The Mishdrobe

So a couple of weeks ago, I had a friend text me asking for a picture of every single piece of my mission wardrobe...or as I like to call it, the Mishdrobe. Rolls off the tongue, huh?

Since I love this girl so much, I did it. And since I have all the pictures, might as well share them right? Hopefully it'll help a future sista' out. 

This wardrobe has been in the works for months and months, so I'll say where each thing is from, but who knows if they even sell them anymore!

DRESSES

Asos.com, Eshakti.com

Asos, asos, and unknown..sorry!

TOPS

Khols, Macy's, Forever 21

Forever 21, Gap, Forever 21

All three from Forever 21

Forever 21, Macy's, thrift store

Forever 21, Modcloth.com, Modcloth.com

All three from Nordstrom Rack

Also not pictured, a great floral blouse I got from Khols, 40% off so act quickly! They have a bunch of perfect shirts.

SKIRTS

Asos, Asos, Eshakti

Asos, Forever 21, Eshakti

Asos, stole their image from online because it's in the mail!

 

JACKETS

H&M, and somewhere online!

ACCESSORIES

Charming Charlies, unknown, unknown, TJ Maxx. Also, not pictured: I bought a mustard colored scarf from Khols.

Heavenly Couture.com, and the rest Forever 21

All Forever 21

Assorted, probably all from Forever 21 

Homemade yellow bow, pearl bow from Asos, and headbands from Forever 21

Payless, DSW, Famous footwear, & some random places online I don't remember

The most perfect bag ever!! Just saying. From Etsy

Probably all from Forever 21

Make up bags, technically not part of the Mishdrobe, but I love them so much so they're going on here anyways. From Target and Forever 21.

OUTFITS

Here's just a few of many many many possible combinations:

Also, I just HAD to share this because my friend just texted me it and I'm a little shocked slash excited? Apparently I'm on Pinterest for my mission photo shoot!

Don't even know how that got on there. It's been repinned a lot! How funny. So yeah, there's another outfit combo haha.

Now I've just revealed to all of you how ridiculously obsessed I am with floral, stripes, and Forever 21. Don't judge. (;

Hope this helped you out if you're in the market for some mission clothes! Have a lovely day.

Getting Closer...

Holy smokes, guys! This girl is going to officially be Sister Bishop in just 8 short days!

We scheduled a time for me to get set apart as a missionary, and it has just been hitting me over and over again just how close my mission really is. Wow!

Well a lot has happened since I got my call. I've gone through the temple, visited my roommates in Arizona, moved to California, gone on splits a few times with some amazing sister missionaries, moved back to Utah, gone to two family reunions, gotten a job, spent so much time with friends and loved ones, and studied my little heart out in the scriptures and Preach My Gospel.

All of this has felt like sort of a floating period before my mission, ya know? I just go from place to place, activity to activity, just waiting for my mission to begin! Now that it's almost here the nerves have set in, but my faith has grown so much as well.

I'm grateful for the personal revelation I receive daily and the spirit I feel as I prepare for this great journey. My testimony has grown ten-fold, and so has my excitement! It's scary putting total faith in the Lord, but at the same time, it's so wonderfully amazing. I don't have to stress, because I know as long as I'm trying, the Lord will make up my shortcomings and truly completes me, making every single thing alright.

I can not wait to wear Christ's name right next to mine and right over my heart. I'm thrilled to know I'll have the spirit as my constant companion, and that this journey is exactly what I need to be doing right now. I'm very much so aware that it will be unbearable difficult at times, but that is alright! Bring it on. (; I'll have overwhelming joy as well, and isn't that worth it in the end? I can't wait to be more fully personally converted to the Lord and this Church. It will also be so amazing to share a message that means the whole world to me with people who have been waiting and searching and yearning for this exact thing. It'll be so humbling to see people change their lives to be part of the Church, something I take for granted is that I grew up with the gospel in my life and supportive parents!

I know God is so aware of me--my struggles, concerns, insecurities--and He knows exactly what I need to make me the person He knows I can become. I can't wait to be shaped by this experience and devote my life to this amazing gospel.

Bottom line is, I love this Church with my whole heart and know that it is true. I'm so grateful that it just leaves me a mess of tears every time I start to talk about it! Thanks for reading, and your support <3

Now I just have to go study some more, write my farewell talk, buy lots of food for the open house, make decorations, clean everything until it's sparkling, say goodbyes, work my last few days at my job, gather the last minute mission supplies, pack....

and the list goes on.

Deep breaths. What matters most is not what happens this next week or next Sunday at my farewell, but what happens Tuesday night at 6 when I'm set apart (: Can't wait!

The Call

Wednesday, April 10, I received my LDS mission call in the mail! Well, my parents received it in the mail. I anxiously went about my day, trying and failing to pay attention in class, and waiting for the minutes to tick by so it could be 4 and I could open this beauty:

Never ever have I been more impatient.

Before we move on with the post, I just have to share a series of memes.

So yeah, there's that. I love them. 

4 o'clock came, even though it seemed a million years away.

Opening my call was probably the most surreal and crazy moment! My thoughts were literally flying in a million different directions, I don't think I've ever been more scatterbrained. Before I knew it, I had a knife in hand, and was ripping open the famous big white envelope that I had waited a month for. 

Drum roll please...

SAN FERNANDO, CALIFORNIA!!!

English speaking, leaving July 17th for the Provo MTC. 

WOW. First off, I freaked out and so did the girl video taping me, who is my neighbor, friend, and Relief Society president! She happens to be serving in San Fernando as well, crazy right?? Unfortunately she's speaking Spanish, but it was still a crazy moment! 

I was SO surprised. It definitely took a minute for it to set in. I had to translate the words I read into actual thoughts and a place in my mind about where I would be. I was in the middle of hugging people when it hit me, and I burst into tears! I couldn't help it. 

I'm just going to dump a bunch of other pictures, I love them all so much. I'd be lying if I told you I didn't stare at them and watch my video at least twice a day. They make me so happy and excited!

It's my favorite to answer the same questions over, and over, and over again. That's not sarcastic though, I really do LOVE talking about my call, and everything associated with it (:

The main one I love is every single person asks:

"Are you ______?" You can fill in the blank with basically anything...excited, nervous, worried, happy, etc. My answer is always yes! I have so many emotions about it all.

I really am SO extremely excited to serve in San Fernando, that's the main emotion I feel. The more I think about it, the more I feel like it is the perfect mission! I'm in love with it already, and I feel so blessed to go there. Big big thanks to the man upstairs. 

After opening it, I went with the fam to Brick Oven Pizza. 

After that, I went with my roomies to Sammy's for shakes.

After that, I had some visitors over.

Then FINALLY I was able to just sit in my room, read my call again, read every detail of my packet, Google pictures, read other people's blogs who served in San Fernando, start this mission blog, and everything else I'd been waiting to do until I got my call. I stayed up til 5 AM, but it was totally worth it. 

There she is, in all her beauty.

Facts about my mission:

• It is getting split and the new boundaries will be in effect July 1st. I'll be one of the first missionaries to serve with the new boundaries!
• The bottom half of my mission (where all the people are!) is Los Angeles
• North Hollywood, quite a few recording studios, Magic Mountain, and Six Flags is in my mission
• The movie "Cinderella Story" starring Hillary Duff was all filmed in the San Fernando valley
• One of my good friends from high school and the only missionary I'm writing is serving in San Fernando English speaking as well! So crazy.
• My good friend's grandparents are serving in San Fernando. They are in charge of housing for the missionaries. They'll be some of the very first people I meet when I get to San Fernando!
• Another kid that I don't know super well but I went to high school with is serving there.

Total number of people I know serving in San Fernando: 6, including me.

I'm so excited to serve, and I feel so blessed to be able to! I'm in love with my mission already, and can't wait to be out in the field. Until then, I'll be preparing the best I can!

Thanks for reading!