Tastes Like Candy Canes on Christmas---1 Month and Some Odd Days ---- 2 Jehovah Witnesses and 2 Mormon Missionaries in the Same Room...

Dear Family, 

Hello beautiful people! How I miss your faces. Real life, if I saw any of you I would pet your faces and hug you so tight. Not weird at all, but very true. How are you all doing?? I love your letters and would LOVE to read more! Hint Hint! 

My week was crazy awesome! :)

On Tuesday we had a mission wide training on technology! Say what? Real life! It was fantastic. DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!! 

WE GET NEW IPADS!!!!!

What is this life that I am living? Call me fancy pants. I would have never thought that I would have an iPad let alone a NEW one!!! So that takes care of the whole, my old one was cracked and stuff. Hopefully it is the same size because I got the most beautiful surprise in the mail this week, the cutest iPad case in all the land. Thanks Krystal!!! 

Anywho,  this meeting was great! Elder Brent H. Nelson came and we learned the importance of protecting ourselves from the storms of the internet. Real life! They have created this new training for social media and iPads! "God is smarter than Steve Jobs". It is so cool because they want to protect us from the evil of the world when we got off our mission. Like so cool that they are training us to stay protected from that stuff right! Anywho, it was really amazing. He talked about how he was in the Philippines mission when the tsunami came and how the missionaries were protected because they were obedient. Helaman 5:12 :) :) :) 

So we will be getting Facebook. I am not sure if I will delete my account or make a new one. There are strict guidelines for things such as tagging and photos. I think I would have to remove everything. So we will see how that goes! I Look forward to learning more about that! :) 

We got to clean the temple this week! I could have stayed in there forever! We cleaned pretty lights. We took each crystal off and cleaned them and polished them. Each light took an hour or so, we did 2.  I am so excited. It is a tiny little temple but it is the same everywhere! 

We are teaching an "externagators" aka they have been taught forever. But we will baptize them! :) They were telling us that they have a lot of religious friends they come and visit with them. And the next time we came back we were not alone. We went in the back to pull weeds, so we were in our service clothes. We got out of the car and it was like "dun dun dun dun dun" (star wars theme song). My companion turned to me and said, "who is that?". I looked and I responded, "Oh of course. The Jehovah Witnesses" (dun dun dun) . We walked in a d made very small chit-chat with them about the fact that we were pulling weeds and not in dresses. We went out back and started pulling weeds. I couldn't help but giggle at the situation....I mean come on it's pretty funny!!! Hahah :)   I am sure someone could make a joke about it! 2 Jehovah Witness and 2 Mormon missionaries walk into a bar...oh wait, no that wouldn't happen. :) Hahahah!! 

Me and my life! I am doing well. I survived fast Sunday barley.                      #takeasundaynapformeplease :) 

My companion and I get along well! :) sometimes I feel like I am 12 but really I am 22 so that is hard! She says I am a PRO! So I will hold onto that compliment humbly. I try and learn and grow everyday. Oh it was super cute on Friday we ate pizza because a member dropped it by and  we watched "I am a Mormon" videos. It was a fun Friday and then back to work. We never stop! And that is good, but I get worn out fast. I am trying to take care of my body the best I can. :) 

I love you all so much. I can feel your prayers. Keep them up. I miss you so very much. 17 months!! I will hug you all so much. Please be safe and make smart choices. Turn to the gospel. We are constantly looking for something in our life and I promise you that if you turn to the gospel--scriptures, talks or prayer you will find the answer. So keep the faith family. Remember who you are! I also saw a rainbow this week :) We are so close to the other side. :) I have silly pictures! :) 

I love you all. 

Keep the Faith!

Love, 

Sister Rasmussen 

1-2-3 Families forever 

Remember who you are cross your roads careful and remember I love you. 

Now I Know I Can Do Anything...Without Throwing Up

Hello there, 

Thank you for the wonderful emails. I print them out and read them all day on Monday. I can only read and write letters on Mondays...yep. HAhah!! But I can open packages every day...hint hint! 

It sounds like you are doing wonderful, sick, and well living life to the fullest. I am so glad that you are all apart of my life can I say that anymore then I do??? Hahah, I will always. We are blessed because we know the gospel of Jesus Christ and we LIVE it. It's okay that we are not perfect, that is what the atonement is for. Man I am so churchy... Hahah! 

My life as a missionary 

Alarm goes off...we kneel we pray. I put in my contacts. We run and I conspire to take a nap during the "1 hour" of get ready time....I eat and pray I get dressed and ready for the day... I pray I study and search the scriptures...We pray we sing we study we share...we go out we talk to people...we get rejected 100 times and accepted 1 time. We pray. We rejoice we eat we share messages. We pray. We plan. We study. We get ready for bed. We pray, we sleep.  REPEAT the next day! 

SO there is an idea of how I spend everyday of my life. :) it is lovely and hard. But I remind myself of why I am here and who's mission I am on. And that I can change someones life. 

I am doing well. I am trying to stay focused. It has been difficult this week. I miss you all so much. It's hard for me. But the WORK will keep me focused. We are having dinner with a couple this evening they have met with the missionaries for 22 years aka my whole life. And they have yet to be baptized. So we are praying we can help them. They are so sweet and nice. Everyone we visit with is very nice. We have hard times but we keep the faith that the Lord will lead us to them or them to us! 

Thank you all for your email. I pray for you each individually. I know that I am supported by all of you. When I am weak I think of you and I grow stronger. We are strong people! We can do anything. 

On Mom's Birthday I felt her so close to me. I know she is so close to me and that she loves us each so much. I am so glad that OUR family is forever. 

This is the true and everlasting gospel. It is true and I cannot deny it. I know that Heavenly Father loves me and knows me by name. I know that my Savior lives.

I love you all. 

Keep the faith! 

Love always, Sister Rasmussen

I'm in a Very Green and Large Field Named Oregon!

Hi there! 

So it's been a long time coming. Finally I have a p-day. Nice.

So I left the MTC and spoke to all of you lovely people. Can I even express how much I love all of you? No. You are my world. my life would not be the same without you all. So thank you!! #soblessed I'll probably say it like 100 times. 

MADE it TO OR 

-wonderful and exciting 

-so GREEN 

-I'm like I'm gonna teach these people??

- :) 

The Mission Field

1st day

-got to the mission home

-started to freak the freak out

-learned 1,000 different things 

-had a dinner not from the MTX :) FINALLY 

-WENT TEACHING ON DAY #1

and it was simply amazing I realized that it doesn't' need to be a big deal. Cause I just love people and I am telling them the truth and stuff. 

Day 1

-WHAT the FREAK did I get myself into??? Bhahhaha!!! Real life

-Our car broke down....so day 1 I was walking around the streets of Central Point. I was like what is this LIFE?

Then all of a sudden  a miracle happened....We met a nice older man! He is an older gentlemen and we talked to him and he was like I LOVE MORMONS and we were like hey! Let us teach you. So we are going back tomorrow. 

Day 2 

- Wanted to cry 6 times it was a little harder

-We visited with more people

- I got stressed cause I have to memorize things, but I have prayed so hard and guess what???? I am super fast at it now! YIPPPE! 

- We visited with more people and man I love people and the Lord loves them

-got my iPad set up 

-WE GOT OUR CAR BACK

All the REST of the days

- So here iss the thing... I love you. I cannot express how much I love you. Real life I've seen some families and they are lovely and God loves them. But they are not you all. SO thank you for being you and for choosing to STICK with the it and to endure to the END. We know it isn't easy but it is ALWAYS WORTH IT! Thank you. 

- I saw a big old CAT it was like a huge dog but it was a cat....meow

- We are teaching and visiting and we are sharing the gospel with others. I love visiting with people. Also it's like hey this older generation are my friends and that is true. 

IPAD 

- I just had to go on a mission to get an iPad....Oh how the Lord has blessed me :) It is very handy! 

Companion 

-She is 19 

-She is a dancer :) 

- She is very patient with me 

-She is super cute 

My message. Weak things will be made strong. Real life! I mean I could not do any of this without the Lord. So ask in faith for what you are seeking and you will find it and you will be blessed. Put in the effort and he will bless you. 

I love you all so very much. Keep praying for me. THANK you for your love and support!! 

Keep the FAITH! 

Love ALWAYS, 

Sister  Rasmussen

​1-2-3 Families forever 

Remember who you are cross your roads careful and remember WE love you! ​