halloween and happy things!!

 hello hello my people!! i hope you all had a swell halloween day/night and were able to enjoy whatever you like to enjoy in the fall :) 

this week was wild!! i think i say that every week but it's so true!! so many things are learned and so many funny things happen, and it is truly the greatest honor to get to serve as a representative of Jesus Christ every single day as a missionary! for all of y'all that have been baptized, you are ALSO a representative of Jesus Christ, you promised that you would bear his name always so you can experience all these amazing things as well!!!

this week was so very full of tender mercies including but not limited to: revisiting an old friend, making and giving away treats, watching some stellar devotionals, walking around a lake with some sweet ladies, organizing an office, eating mexican food in a garage, using Facebook to talk to so many cool people about hiking and the gospel of Jesus Christ (two of my FAV topics ever:;)), laying peatmoss, going on a run outside, driving out to the countryside at sunset, cleaning an abandoned house, and visiting with lots of people: new and old friends!!!!! this week we also had our ward halloween party that we dropped off lots of invitation for and we actually saw some of our friends in their costumes and it was so fun!! we also had the opportunity to spend a day with another Sister missionary, Sister Sampson on Halloween and to learn lots from her which is always exciting!!

one of the things i learned this week that i wanted to share with y'all is how loved y'all are!!!!!! a scripture story that i studied this week was the woman who was caught in adultery at the end of Luke 8. she has just gone through probably the most humiliating experience of her life, and what does our Savior Jesus Christ call her? He calls her "daughter". that was such a reminder to me that i, as well as each one of you, am a child of God and are SO LOVEDDDDD!!!!!! He also says to be of good comfort, her faith hath made her whole, and to go in peace. it didn't matter what situation she had come from, Christ wanted her to be comforted and to go forward with PEACE!! our faith in Jesus Christ can bring us comfort AND peace, even in the worst of circumstances. i have also been reminded how loved each person on earth is as i have had the wonderful opportunity to become friends with people and see just a glimpse of how much they are loved by our Heavenly Father!! guys life can be hard but it is so good!!! what is one way that you are going to show your love for someone special to you this week? i encourage you to do that one thing and i promise that in return you will feel more loved yourself, not necessarily by the world but by Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ :)

sorry for all the crazy thoughts, hope y'all have a great week and see God's hand in your life through halloween sugar cookies and new laundry detergent and cute stickers and yummy soup and all the tender mercies in your lives!!!!! i love you but Heavenly Father loves you SO MUCH MORE!!!

te amoooo!!

<3 sis mill

pics in no specific order: zone conference with a bunch of other missionaries a few weeks ago, hiking!, halloween, cool yellow statue in front of the regional library, and some other ones too probably!