Week 67 - Fat Dude Peeing in Public

This was a pretty good week. Not much going on though.

One day we were waiting at the bus station, a morbidly obese baby whale gets off the bus and can barely move. He shoves a cup down his pants, leaves it there for a few minutes, then moves it down his leg and takes it out from the foot hole of the pants. He then pours it out on the ground. Low move mexico...

Other than that it was a pretty solid week. We found quite a few new people to teach.

Also, Vicky and her kids finally came to church! She has four kids, they are all soo cute. Three are old enough to get baptized. It made me so happy to see them at church.

All is well here in Leon. Sorry for no pictures, I may take more in the future.

Hope y'all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

Week 66 - Dia de los Reyes Magos!

Hello,

This wasn't the most exciting way to start a new year, but it's alright. I don't complain. It was a pretty good week. It was just hard because all of Mexico was out of town or something. 

On the 6th was the day of the wisemen, o dia de los reyes magos. It was pretty fun. We ate some fancy bread with little baby Jesus dolls in it. If you win a little toy you have to buy tomales for everyone else in about a month. #mexicans

It was a good week. Not much is new. Sorry I don't have pictures. 

All is well here in Leon!

Hope you all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

Week 65 - ¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

Happy New Year! 2018!

It has been a pretty great week!

Today we went bowling with President and the zone. I won in my lane all 3 games. 122, 148, 120. I am proud. Usually it is hard for me to break 100.

It has been a little hard to find people due to the holidays but we've had lots of tender mercies.

All is well here in Leon. Not much new. 

Oh and I also tried unborn goat yesterday. We literally ate goat fetuses. It was nasty. Never try it. It tastes like rotten meat and has the texture of fat. Two thumbs down.

Hope you have a great week and happy new year!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

1: Bowling (Muncey, yo, Cherpeski, Paul, Martinez)

2: Dying socks and a tie black, it worked on the socks, the tie not so much. We found some fabric dye in the house so we thought why not.

Week 64 - ¡Feliz Navidad!

Merry Christmas!

It was a great Christmas!

We went to Queretaro last monday, on Christmas. It was awesome!

It was the first time the whole mission got together.

1: With Elder Rubio (Puebla, Mexico)

2: With Elder Chavez (Tampico, Mexico)

3: With Elder Cardenas (San Pedro Sula, Honduras)

Week 63 - To Querétaro and back, sick stomach and changes!

Hello!

This was a pretty good week. We had to go to Queretaro for Elder Sapien's visa. That was pretty fun, especially having a sick stomach. I like Leon a lot better than Queretaro. I don't know why, maybe Leon has nicer people.

We started teaching a cool guy named Leo, he's 21, he's in the process of leaving alcohol and parties, he says that when he listens to us he has no more desire to drink. He says he wants to fill his life with light in place of darkness. We actually found him because we started giving english classes and his neighbor, Alberto (who got baptized last week), invited him to attend.

We also are teaching a lady named Juanita. Her daughter is 10 and loves to read the Book of Mormon, she even takes it to school. They live in very humble conditions, but you can see that the most important thing for them is family. 

We also found a less-active family that went inactive because the hno doesn't want to shave his beard. It's such a small thing, but for him it is very important. What are our spiritual "beards" that limit our progress?

Oh and Elder Sapien is going to open an area in Valle de Santiago, and I received Elder Ramirez from Kentucky. This'll be an interesting change haha

I can't wait to speak to you all on Christmas Eve!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

We also visited a Crypt, how do you spell that? At some catholic church. It was a little creepy tbh. 

Week 62 - Ras the Baptist

Hello!

This was a pretty great week! We had our ward christmas party and the stake christmas concert. It's been pretty cold lately, so we've been bundling up with sweaters and jackets.

Also, we baptized Alberto on thursday. It was a good and quick service. Alberto has been very happy since. He's a good guy, good example of being humble. It's been cool to see how much he's changed in such a short period of time. That's what the Gospel of Jesus Christ does, helps us change.

I am doing well, not much new going on here. We are going to have changes next week, so we'll see what happens. I hope I stay here. I like this ward. Thanks for all your support, and I hope you all have a great week this week. 

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

1: I baptized Jesus, hence the nickname.

2: Before the concert, at Parque Explora.

Week 61 - Aquarium

Hey all!

This was a good week. Not much new, but all is well. We went to the Aquarium today. It was cool to see the same fish over and over again haha but really there wasn't a lot of fish. We got to touch little turtles, they were pretty cool. 

Alberto is progressing really well. It's too bad his family doesn't support him much. We are excited for him though.

We had a pretty cool experience this week. We went to a very far place in our area, really the corner, to look for some ancient investigators, and we actually found one! Victoria and her four children. Her children are sooo cute and nice to us. They are 12, 10, 8, and 7. Victoria is a member, less'active, but has a lot of problems. She said that we arrived in just the right time. I know that God guided us to that family. We really are just pawns on God's chessboard.

I am very happy to be here in Leon. I love the ward, even though they have their problems, it is a good ward.

I also really liked the Christmas Devotional. I invite you all to watch it if you didn't have the chance. Hope y´all have a great week!

Love,

Elder Rasmussen

1: Yo, Aguirre, Paul, Muncey at the aquarium

2: Cool looking water

3: Alligator, or crocodile, who knows.

4: Turtles

5: fish