"Happy Birthday with Gregorio !!"
Hello
po family!!!
I
first just want to say Happy Late Birthday to Greg. I thought about you
all yesterday, but I guess that I can still send this in time for it to arrive
to you on your birthday. I hope you know that I love you so much. I
am so grateful for your example and everything you have taught me as your
little sister. I am so proud of your hard work and the things that you
are accomplishing in your life right now. I love you and I am excited to
visit you again para maglokohan and magtawanan tayo. (which means in
order to go crazy, make fun of, and laugh together).
Well
this week was severely halted with crazy utility problems. These were
definitely not the types of trials that I anticipated before coming on my
mission. Basically our water bill has been 500 pesos, give or take, every
month for the whole year. But last month it spiked up to 2,800 pesos
which means it was almost 6x as much!! We went through a lot of trouble
trying to have them come check the meter and ended up spending about 3 days, 4
hours each, in their office. Finally, they came to the conclusion that
the meter IS broken. But, because it appears to be moving slowly, we
still have to pay the full bill, AND pay for the meter test, which makes no
sense. But.... I guess that is just one aspect of living here in the
Philippines. There are some good things and conveniences about living
there in America:) (Beau... haha)
Anyway...
I guess it is just Satan's way of attacking the work. On top of that I
got really sick for a couple days and am still recovering. But this week
Sister Martinez and I have set some really high goals and have recommitted our
faith in the Savior. We are really excited about what is going to
happen. I got another blessing for my sickness.... I know.... kawawa....
but it said that if I would consecrate myself more to the Lord, then I would be
healed and would see miracles in our work. So.... we are both committed
to consecrating ourselves this week. I still have about half my mission ahead
of me and I want to make use of every minute.
Sister
Lero got replaced by Sister Casila (another Philippina) and she is super sweet
and funny. There is a completely different feeling in the
apartment. We are all laughing and loving one another. It sounds
silly talking about it or that that even has to be an issue among missionaries.
The
weather is pretty moderate. Sometimes it will rain but it hasn't affected
us too much. It just kind of seems the same haha. I love it though
and I hate going in Air Conditioned rooms.
I
know that conference was a week ago for you but we watched it this weekend and
it was AMAZING!!! HOLY COW. This one touched me like none other!! I
really loved Neil Anderson's, Christofferson’s, Holland’s, Jorg
Klebingot’s and Scott's talk about faith and the emotion with which he
delivered it. I challenge you to all read it again. I can already
forsee the challenges and temptations that I will face when I go home back to
BYU. It is easy to become distracted by the things that have much less
importance. But we have to prioritize. Nothing... really nothing...
even sleep... is more important than our sincere, kneeling prayers, scripture
study, and temples. I pray for you and I to keep the resolve to not just
say but actually do these small things daily, and weekly, even with all of the
distractions of life.
I
know that I will have more interesting things to report to you next week.
I thank you for your love and prayers. I love you!
Sister
Rasmussen
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