Philippines for Eighteen : ito na

"This"

Well family....

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.

Raymond, Maryfe, Storm, and Roji Sanchez, and France, Aldine, and Cloven Teus. Some of my favorites!

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.

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