I have a new title...

 Hiya everyone!!!

I know you are all wondering what my new title is so I guess I will tell you! I am now an Aunt!! Woot woot!!! I am so so so excited!! To the cutest baby there ever was! So there is that news...

Oh also, Happy New Years!!! Woah that past year completely flew by but also crawled by at times haha. But mostly flew:)

Here's the highlights of my week:

-pday was Boxing Day, which is a holiday here that basically was way back in Victorian times, servants would be allowed to box up what they had and go back to their families. So yea, or something like that haha

-climbed a on of hills this week, and I mean A TON

-heart attacked lot of people this week, which was hilarious. Most people have glass doors so you have to bend down, sneak up and put hearts everywhere without being caught

-oh yea, I have been a missionary for 7 months now! CRAZY stuff

-helped the residents at the care home make soup, and not chop their fingers off

-visited a lot of the older people this week and spent like 2 hours at each one, not on purpose, believe me, but old people in England DO NOT stop talking. I think I said like five words at each visit aha, and you would say oh we have to go and they would say oh ok, and continue. hilarious though ahha.

To be honest, this week was kind of a hard week. Nothing bad happened, it was just sadder haha. I was missing home, especially after seeing everyone holding the cutest new addition to the family, and I couldn't be there. That was sad. And I just felt defeated with some of the things going on.

But something really neat happened. On Saturday night, we met with this woman who hasn't been to church in years. She let us in and proceeded to tell us in the first 3 seconds of us being in there that she was completely inactive and she wasn't coming to church. Then, for the next 2 hours, we sat in this tiny flat, with concrete floors, 4 cats crawling all over us, listening to this sweet, yet very head strong woman tell us her entire life story. Basically, to keep everything private and short, she has been through hell and is really hurting. And she is really defensive about the things she has learned and come to know through everything she has been through. She feels judged and unloved and alone. And as I sat there, I just felt completely helpless. I didn't know what to say or do to help her, I would try and say something, but it seemed as if she didn't believe anything I said. So, we mostly just listened. And at the end, she let me pray. I just said a simple pray and after she asked me, ''Do I feel anything when i pray?" And told me about how she wants to pray but she gets down on her knees and has nothing to say. She feels as if God has abandoned her and there's nothing to say. I was able to help her and testify that I know that God does love her and wants her to reach out to Him. She wants us to come back and to teach her more and to visit with her.

The thing that was so neat, was after walking away from her door I just wanted to cry. I have never felt more love and compassion for anyone as much as I did for her. I know that God let me see her just as He sees her. I know that God has been there for her and cares for her so deeply, and has given me this opportunity to help her see that. To help her find out for herself. Even if nothing else happens, if she never comes to church again or anything, all I want her to feel is that she does have a Heavenly Father that loves her so much and that she is not alone. 

That is what God wants us to know and feel. That is what God wants me to do here. Not to baptize thousands, or get as many people as I can to listen to me. He wants me to help others find Him, to find His Son. To help others know that He is there and that He does love us. To help others experience the joy of the gospel of Jesus Christ. To help others come unto Him.

Love, 

Sis Jepp:)

KFC for the win this past pday 

Richmond!!!

Part 787692 of Sister Flake sleeping on the bus :) 

Trying out the new beanies President and Sister Claire gave us for Christmas.

Found a tepee in the primary room haha 

This is the closest I will be to holding a baby on my mission, channeling my inner aunt.  This is Alexie and her baby doll she brings to church every week :)