MAY 5, 2013
This week was really good. I feel like I learned a lot this week
about the person that I want to be. I am so grateful
for the Atonement and the ability that it gives us to overcome our faults
and become more like our savior Jesus Christ.
I also had an amazing experience teaching one of our investigators
yesterday. His names Jerry and has about 26 years. He´s a great guy, but
was having a lot of difficulty fulfilling the commitments that we leave for him, like reading and praying. I visited him with a kid from
the ward because we were doing splits in order to teach more with the
members. I taught about the importance of the Gospel in our lives and
how through living the gospel we receive help to overcome the problems
in our lives. I taught of how the Book of Mormon is an essential part in
living the gospel, and how we can receive guidance from reading it. He
just lite up, i could see in his eyes that he got it, he got super
excited! The spirit was so strong and I know that the lord was speaking
through me. I felt like Alma when he spoke of being an instrument in the
Lords hands(Alma 26). My testimony was strengthened so much. How grateful I am to be a missionary. Like my Pres. always says, "É gostoso
ser missionário" (Its great to be a missionary)
Elder Rasmussen
APRIL 14, 2013
This week was incredible! We finished the week with 13 baptisms in
the Zone, 3 of which were ours! The couple that I told you about were baptized along with a girl named Shadê( Its African ) And this next
week its looking really great as well. We have 10 baptisms planed and 2
of them will be from our area. We will be baptizing a woman by the name
of Zelinda( 60years old) and another(Her daughter 28) named Daniela. We
are super pumped. Transfers are also coming up soon and I don't know what
will happen but I'm kinda wanting to stay in this area everything is
going really well.
I'm so happy to here about graham´s mission pres. I also have a
testimony of what you said. I'm positive that I came to this mission
because of my pres. But not only because of him, but my companions
as well. I have learned so much and have had so many amazing examples
here on the mission.
I had interviews with Pres. This week and president and I talked
about the very thing that you mentioned. Progress demands failure. My
problem is this I don't like to fail and I have a fear of failing so i
choose to not act instead of trying. This isn't good, but I'm doing better, one step at a time.
I'm running out of time. :)
Have a great week!
Elder Rasmussen
APRIL 7, 2013
This Week Was A Blessing!!
Rodrigo is doing good, he is the only member of his family that
is a member for now. I don't think that it will be that way for much
longer though, cause we have been working with his grandma and I think
she´ll be baptized by the end of the month.
The Zone Leaders counsel was super cool! The Spirit was super strong
and we talked a lot about Faith. Faith to have success! Success
meaning baptism! :) I really enjoyed the meeting and left feeling
excited and inspired!
So Conference was great!! I loved how they hit so hard on obedience to
the commandments! The gospel is so simple, its us that make it
complicated.:)
So this week was a blessing like I said. The Lord just seemed to be
making everything go our way, we marked a lot of people for baptism
this week and finished the week with 19 people marked. We are also
planing a zone baptism on the 13th and have 15 planed to be baptized
on that day. In Our area we will be baptising that couple that I told
you about(Lucimar, Rosangela) and maybe 2 other people but we´ll see
by the end of the week.:)
Have an awesome week!
Elder Rasmussen
APRIL 1, 2013
So... this week was amazing! Everything
seems to be going really well
This week in the Zone we finished with 8 baptisms, it was a great
week! Elder Hendricks and I had the chance to baptize a kid named
Rodrigo. He´s 13 years old and the first time that I taught him,He asked
me, how he could receive the priesthood. :) and this Saturday he was baptized, Sunday confirmed and ordained with the Aaronic priesthood.
We are also planing a huge batismo on the 13th of April for the
entire zone(Stake). I think its going to be great! Just in our area we
have 4 people solid for baptism and 2 that could be ready a swell. The
lord is Blessing us so much I cant even tell you.
We will be attending a special meeting on Tuesday with all the
other ZL this week at Pres. House, should be super awesome and I'm way
excited, so I'll be sure to let you know what happens.
I want
to appoligize for not getting to write you much lately I
would hand write letters but I found out the Grajaú dosn't even have post
offices. (Just a big Favella ). I'm praying that the lord helps
me with the ability to type faster. :)
You asked about shoes and things, im doin pretty good, ill be needing to buy some here in the near future but ill let you know.
Well that's about it. Super Excited to be hearing the news about the new member of the
family here in a bit. Tchou Tchou!
Elder Rasmussen
MARCH 17, 2013
Well, another week has come and gone! The time is moving by faster and faster!!
Its funny, Graham wrote me this week saying that its a family course
that his call hasn't arrived yet. It really does seem like that. I've
also been anxiously been waiting to receive news as well.
So we finished another transfer here in the mission. this transfer
only lasted 5 weeks because of the time in the MTC being shorted to just
6 weeks for foreign speakers, but I'm excited for the new transfer. Its a chance to start over and learn from mistakes.
Elder Hendricks and I will continue on as comps, and I am rather
happy about that, even though we are two extremely different people he
has really been a blessing as a comp, and has taught me so much already.
I wanted to thank you so much for the letter that you sent me last week
about resilience! I know that it was inspiration from the Lord. I was in
great need of the council in that letter.
I was shocked to see that you are already thinking about applying me
for collage!!! ahhh I'm not ready! I was thinking BYU Provo, Utah State and U of U
Running out of time>>>>
Elder Rasmussen
MARCH 4, 2013
So sorry for the shortness of my letter last week its
getting really tough to write, it takes so much time to write
presidente these days about my zone and how everything going that it
takes a chunk out of the time that I have to write you guys. The worst
part is is that its a rule to write him first so its a little tough.
This week we had zone leader
council, gave a training to the elders in our zone on Tuesday and
multi-zone conference on Friday. there wasn't a lot of time to work in the
area but the Lord always provides a way to have success. This week we
were able to baptize a kid named Ricardo. He´s not really a kid
actually, he has 18 years and is planning on serving a mission next year
(Can you say ELECT!) it was really a great experience.
I'm learning as a leader. I am learning a lot about the attributes of a good
leader.
I also heard from Graham that he will be receiving his call this
next week! how exciting that is!! I will be sending Graham a couple of talks thatr have
helped me on the mission..
Elder Rasmussen
PS- Send love to the rest of the fam I wont be able to write them this week.
FALOU UM ABRAÇO!!!
FEBRUARY 24, 2013
So I only have ten minutes left on the clock, so I'm going to get straight to answering you questions.
About
our house its not in the favella no, and its not bad, everything great. Our zone is actually the biggest that
we have in the mission we have 20 missionary's including us. About the
new suite, I Bought a new one because they had suits on sale near the
office and i had a bounce of American dollars from Christmas and birth
day left over that I converted to reais. This left we with a bunch of
money so i decided to buy a new suit that fits me better and is a lot
less thick so it doesn't get as hot.
Elder Rasmussen
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Well another week passed by, so very quickly. It´s funny on the
mission how each transfer that you pass through goes by faster than the
last. This coming transfer, however, will be different! I'm going to be
leaving the office after 7 months of serving here. Its a strange
feeling actually, a mixture of emotions. But mostly I'm just excited!!
Excited for the new opportunities to learn and grow and get to know the
savior.
This past week I have been realizing and learning how much more i
need to dedicate my heart and desires to the service and love of those
around me. I what
my heart to be changed, I what to be like the savior and do just as
president Hinckley taught, loose myself in the service of others. And it is only by doing
this that I believe I'll be able to really be changed on my mission.
I'm now choosing to be happy, positive, and focus on others! and it's a good feeling.
Um grande abraço e beijo para você minha bela mãe!
Elder Rasmussen
FEBRUARY 4, 2013
Peter was baptized along with the
family
of 4(Luiz, Andrea, Kauê(13), and Kauany(8)), and
a Girl named
Nadia that´s 11.
You
asked about who all was baptised so ill give you the low down. Peter
like i wrote you about last week, was baptised yesterday, along with the
family of 4(Luiz, Andrea, Kauê(13), and Kauany(8)), and a Girl named
Nadia that´s 11. It was really a great day.
Hey so its my last week here in the office, super strange feeling,
im both excited an nervous all mixed together. Im trying to put my
confidence in the Lord and just know that whatever comes i will be able
to overcome and have success with His Help.
Elder Rasmussen
JANUARY 28, 2013
You asked about the baptism, Peter is actually going to be baptised
next week. He was planned for this week its just that he spoke with his
family and they are wanting to come and support him, so we had to
pospone until this next sunday. But its going to be great, we 4 other
people that are planned to be baptised on that day as well haha, the 3rd
is going to be amazing day! Its been tough working in this area but the
Lord is blessing us so much before we leave. It may take a while
but the blessing always come!
Elder Rasmussen
JANUARY 20, 2013
This week was really great. I´m learning tons this transfer while
training Elder Gillespie and having lots of fun. We are super stoked
this week because we have a baptism planed for the 27th(This Sunday).
His name is Peter and his way cool. He´s a teacher of english at a
nearby english school, so our lessons have been pretty sweet, switching
in and out of Portuguese. We found him as he walked in to sacroment
meeting randomly one sunday and he´s been golden ever since(Super
Elect!) Its been a little challaging teaching him becuase he thinks of
everything very logically and has had to learn that the Lords thought
are higher then ours and that through recieving an answer though the
holy ghost he can know of a surity that this thing are true, besides
what logic has to say. But everything looks great for this sunday and
we´re all super excited.
Elder Rasmussen
