Hiya!!!
This week was good!!
Here's the highlight reel:
- for pday this week we went to Saltburn-by-the-sea, and Staithes! They are the cutest little towns and they have a gorgeous beach!! We walked along the pier and on the beach for awhile. Then we got fish n chips and paninis haha. It was SUPER windy but really fun. 25 mph winds are awesome:)
-biggest highlight happened this past Saturday night. The Book of Mormon musical came to Sunderland and all the missionaries up north get to stand outside so when people come out of the theater we can talk to people and hand them the REAL truth. It was such a neat opportunity!! That's also where the title came from haha. People were shocked to find out we were real missionaries. It was cool because although we don't support the musical or anything it's something that we have been able to use for good! Lots of people wanted to learn more and we were able to make a lot of friends from it:) it was also fun because it was from 9:45-10:45 at night which means late night!! Haha we didn't go to bed until midnight that night because of travel time.
- we got to carve pumpkins with the young women this week! I absolutely LOVE the young women in my ward. There's about 11 of them and they love us. They also love our accents and mimick us all the time. It's good fun.
- went over to my favorite Scottish couple the Dunns this week a lot! We painted their shed and they had us over for tea appointments. But I've included a picture so you can see them finally! Alastair is indeed 6' 5" and Lorraine is 4'10".
- English this week! Husain and Burcu are the cute couple from Turkey and they brought us true Turkish delights this week and I did not enjoy them very much but they were sweet to bring them:)
- walked around the parks a lot because its so beautiful here and everyone is enjoying the autumn leaves:)
- walked the 3 miles to the church and back about 6 times this week haha
Ok to be honest, this week was hard. Good, but hard. But the hard times are what truly shapes us and helps us grow so I am thankful for them! I have grown a lot closer to the Savior this past week as I have relied and looked to Him more and more. There's an amazing talk from this past general conference that talks about going through the hard times in life by Sister Craig, here's the link:
She said, ''Heavenly Father is more interested in my growth as a disciple of Jesus Christ than He is with my comfort.''
I can attest to this and am so grateful for the strength that God blesses me with each and everyday to continue to be a missionary:)
She also talks about the pioneers and how these single women were pushing handcarts, never giving up, continually moving forward. President Joseph F. Smith said, ''Why? Because they knew it. God revealed it to them, and they understood it, and no power on earth could turn them from what they know to be true.'' I feel this same exact way. Even though some days are really hard, I wouldn't give it up or have it any other way because I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and I want to be able to give others the same oppurtunity to learn of Him and come to Him.
I am so grateful to be a missionary and I love it!! Woot woot!!
Love,
Sis. Jepp:)
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| This is saltburn-by-the-sea |
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| I love Sister Richards!! |
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| The squad at the end of the pier:) |
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| Cute lil pier |
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| Cute lil roads in Staithes |
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| You can tell by my hair its quite windy haha |
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| Beautiful Staithes!! |
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| This is our beautiful park, South Park |
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| Hey Message me if you want a Book of Mormon |
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| Painting with the Dunns! |
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| North Zone squad: Elder Page, Oldham, Smith, Lacey, Van Alfen, Alhier, Balloway, Anneca, Sister Richards, Foster, me and Theurnagle |
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| Carving pumpkins with the young women |
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| Middleton St. George! Pretty autumn leaves!! (British people say autumn, and they can always tell the Americans because we say Fall) |
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| Book of Mormon musical! |
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| Beanies for the win :) |
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