Fukuoka???

Hello! Well, I got transferred. I'm now in Fukuoka, Japan, the biggest city in the mission! I'm companions with Elder Wendel and we are the APs (Assistant to the Mission President). It was a crazy week with all the new missionaries coming in and the old ones leaving, so lets get into it! 

Tuesday: We had our mission-wide transfer announcement zoom at 9:30 pm, but President Boss called me at around 9:15 and asked if I would be willing to serve as AP. Then I started packing to leave Thursday morning!

Wednesday: Finished packing and said bye to all the people in Kitakyushu

Thursday: Put my suitcases in the car and drove down to Fukuoka, easiest transfer ever. We parked at the temple and took everything across the street to my new apartment. ðŸ¤£  We went to hakata station to get the trainers ready for training, and then had lunch and dinner with the new missionaries. 

Friday: We ate sukiyaki at the mission home with the returning missionaries and then had a testimony meeting with them (It didn't end until 10:37 and we are normally home by 9:00)

Saturday: We had breakfast with the returning missionaries again and then most of them went home!

Sunday: First sacrament meeting in Fukuoka! Around 200 people come every Sunday! There are 14 missionaries serving all in this same area :o We had a meeting with the mission president and his wife at night, it went until 9:30 so chotto late, but it so fun to work with them and hear about how much they care about missionaries!

AP: being ap is so awesome! I get to see every single missionary in the mission every transfer! Also we have a car (but neither of us have licenses for a few more weeks. I should get mine by the end of the transfer! ) We also have laptops (using to write my email right now!) We will use the car to go to the 7 zone conferences and exchanges! 

I finished reading the Book of Mormon in Japanese! I know the Book of Mormon is true and is the word of God! It testifies about our savior, Jesus Christ, and teaches us the way to feel peace in this life and to gain eternal life in the life to come. 

Elder Rasmussen

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