Trying to Escape...jk

 Hiya!!!!

First off, yea. It was raining a ton here this week. It is quite entertaining to just get drenched over and over again and feel like crazy people walking all around town in the pouring rain. It's a missionaries life. I think I dried my clothes on the radiator about 3 or 4 times a day haha.

But here is the jist of my week:

- pday was SO SO FUN!! Guess what we did. We escaped. To Scotland. And we made it about 20 feet across the border and then got caught and had to come back. Not really, but we did go to Scotland!! It was about two hours away from us. On the way up there we stopped at Bamburgh Castle again and on the way back we got fish n chips. So pretty much the best first pday for Sis Flake ever:)

-Then we had zone conference!! We got to meet with all the missionaries in our zone and just had a great day. It is so uplifting to talk about the work and how we can help others better. I always come away from zone conference very excited to get back to missionary work:)

- We did a ton of finding this week and talked to so many people!! I didn't realize how many local friends we have that recognize us and say hi. It's the best!! 

-had an amazing lesson with our friend Brian!! He is the coolest!

-laughed our heads off like two days in a row, Sister Flake is THE best!

-Went out to beautiful Richmond to do finding there and had really good conversations with people!! Then we had lunch there and we literally sat, eating Gregg's next to a castle, on top of a hill, looking over the cutest countryside and waterfall. It felt like a dream and sometimes I can't believe I am in England:) It's the best!!

And ya! It was just a good week:) 

At zone conference we talked a lot about our why's. Why are we are missions? Why do we choose to sacrifice 18 months-2 years of our lives to be missionaries?

This was my answer: My why is because I absolutely love Jesus Christ. Because I love Him, I choose to come out here and to endure whatever comes because I know that this gospel is what everyone needs. I want to bring the joy I feel to as many people as possible. Because I love Jesus Christ, I have endured the hardest, yet most special almost 6 months ever. I love being a missionary, and I love Jesus Christ!

Love you all so much!

Love,

Sis. Jepp:)

Bambugh Castle!! 

District Pic: Sister Flake, Me, Sister Richards, Sister Foster,
Elder Veal, Elder Oldham

SCOTLAND

Me and Sister Richards 

Angels of the North :) aka, all the sisters in our Zone. 
Back row: Wade, Olsen, Blosil, Zhang, Lucas, Sousa,
Foster, Me Mccomas, Archibald, Mcallister
Front Row: Sister Clare, Hritz, Richey, Richards, Flake, Wight 

Zone Conference is the best because I get to reunite with
Sister Lucas 

The Northern Zone!!! 

The only two people cry enough to walk around in the
pouring rain is me and Sister Flake :) 

Beautiful Richmond!! 

Caught her snoozing 

Cutest Christmas tree my mom sent me!! Love ya mom!! 

Harry's Donuts!! 

This is Tilly, she's quite arguably my favorite young
woman in the ward. 

Went to hang out with Kate again!