Hello my wonderful family! I love each and every one of you soooo very
much! Thank you for the package! It was great. We rolled around in all
the bike goo and popcorn, it was like Christmas.
So lets get down to business. The adventures for the week: There was a
ginormous storm this week! I had no idea it even happened tho because
I slept through the entire thing haha. I guess it started like 2
minutes after we layed down for bed, but I was out. It was supposedly
way extreme tho. When we woke in the morning, we found the whole world
torn into bits! Huge trees all of the place and power lines down left
and right. Our apartment building was spared tho and we were one of
the few that still have power. Its been a few days now, and the
powers still not back on in tons of homes. We only had sacrament
meeting for church this week too because of it. I feel so bad for
those without power tho!! It has been SOOO hot and humid!
OK, Miracle time. Saturday night, Sister Rozsa and I were on our way
to go check on Dair before making the trek back to our apartment when
her back tire went flat. So as we started to walk back home,we started
talking to this man along the side of the road. His name is Allejandro
and he's this hispanic minister who is some super charity man and
loves to feed the homeless. Well once he found out our tire was flat,
he immediately went to work. He went up to his apartment to give us
his tire tube and he started pulling apart the bike to try to fix it.
He couldn't get the tube off the tire for a while, but he was
determined lol. He started hackin away at it with a screw driver haha.
He was so determined tho, we couldn't stop him! 30 minutes later he
finally was able to remove the tube, only to find that his replacement
wasn't the right type. Since it was 9:15 and we had to book it all the
way home, he offered to put our torn apart bike in the back of his van
so we could pick it up the next day. We didn't really have any other
choice, so we did. The next day, we got there to find our tire fixed
and with a new tube and note reading "God bless!" What an amazing and
selfless man! He is so incredible! God knew He could trust Allejandro
to do everything in his power to help us. He was truly a good
samaritan!
Amazing week! So many incredible people we are teaching. Rudy,
Stellamarie, Troy, Patrick, Mauluda, Harry, Yitagesu, Amir, Tenelea,
Ray, Jackie, Fara, and so many more! I wish there were time to tell
you about them all. Pray for Patrick tho. He's having a hard time with
his family and he hasn't been able to make it to church yet cuz he's
always going out of town. But he knows its true! Gosh. Keep him in
your prayers.
SPIRITUAL THOUGHT: Repentance is such an incredible gift! So many
people view repentance as this awful, shameful thing. But really, it
is a gift from our Father in Heaven and our Savior and it is exciting!
Repentance brings joy, peace, and happiness. It brings progress and
light. Don't procrastinate! But let our Savior lift your sins and your
burdens from your shoulders. His hands are extended toward you and He
is pleading for you to repent because when you do, He can pour down
blessings over your head! He wants to bless you, so let Him.
I'm so glad you found that accordion for Bishop!!! I MUST see those
pictures! I love you all so much. Sorry, there's so little time to
write! You mean the world to me! Keep telling me everything thats
going on! It brightens my day :)
LOVE YOU! Sister Orange Jewlious Jeppsen
Next package ides (not that you need to send one right now):
lovespell, mints, more apple cider
Pictures:
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| 1. trying to fix the bike... fail haha! Dad, you need to teach me how to fix a bike! |
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and is soo sensitive to the spirit. She loves reading the Book of
Mormon cuz she feels so peaceful and happy :) She's going to get
baptized for sure
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Vicki in the temple a year after he gets baptized, which at the moment
is 8/11! Happy brithday momma!
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church, but he finally agreed to going to the church for a lesson
tomorrow!!! HOORAY! I'm so excited.
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