo much :) :) :) 

Book of Mormon sharing this week is a tie between 1 Ne 16:8 & 1 Ne. 16:29

v.8 : "And thus my father had fulfilled all the commandments of the Lord which had been given unto him. And also, I, Nephi, had been blessed of the Lord exceedingly." boom. true principle. easy as that. and Nephi recognized the blessings that had come and that increased & strengthened his faith for next time :) :) 

v. 29: "And there was also written upon them a new writing, which was plain to be read, which did give us understanding concerning the ways of the Lord; and it was written and changed from time to time, according to the faith and diligence which we gave unto it." totes about the Book of Mormon. in my opinion. :) every time i open that book, i swear there's something new that i've never ever read before. it gives me understanding concerning the ways of the Lord!!! and that is a HUGE benefit to me. i just love it!!!!!!!!!!! never ever ever ever ever getting over it :) :) :) 

okay family. almost done, i promise :) 

props to sister blood for following spiritual promptings. Scenario we pull up to the m house at 5:29. appointment is at 5:30. sister blood: "..... should we go see if b's home?" (potential that lives 2 doors down) me: ".....quench not the Spirit?" (1 thess. 5:19) ;)so we did. and he was! and we're going back on friday and we prayed with him. so, good news, when you follow spiritual promptings blessings happen!! haha. i was grateful for 1) sister blood, 2) the Spirit (not in that order necessarily....;)) 3) being able to pray for someone who needed it. :) :) i love this gospel!!! 

also we finna teach o's friend s soon. #yes :) :)

well well well. another email almost done. time for my weekly feelings update i guess ;)

sister blood is leaving. i am sad. i'm gonna be in a TRIO, which is cray..... i have 6 weeks left, which is ROLLERCOASTER. sometimes i'm excited and sometimes i'm devastated hahaha. it's a tricky road to walk and it's a hard balance. but it's also so so good. i'm open to any and all advice you may have hahaha. good news: the gospel is true. it has been restored. Jesus Christ lives. He's ready & waiting & anxious to help us. God gives us tender mercies every single day. He is our Father. He has plan for our happiness :) :)

and that is the best darn news that i can think of Jlove you bunches!!!!!!!!!! have a great week :) :) :) :) :) :) :) 

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxxoxoxoxoxoxo seester cecelia proffit :) :) :)

OH WAIT I FORGOT SOMETHING :) :)new favorite hymn: #103, "precious savior, dear redeemer" :) :) we sing it and i love it. tune of come thou fount always :) :) 

my bff a came to CHURCH on sunday and afterwards was like, "can you guys come over and teach me the missionary lessons?" and i was like "why.... yes. yes we can." :) :) :) :) :) #booyah okay well this is lame to have at the end of an email but oh well..the church is true peace an' blessin' ;)xoxoxo seester cec

oh wait. i would like to add some o quotes. yes she is my greatest friend.

me, getting ready to talk about how the Atonement has helped me change my life: "so like in high school, i didn't really like myself, i was kind of mean..." o: "yeah, i can kinda see that........"  hahahahahahahah me, talking about how for my faith value project i planted a seed but then it died o: "no offense, but i feel sorry for your children!" hahahah :) :)#bffs ;)