Week 49 - Chizza!

Hello!

This has been a pretty good week. I think I've eaten more junk food this week than anyother week of my life. The members just try to give us food that reminds us of home. haha. We went to KFC and tried the chicken pizza, or the chizza. It was pretty good. But we've eaten so many tacos, pizza, and hamburgers. I just want to eat fruits and veggies just to clean out all that junk in my system.

This week we've taught a lot of people about how to overcome their drug and alcohol addictions. It's really sad. Don't do drugs or drink alcohol. It will ruin your life. 

So, we ran into Javier, the 7th Day Adventist again. He makes me so mad. I have realized that I am not very patient or humble when people attack or contradict my religious beliefs. Especially this guy. He can just push my buttons, but I keep it all inside. Everytime I talk to one of these really firm Christian people, it just reminds me of how grateful I am for the gospel.

I'm doing well! Just chugging along. Hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

1: Chizza!

2: "Big Bang"

Week 48 - Marriage and Baptism

Hello all!

We finally got Jessica and Luis Miguel married. Then a few days later, Jessica got baptized. It was a very nice service. 

All is going well here in Satelite. We have found some new people. A lot of people here have problems with alcohol and drogas. It is very sad. Don't do drugs! 

I am really loving it here in Mexico! The people are awesome. They have such big hearts. 

Hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

1: Jessica and her family, her brother-in-law and his wife. 

2: Newlyweds!

Week 47 - Good week, nothing new though

Hola,

This was a great week! We worked super hard, and we are both very tired. 

We found quite a few really cool people this week. Some christians. There are practically three religions here: Catholicism, Christianity, and Jehovah's Witness. Christianity is a religion here, it is weird. People say, if we aren't catholics, or cristianos, or testigos, we aren't anything.

We are in the process of getting Jessica and Luis Miguel married. We've had to practically do all the paper work. Now I know how to do it all. If anyone needs help getting married in Mexico, I'll be your guide. It's confusing. 

All is well here in Satelite. It's been a great week. Hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

Mexican version of the dollar store. Everything's 17.90 pesos!

Week 46 - Same old same old in Satelite

Hello,

This week was a good one. We had a lot of good lessons, but we'll see how well these people progress. I think that one of the greatest blessings I have received from serving as a missionary is getting to know so many great people. I have learned a lot from all of them. From some, I have learned what I should not do. haha But always people are interesting.

It's been pretty rainy here in Querétaro. We get rained on quite a bit, not too bad, but I think I've gotten used to it by now. I prefer the rain to the sun though. 

All is well. Not much new. We have changes this next monday. Who knows what'll happen. You'll all just have to stay in suspense for another week.

Thanks for all the support. Hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

1: Some dude just walked up to us and handed us this slip of paper. I thought he was going to mug us or something. 

2: In Antea, the super nice mall, with Elder Aguirre and Elder Rubio.

Week 45 - Fallen appointments!

Hello All,

This was an alright week. We had a ton of fallen appointments though, in one day we had about 6 fall through. Not much happened this week. But today was a good day. We went bolwing with President and his wife and their son who got back from his mission in Nebraska. It was a zone activity. 

We ate at Peter Piper Pizza, a pizza buffet. It was pretty good. Not bad for 6 bucks. I really like being with the missionaries in my zone. They are a great group of missionaries. 

All is well here in Satelite. Same old same old. Sorry this might have been a boring email, lol. Just imagine my week, haha. Hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

1: Selfie with Elder Rubio, my 2nd comp with E. Jimenez who went home for medical reasons and then was able to come back.

2: Bowling with the zone and President, I broke 100, finally! #110

Week 44 - Blessings and Priesthood Blessings

Hello,

This week was a good one. I have two pretty cool stories. 1) We were teaching a guy named Carlos, for a long time. He wasn't progressing, wasn't reading, and didn't want much from us. He told us he didn't want us to come back. About a week passed by, and out of the blue, he called us. He asked if we could come by. We passed by and he explained that one day it rained, he was feeling so depressed that he just stood in the rain. He let it "wash his mind" and then decided he needed to change his life. He came to church this week, and he liked it. He felt peace.

2) Yesterday, as we were leaving the house, we prayed so that we would be able to use our Priesthood to bless the lives of more people. After sacrament meeting, a lady asked us for a blessing. We've never even met this lady before. Later in the day, we went to visit a less-active family. As we get there, there is a lot of commotion. Their neighbor was having a lot of chest pain. We gave her and her son a blessing. They all expressed gratitude to God for sending "His elders" to give them a blessing in their time of need. That makes 5 total this week.

It was a good week. We've seen many miracles and tender mercies. Today we played pool. It was fun.

Hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

1: Famous "Satelite Tower". This is our reference point for everything. I don't even know what it is really.

2: Another blurry picture, of our zone playing billiards.

3: A mexican fountain

Week 43 - Service and parties

Hola,

This week we did a lot of service projects. We helped plant trees in a park. We did it as a zone, we planted about 50 in total. Then we were going to help a lady with her roof, but then she didn't buy the materials she needed. We then visited an investigator, and was having a birthday party, she invited us in anyway. We taught the word of wisdom and law of chastity. She accepted to live both of them. haha We visited another older lady and she was having a birthday party for her grandson. We talked and contacted almost all her family. haha Who knew a little kid's b-day party would be such a good missionary tool.

This week has been a little boring. Not going to lie. But there's nothing to complain about. I am happy and healthy. We also met with an ancient investigator of the hnas. He believes that the government is in charge of strange events that have happened. He says he planted a tree and then a few weeks later it was gone. What is his explanation? The government didn't want it there. haha. He's probably actually right. If you just plant a random tree, it might get removed. He's an interesting dude. That's one benefit of serving a mission, there are an infinite number of interesting people to meet.

Hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

Sorry, I don't have many pictures to send, I'll take more. 

Also, here is our monthly mission news report. I'm in two pictures, I believe.

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