"DIRECTION​S FOR LIVING JOYFULLY"

 

preach my gospel is just the greatest book ever. how can you NOT want to live the gospel when it describes it like that??? :) :) :) 

 

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......"

 

:) :) :) 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 1^st 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

MISSION LIFE

 

is the best life!!!!!!!!!!!!! oh my.......... seriously, family. greatest decision i ever made EVER. this life is so so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sometimes i just can barely even handle it hahaha.

so i don't even know where to begin this week.

wait i know.

S******.

my. best. friend.

okay team. ooooooookaaaaaay. like what even is anything. I LOVE MISSIONARY LAND.

so this is the whole story, shortened and condensed. When we first got here we got a bunch of old formers & potentials from the Zone Leaders. one of them said "would get stressed & ticked every time we went over to try and set something up" {and i actually edited that a bit to be more missionary language, but whatever haha} so we're like yeah, sure, lets go see her!

so we do. and she's like sooooooo tired and run-down but we share a scripture and the spirit is felt and she agrees to let us come back. this waaaaaasssss.......... august 16th.

flash-forward just over a month.

She came to church yesterday. Even though they were running a marathon down her street so she couldn't get her car out so she had to WALK (pioneer status!!) to a gas station where a member picked her up (love members<3)

Sacrament meeting was so so good. More on that later. But she was straight-up taking NOTES and making me look bad hahaha.

oh did i mention she works 3rd shift?? which means that she's not waking up early to come to 9am church........... she's staying up LATE. till noon. because obviously & of course she stays all 3 hours. because she is amazing. and she never falls asleep even though she just WORKED all night. !!!!!!!!

but anyways. sacrament was amazing. as per usual.

and then. gospel principles. lesson was on the gift of the Holy Ghost. and let. me. tell. you. the lesson ended a bit early, and it was time for the closing prayer. and the Spirit was just telling eeeeeeeverybody that S needed to say it. like, it was weird. everybody knew it. weirdtown. so brother raddant is like "... S, would you like to say it?" so she nods and bows her head.

"dear Heavenly Father...."


....


(whispers) "i'm going to cry"

and then just cries. and cries and cries and cries. and not like a sad cry. like an oh-my-goodness-i-am-feeling-the-Spirit-so-strong-what-even-is-this-feeling cry. like a powerful, spiritual witness cry. like an oh-my-goodness-what-is-happening cry.

AMAZING.

and then (after a looooooong time. quiet crying.) she prays and thanks God for sending His Spirit to help us to know what to do, and for helping us to find the truth, and basically just everything is amazing and I LOVE HER.

You know what the secret is? THE BOOK OF MORMON. she's reading it, and she loves it. I don't know what it is about that Book, but it. is. powerful. like....... insanely. i don't even understand it. one of the "consider this" questions for PMG ch. 5 is "why is the Book of Mormon so powerful in the conversion process?" and i straight up don't know but it IS. (and i would love your thoughts on that if you have any.) :) I LOVE IT. we just read it together and it answers every question. THE BOOK OF MORMON IS AMAZING Y'ALL. read it. live it. love it :) :) :) also, sister butler is pro at following the Spirit and being like "we need to read 1 Ne 16. even though that's not what we planned." and then we do and it's like whaaaaaaaattttttttttttt when did they put this in here???????????? aaaaaaaaaaand i love it :) :) :)

so that is amazing! at our last lesson she goes "Joseph Smith HAD to have seen God. You read the book and you just can't deny it! I get this tingly feeling every time I read!" no. stop. no. why are you so perfect. i love you. stop. she read TEN CHAPTERS. couldn't stop. tingly feeling. i love it :) :) :)

so anyways. that is s. and then the relief society lesson was on "we believe in being chaste" and that was delightfully awkward. but good. i was glad/sad the elders weren't in there to sign/interpret hahaha :) :)

do you know what's fantastic?

ugh. so many things.

but for one, PROPHETS. like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat even???????????? okay one of the talk in sacrament meeting was on how the Lord continually reaches out to us in mercy (I STRAIGHT TESTIFY THAT HE DOES, MMHMM AMEN) and that is seriously so true. and also, i was just thinking. [it was a good sacrament meeting not for what they said but for the Spirit they brought that made me just like..... i don't know. it just strengthened my testimony SO MUCH. caused me to ponder & reflect. "my mind was called up to serious reflection... my feelings were deep and often poignant" :)] ANYWAYS. prophets. like what even is that. here is something that is true: GOD STILL REACHES OUT TO US. the heavens are not closed!!!!!!!!!!!! there is a prophet in Israel!!!!!!!!!!! and it's for the whole world!!!!!!!!!! like, whaaaaaatttttt????

 

this is something awesome: Preach My Gospel. and the Book of Mormon. and the Bible. and living prophets. and general conference. God's words never cease!!!!!!!!! He NEVER stops reaching out to us in love!!!!!!!!!!!!! what even. i can't handle it sometimes. like what. even. 

 

haha sorry i'm being annoying. it's just so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

 

and you know what else is amazing??? the ATONEMENT. and REPENTANCE. and legitimately, actually, becoming better. Jesus Christ is so fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!! except fantastic is not the best word cause He's real!!!!!!!!!!!! it's like....... almost unbelievable. it's amazing. we can CHANGE. we can become better. He will help us. one consistant step at a time :) :) :)

i can't even handle all the things i love about this Gospel. I just can't. but here is what I know, family.

 

Coming on a mission was the single greatest decision of my life.

 

Every good thing in my life is because of my Savior. Every. good. thing. and I love Him <3

 

The Book of Mormon is true. It is God's Word. It brings us closer to Christ. I know it does.

 

I love being a missionary and I will cry when they make me go home.

 

I love our family. 

 

Guys, something really exciting is coming up. It's called General Conference. Do you know what that means?? it means that LIVING PROPHETS are going to speak. God's word today. fresh from the mouths of His divinely called servants. like WHAT EVEN IS THAT. it's a miracle, i tell ya. I KNOW that we have prophets again in this day. they are SO IMPORTANT. I know that God has called them. I know their counsel is inspired. I know that as we are obedient, we will be safe and blessed. like, WHAT A MIRACLE. let's take full advantage of it :) :) :) know it live it love it!!! nothing makes us happier!! :) :) :)

 

live the abundant life, my friends. its ze bessstt!! i looove iiittt!! :) :) :)

 

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox a million hugs

 

i miss you        i love you :)          xoxo

 

sister cece :) :) :) 

Re: living the abundant life :)

........ okay sorry for the cheesy missionary title buuuuuuuuuuuttttttt it's true!!! i've been reading chapter 5 of preach my gospel this week (sooooooo goooooooood why have i never studied it beforee?????) and page 108 is my favorite. hands down. 

 

"The Book of Mormon... helps us understand that God’s commandments are not a restrictive list of dos and don’ts but guideposts to a happy, abundant life. As we begin to understand that the first principles and ordinances of the gospel are the way to the abundant life, we will appreciate that these principles help answer any question and fill any need. For example, we understand that repentance, forgiveness, and the covenant to serve others are essential in improving relationships with our spouses. We see that faith in Christ, accepting and keeping covenants, and following the promptings of the Spirit can help teenagers avoid the powerful temptations that surround them."

 

you straight up just have to read the whole page because it's all SO GOOD and SO TRUE. 

 

but the part that i bolded. IS SO TRUE. "the way to the abundant life." mmmmmhmmm aaaaaamennnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! S E R I O U S L Y THOUGH. like i can't emphasize this enough. i don't know how to. but S.E.R.I.O.U.S.L.Y. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the way to the abundant life. and i know that the Book of Mormon teaches us this clearly and more powerfully than any other book. also the Bible is wonderful as well. read them both. 

 

more from page 108: "Without reservation I promise you that if you will prayerfully read the Book of Mormon, regardless of how many times you previously have read it, there will come into your hearts … the Spirit of the Lord. There will come a strengthened resolution to walk in obedience to his commandments, and there will come a stronger testimony of the living reality of the Son of God” -- president hinckley, prophet. 

 

so basically....... yes. true. yes. family, will you read the Book of Mormon for 10 minutes every day??? i KNOW that doing so will bring the Spirit into your life SO powerfully. you will have an increased desire to walk in the way of the Lord. and i know that His way is the way to the abundant life. it's the only way to live :) :) 

 

also this week i started a list of how Jesus is the Light and the Life of my world. it's been wonderful :)

 

FACT: Heavenly Father is SO RIDICULOUSLY MERCIFUL AND LOVING IT LITERALLY IS INSANE EXCEPT IT'S NOT INSANE IT'S JUST TRUTH.

 

and i love Him.

 

and i know that He loves me. and He is ridiculously merciful to me in all my weaknesses and shortcomings and CONTINUOUSLY reaches out to me in love and just gives me like one billion chances to improve and then He helps me do it. GAH. HOW IS EVERYTHING SO WONDERFUL. 

 

buuuuuuuuutttttttttt seriously.

 

hey, wanna hear about a cool miracle that happened this week? :) :) 

 

sooooooooooooooooooooooo remember s****??????? my bestest friend who told us she thought there should be levels in heaven?????  :) :) :)

sooooooooo she came to church on Sunday (not yesterday, week before) and she was like "i'm engaged!" and i was like ".............yaaayy.................." because usually when investigators become engaged that becomes the most important thing in their life and they become suuuuuuuper sensitive to anything that could damage that relationship...... liiiiiiiiiiiiiikeeeee joining a new religion or something. SO, not super jazzed about it, but i tried to remain faithful.

 

and then.  and THEN.

 

so we go over on friday for our appointment, and we usually see her nights b/c she works 3rd shift, but this friday we were going over there at 1. and we see her on her front step talking to two homies (black guys........) who are smoking and basically being homie gs. love em. okay i wish you knew s**** because she is like...... so white. SO white. this sounds racist but i'm just setting the scene. 

 

soo we get there and we're like "oh she has friends!" and we introduce ourselves and they seem like kind of scared of us?? hahaha which is hilarious because we are two tiny white girls (comparatively) in SKIRTS. so, yes. anyways they're talking, blablablah, and s's like "do you girls want to come in?" so i guess we're done talking to the homies. cool. we get inside. i have a sneaking suspicion. "is thaaaatt........?" (pointing to my ring finger) she nods. "yep, that's j!" 

 

ooooookay. SHE IS ENGAGED TO A BLACK HOMIE G. I WISH YOU COULD APPRECIATE HOW HILARIOUS THIS IS. I LOVE IT.

 

BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN THE MIRACLE PART GUYS. JUST WAIT IT GETS BETTER.

 

so j like, doesn't want to talk right then, which is fine, we respect people's timetables, so we're teaching s, blablablah, and j is like... trying to hide but i can SENSE HIM on the front porch listening and then he comes in and "sneaks" into the back... still listening.... we're just like. reading 1 ne 10 together.... then he RAISES HIS HAND and i'm like..... "...yes?" "so what's the difference between yalls church and like... christians?"

 

well, j. LET ME TELL YOU.

 

sooooooooooo we proceed to have an AMAZING lesson, mostly amazing for the fact that S did a TON of teaching and being like "doesn't it make sense that xyz?" etc etc. at one point she goes over to her kitchen, grabs her extra Book of Mormon, and hands it to him. "here. we're on page 18." SHE LOVES IT. HE LOVES IT. THE SPIRIT WAS FELT SO STRONG BY EVERYONE IT WAS AMAZING I LOVE IT I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUUUUUCHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  like, so much though.

 

SO that was the best. and we invited j to the baptism on saturday (s was going to be out of town) and he was like yeah! i'll come! and then he CAME which is like actually a huge deal because usually people just lie to us?? haha :) :) aaaaaaaand we watched the restoration dvd (which i love) and he loved it and he was like "wooaaaahhhh i feel the Spirit so strong!!!" and he met bishop and talked to him for like EVER and (sidenote: there were peppermint chocolate kringles at the baptism. my favorite dessert EVER) basically just loved everything and love and everything is hooray happy amen. i loved it :) :) :) :) :) 

 

sooooooo yeah that's pretty much my life right now! haha :) :) 

 

basically, i have so many things to work on. but i'm working on them. i feel like a rough stone rolling. but i know how much God loves me (well i can't comprehend it but i know its a LOT and i've felt it)

and i've experience my Savior's Atonement for me. and I love Him. so much. missionary work is HARD but it's GOOD and REFINING and HARD.

 

it's the way to the abundant life, family. live it. love it. know it :) :) :)

 

i told president cutler i was working on waking up on time (i made myself a sticker chart....) and he replied to my last weeks email: 

 

Sister Proffit,
We love you! You have such a wonderful drive to do the work. Thanks for working on getting up on time. Obedience brings increased faith in Christ, which allows us access to the Atonement!
Love,
President Cutler

 

:) i love him. 

 

transfers this week! crazy. sister butler & i are staying together. all of our elderfriends are staying too which is fun :) i love them too! i just love eeeeeeveryone!!!!!!! i'm learning so much and i'm loving it sooooo so much. ahh. it's so hard. it's so good. it's so hard. i love it too much. ahhhhhhh...

 

basically, everyone should serve a mission. it's ze beessssst!! i love iiitt!! (nacho voice obvi)

 

i love you family!!!!! make good choices!!! read the Book of Mormon!!!! feel the Spirit!!! recognize the promptings and then courageously DO what you know you should do!! I PROMISE you that there is nothing in this world to compare from the peace that comes into our lives when we do. this IS the abundant life. God loves us. He wants only the best for us. He gives us prophets to guide us along the Way back to Him. I know that this is true. i'm trying to live it more every day. it's a struggle for all of us, but it's the BEST struggle. and He helps us :) :) :) :) :) 

 

i LOVE YOU SO SO MUCH. forever :) :) :) {isn't that a miracle??????? we get to BE A FAMILY forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!}   anyways.   soapbox done.  i love you tons.  amen :) :) :)

 

xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo   sister cecelia proffit :) :) 

 

OH I FORGOT TO ADD THIS TO THE STORY ABOUT J!!!!

 

after the baptism he texts us "thank u again for everything and im gonna start reading the book now" :) :) :) yesssssssssssss

 

oh, also, i forgot.

 

i had a fantastic study on small & simple things. on accident. because God is trying to teach me something hahaha.

 

alma 31:10 / alma 37:6-7 / d&c 123:16-17

 

question to ponder: what small & simple things do i think are foolishness that could bring about great things???

 

because basically, at least the way i read it this time, alma is like "now helaman! remember to always clean the plates & keep them bright!" and helaman rolls his eyes and is like yeah yeah yeah whatever dad and alma's like "NO. i know you think this is dumb but it's not!!! i promise you that this is important!!!" aaaaaaaand it is! small helm, big ship. let us be cheerful :) i love the scriptures!! :) :) :)

 

alsoooooooooo other things that i forgot. me and elder kemper and elder beech are starting a club called "people who are 22 who have never heard the taylor swift song about being 22." it's going to be superfuntimes. i'm excited. elder beech's birthday is 5 days after mine and we are having a missionary PARTY. i'm stoked :) :) :) 

 

speaking of birthdays............................. this is just a reminder that the mission address is 7111 W Edgerton Ave Ste #100 Greenfield WI 53220. i think. mom, edit that if it's wrong hahaha :) :) :)

 

things that i could actually use:

a new journal (this might inspire me to fill up the one i have)

music

stickers

LETTERS

pictures of you

exercise videos

 

acceptable music: 

the lower lights

cds that we already have at home... like the primary colors ones and stuff like that! inside out, vocal point, etc.

efy 2013!!!

christmas music

stuff like that

it's a miracle!

best of efy!

best two years soundtrack! :)

what's the guy who sits at the tiny piano??? his cds are good right??

also, prince of egypt. hahah :) :) :)

 

 

unacceptable music:

michael mcclean

 

compare *with the peace? i'm dumb and typing too fast hahaha

 

can't wait for jacob's call!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY OFFICIAL GUESS: jacksonville florida.  boom baby.

       

OH AND ALSO I KEEP FORGETTING THINGS.

 

so my friend elder thompson is a convert and gets like no letters.  can you write him? :) :) :) you can be anonymous if you want or you can say who you are, doesn't matter. only if you have free time. elder tyler thompson. mission address. if you have time :) :) :) he's the district leader, speaks hmong, and is lovely :) :)

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!!!!!!! :) :) :)