"This"
This
is it.
I
don't have much to say. It was another great week and I gave it my
all. The very last day, we had the option to go and grab something to eat
before our mission coordination meeting or try one last door. I am
grateful that we prayed and knocked on one last door. She wouldn't even
agree to listen 15 minutes because it would "be too long" but she
agreed to a 5 minute message. Well we got in, and as she felt the spirit
she ended up being super interested and would like to listen again. I
really felt the spirit testifying to me that I have fought a good fight.
And I know the fight isn't over.
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| Raymond, Maryfe, Storm, and Roji Sanchez, and France, Aldine, and Cloven Teus. Some of my favorites! |
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I
don't feel happy or sad yet. It just feels normal haha but I am sure it
will become real very soon.
But
I really know with all of my heart that God lives. I really can't deny
it. I have witnessed and felt too much. I am so amazed at how
Heavenly Father knows each of us perfectly and everything has a reason and wise
purpose. Everything is centered on Jesus Christ and His atonement.
I think that before my mission I gained a testimony of the cleansing
power. Here on my mission, I have gained such a strong testimony of the
enabling power.
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| Me, Donna Espiritu and Sister Maagad |
Looks
like my scripture I chose for my mission has held true to the end...
Ether 12:27. I can't even believe how much I have changed and
transformed the past year and a half and I have so much hope that I can still
and will continue to change in this new adventure. I have witnessed
this cleansing and enabling power in my life and in the lives of those
surrounding me here in the Philippines. I know Jesus Christ lives and
because he suffered, died, and resurrected we have the chance to repent and
return. Now it's up to us. I also know that they appeared to Joseph
Smith, that 14 year old boy, in that grove of trees. The spirit even
testified it to me as I recited the first vision for the last time in my last
lesson. Thomas S. Monson is a prophet of God. This is the only true
church. And the Book of Mormon is the word of God. Really all
these things are so important to me because I know that I can live with all of
you forever. I am so grateful. I love all of you so much.
This
is my witness in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Sister
Rasmussen
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| Sta. Cruz Zone |
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| The ladies at MLC |
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| Me & Sister Conching |
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| Sister Conching, Sister Maagad, Me, Sister Morales & Sister Melosantos |
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| Me and the Cortez Family |
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| Me & Sister Maagad |
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| The Elders and me on a Jeepney |
At the Mission Home with my Batch and President & Sister Mangum.
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Meeting my Parents at the Manila Temple
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