Feliz Natal!!

Feliz Natal! Hope you all had a very merry Christmas!

Let me just start with the best thing that happened this past week...

Calling home! It was the best Christmas present, and it flew by way too fast.It was like a dream. It was so good to see and talk to my family, and there were definitely tears of joy shed haha. I am so very grateful for my family and the fact that we can be together forever! so so good ahhhhh. Went by way too fast.

Other things..

-this week there was not a lot of people willing or able to talk with us because everyone was preparing and cleaning for Christmas, or traveling. But, we had an awesome lesson with one family of a mother and three children (ages 7, 9, and 11). One of the girls is deaf and mute as well, and just the cutest thing. They came to our Christmas ward party, and loved it.

We also sang Christmas songs in a park two times with other missionaries and youth of our ward for everone passing by on the street. It was pretty fun, and we got lots of attention lol.

For our ward Christmas party, we had a talent show, and Sister Gomez and I sang Silent night in Portuguese, Ingles, and Espanol, while I played the guitar. I don't know if it sounded super great, but it was fun and they seemed to enjoy it haha.

For Christmas eve and Christmas, we had lunch and dinner with our bishop and some awesome members, played games, cooked, and visited. The people here celebrate Christmas eve all night and set off tons of fireworks, so we were woken up to a lot of noise at midnight haha. We ate a lot, and of course there was calling home which was the highlight.

I don't have a ton of time to email today because of the holidays and our different schedule to email this week, but to end I just want to say how grateful I am for this time to celebrate the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. I have learned so much more of how amazing it is that because of Christ, we can learn and become more like him everday, with his sacrifice for us, we can return to our Heavenly Father again with families for eternity.

I am so grateful all of love and support!!

Feliz Natal!!

com amor,

Sister Jeppson