Service, Chiropractors, and Pizza

 Hello Hello Everyone! I don't know about you but Wow I am exhausted, in a good way of course. This past week was definitely our busiest for sure. We didn't have a moment of free time but it was awesome I have to say, so let's jump right into the week shall we:

I don't know if I already said this, but we put out an add on Facebook saying we will do free Leaf Raking and Yard Work for  any day from Tuesday- Saturday as long as they have the equipment because missionaries don't have any haha. Wow that add blew up! We had a ton of people reach out to us telling us they wanted service done. We had service everyday this past week except Saturday. I never thought I would say this, but man I was happy to be doing yard work again and getting my hands dirty again haha. 

Another awesome thing that happened this week was we were able to start teaching a member fiancee who isn't a member. They are both Chiropractors and were pretty busy, so we just taught them at their office on their break. It was a pretty solid lesson! He was pretty open to reading and praying about the Book of Mormon which is awesome. After the lesson He adjusted us all for free, I guess that's the benefit of teaching a Chiropractor haha. They also ordered us this pizza to take home and it was some of the best pizza I have ever eaten. Now this isnt your ordinary pizza place, they make about 12 different pizzas and put them on display, your job is to pick a piece or two from those 12 pizzas. It is crazy the toppings they put on the pizza. I got this Lemon Chicken Pizza and a taco pizza, see picture below because my description won't do justice. Let me tell you this, the pizza was beyond phenomenal! 

If any of you didn't get to chance to see our Prophets message to the world on Friday, I encourage you all to go and watch it because it was amazing! What's awesome about it is how social media is blowing up with the #GiveThanks posts. I have yet to see another post that's not the #GiveThanks one since Russell M. Nelson gave that message. So awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlcILxGmVrI

Also, if you didn't get a chance to check out our Latest video, umm.. your missing out because it was awesome haha. Y'all will get a kick out of it that's for sure.

Well that was the week! Remember to keep on smiling and looking for ways to serve those around you!

Tangiringkami ni kabane!

Elda Jeppson 

Welcome to New Jersey haha

Surprise Selfie

Elder Groll 

Some Drawings haha 

Missionary Houses = Goodwill

 Hello Hello Everyone! I hope you all had a fantastic week filled with smiles, laughter, and fun. This week was pretty solid if I have to say so myself. We met some new people and had a couple awesome experiences, so let's jump right to it;

First off, doing service just got approved for us which is awesome because now we are packing our schedule full of it. We were able to go do service for our friend Cindy who we are teaching right now, and it was awesome! She had a pretty decent sized yard that was covered with leaves, I mean I couldn't see one spot in the the whole yard where the ground was actually showing haha. Anyways 25 big black bags filled with leaves later, her yard was looking very good. The coolest part about it was when we were in the middle of raking, she came up to us and asked, "wait so what do I need to do to become baptized?" We were super surprised that's she asked that but mostly we were super excited! It was cool because we went to her house just to serve her, we weren't planning on teaching her anything. That's why we were pretty surprised when she asked that because it came out of nowhere haha. We were able to tell her what she needs to do, so hopefully in the next couple weeks she can get baptized.  We also put an add on Facebook for free leaf raking so we have a pretty full week this week. 

Something super awesome happened to us on Friday. A member in our ward is moving out west and is getting rid of all there furniture. They couldn't sell these 2 couches and desk so they asked if we wanted them. Well since our 2 couches have been around since the dinosaurs we happily took the new ones. They also gave us some cool road signs and license plates which we hung up on our walls haha. The lesson here is, if you cant sell furniture give it to your local missionaries because odds are they are in need of some 99% of the time hahah. You could say that are houses are a Goodwill haha because we will happily accept donations.

Spiritual Food:

You should all go and read 3 Nephi 12:44 and apply it to your own lives, especially during this crazy time in our lives.

"But Behold I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you and pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you"

Well hope you all have a great week and remember to smile!

I tangiringkami!

Elda Jeppson

Yeehaw 

A member of our ward hooked us up with these killer signs
and gave us a Christmas tree. 

Our service at Cindy's 

Fall fun

Behind the scenes of one of our videos 

Elder Jorgensen, Elder Zinkland, Me, Elder Young, Elder Groll 

Service at Cindy's 

Rubies, Diamonds, or The Book of Mormon?

 Hello Hello Everyone! I hope everything is going well over there in the beautiful state of California. This week was a little less busy but we were told some exciting news on Wednesday. We were told we could start doing service for people not of our faith ohhh yeah. Now this might not sound all that exciting to you, but when you have been stuck in a house for the last 5 months anything that gets you outside is very exciting haha. Well let's just jump right into the week:

We were able to teach our friend Delancey again down at the basketball courts by the pier we usually meet  him at and guess who was there? Well do you guys remeber when that father and son came up to us with his guitar while we were on the pier singing with Delancey, well his son and wife were at the basketball courts shooting around. We shot around with them and were able to talk with and meet his wife which was awesome. Slowly his wife stopped playing so she could just let her son play with us. She sat on the bech right next to the court and started taking pictures of us playing with her son (he's 11 by the way) and was smiling a lot. She ended up going back to her house which is right behind the basketball court and was watching us from there, which we didn't know at the time. After we were walking back to our car we heard the mom yell out, "Bye! Have a good day!" That's when we realized she was watching us the whole time. I feel like we left a good impression of us on her because when we asked if we could do service at their house, they agreed happily! 

The weather here has been absolutely incredible these past couple days. 75 degrees, sunny, no humidity, and a little ocean breeze. It also is pretty colorful because of the millions of trees here which is a sight for the eyes.

Yesterday, during church, I was asked to give a talk about The Book of Mormon. While I was preparing for my talk, I was reminded of the importance of why the Prophet and Apostles focus so much on reading the Book of Mormon. President Nelson asked us, "...How precious is the Book of Mormon to you? If you were offered diamonds or rubies or the Book of Mormon, which would you choose? Honestly, which is of greater worth to you?" We need to take President Nelson's and Monson's invitation to us to read the Book of Mormon everyday to heart. The guidance and blessings that you will receive are innumerable.

I hope you all have fantastic rest of your week, remember to smile always and read the Book of Mormon everyday. 

I tangiringkami ni kabane!

Elda Jeppson

PS. If you didn't see that video of my companion falling down a hill, or getting hit by 40 tennis balls, go check them out on our Facebook. 

Our first Zone conference in person.  It was great to finally meet everyone in person. 

I voted! 

Me, Elder Young, Elder Groll at one of our lessons

Early Morning workout 

Who Knew It Could Get So Cold Here?

 Hello Hello everyone on this fine day of November! I hope your Halloweekends were filled with fun and candy because who doesn't like candy. Unfortunately, we weren't able to go Trick or treating, but we did have some kids come to our door. Luckily, we had some candy that a member gave us so we just gave it all to them.

This past week was pretty good and very busy for us. We picked up a new companion named Elder Groll which means we are now a threesome over here. He's a cool guy from Preston Idaho. Also side note, I don't know why but for some strange reason this state is dropping in temperature rapidly. I mean we walked outside one morning with it being 29 degrees with 78% humidity so it felt like 0 degrees haha. It also snowed in New York so hopefully that's not coming down this way.

We met a new guy who wanted to lesson with us because he told us he knows there is a greater purpose for our lives here on earth but just doesn't know what it is. He gave us his whole story and wow it is a crazy one. He has been a drug addict since he was 13 and he was in and out of jail throughout his life. He truly wants to change this time and we know this gospel is the one the can change him for good! We had a pretty sweet lesson with him on the Restoration and he accepted the invitation to read the Book of Mormon.

A cool chapter in the Book of Mormon we studied with a member this week was Alma 41. You should all take some time to really study that chapter and then talk about it with someone because it is chalked full of amazing stuff.

Well besides it feeling like the North Pole, I'd say we had a pretty awesome week! Remember to keep on smiling!

I tangiringkami ni kabane!

Elda Jeppson 

District volleyball game.  It got too cold and windy so then we went bowling. 

Our District 

Elder Groll my new companion 

Our friend Helmut

Our trio: Elder Young, Jeppson, and Groll

Our pet duck