Hey everyone!

The base of Mt. Teide

It's been a pretty good week, had some fun. As always, I'll start where I left off. So last p-day, we played futbol. That was fun for the first 30 minutes, then I messed my ankle or something and could barely walk. So after that, it was just kinda irritating. I was limping for a couple days, but it's good now, just a small bruise. 

The next big thing was that we did intercambios with the zone leaders. That was good. We went to their island for that. Due to the timing for our flights it ended up being a super short intercambio, but it was fun, and I learned a bunch.

Hey guys!

It's been a pretty good week here in La Laguna. So we don't have a lot of time to write today, so I gotta be quick, but I do have some cool experiences to share. So first thing that happened at the beginning of the week that was super cool was that we had a cita with an investigator named Alejandro. He is trying to give up smoking right now and has been having a hard time recently, so we taught him about priesthood blessings and asked if he wanted one. He said yes, and so we gave him one. Afterwards, he couldn't stop smiling, and he described to us how he felt a warm feeling traveling through his whole body that started from our hands. That was a really cool experience. 

We have also been trying to knock on doors recently to see if we can find people that way. We spent one day just touching doors. Unfortunately, nothing came of it, but while we were doing it, this pregnant woman and her daughter got stuck in a ditch on the side of the road. So Elder Johnson and I went and helped push her car out. That was pretty cool; she was super grateful, and it was a cool thing to go in the journal and memories. 

We also had stake conference here in the islands. Because it's an island, it had to be done over a broadcast system. President and Hermana Pack spoke in it. Their talks were centered on the restoration; I wanted to share with you guys what I learned while I was there. 

President spoke about Joseph Smith's experience in the sacred grove and the moment when Satan stopped his tongue and held him back from speaking. He went on to talk about how that is one of Satan's greatest powers, to stop us from speaking. We have our testimonies and our experiences, and we need to share them- any impression not to share comes from Satan.

Hermana Pack then spoke about how the message of the Spirit that we need to share is the restoration. A message that God is our loving Heavenly Father, and He sent Jesus Christ to establish a church and to help each and everyone of us overcome our sins through the atonement. Then with time, that church was lost, and the world fell in a state of confusion and darkness, but the church has been restored. The evidence of that restoration is The Bookof Mormon. We can each read it for ourselves and and pray to God to know that it is true, and He will answer us. I testify of this with every fiber of my being. I love you all, till next week.

- Elder Bassett 

A Letter to the RS sisters in GB

This is Elder Bassett checking in from Tenerife Spain! 

Life here is good. We keep pretty busy; it's awesome spending everyday striving to help people come closer unto Christ. Things are great. I meet lots of amazing people all the time from all over the world, talk in Spanish a lot, and see miracles everyday!

Missionary life really is awesome.  I have definitely learned a lot while I have been here, one of those things being the importance of relief society. When I was still in Móstoles, there was a member who didn't have a job, or papers. Then one day, she got kicked out of her apartment with her 2 year old son to the street. That same day, the relief society sisters helped her pack all of her stuff, store it in the church and start the search for a new apartment. She stayed in one of the sister's houses until the next day when she could move into another apartment that a fellow sister had already found. Now, not all of the service that the relief society does are as big as that, but they are still just as important. A helping hand in times of discouragement, a call to show that you're loved, or a visit from a your visiting teachers. Each of those can help someone just as much as helping someone move and find a house.  

Thank you all for your service. I love you, and I testify that God loves you!

Hello

Hey everyone! 

This week has been good, not a lot happened.  We spent some time in Puerto. While we were there, we went with a recent convert named Carlos to contact people. That was really great. We had a good time, and he got to share a lot of cards with everyone. He even invited some people to church.  We use the area book a ton. We have an app that combines everything and makes it super easy, or at least better then before. We are actually going to get an updated version this Wednesday.

Another thing that stood out was that I was sick for a couple of days, nothing serious, just a little nausea. 

We also had a mission wide fast to find new investigators. We did that last month, too. We saw a lot of miracles in the mission, so we are doing it again. I'm looking forward to hearing and experiencing the miracles that will come this time. We were so hungry after the fast that we just decided to go all out. We made pancakes, bacon, eggs, the whole deal. It was fantastic.

In Laguna, we have been having the festival of Cristo. It is this big festival that has been lasting about a month. It all kind of came to a climax these past couple of days which was a little irritating. I say that because, even though it's the festival of Christ, it's basically just a big party with lots of drinking, lots of immodesty, and just party like behavior in general, and, ironically, it does not mean that the people are more willing to talk about Christ. 

BIG Changes!

Hey everyone!

Our view Mt. Teide from our apartment in Puerto-no clouds! It's the highest point on the island.

So transfers came in this weekend....and nothing changed, the subject of the email is a lie. Ha! So Elder Johnson is still over here in La Laguna with me and the hermanas. Our district is staying the same. So yea, that was transfers. 

Our week was pretty good. As always, we spent 5 days in La Laguna and 2 days in Puerto. We had a lot of time to talk in the street this week, and we were able to get a couple references, so that was great. We are going to be trying to meet with them this week so that we can start getting some new investigators. What's hard is that for some reason it seems like the people in Puerto are just more willing to talk. Because of that, most of our references are from Puerto. It's hard, because it means we only have a 2-day window to try and meet with people. We think though that we might start staying in Puerto Saturdays to fit in more people. 

Oh man, I just remembered we got some big news! So this last week, President sent out a message to the whole mission to tell us all that he had been working with the missionary department and that our mission has just been officially approved to begin online proselyting. So this means that we can start using sites like Facebook, Instagram, and google hangouts to help further the work. On top of that we will soon be getting new phones that will allow us to use whatsapp. These are both huge steps for our mission. The online proselyting opens so many new windows for finding new investigators, and it is so exciting. On top of that, having whatsapp will help us to stay in touch with our investigators so much more. I can't even begin to describe how many investigators we can't get into contact with, because we don't have whatsapp. This is super big! 

Better late than never!

Hello my peeps!

Punto de Hildalgo on the northern part of the island

So, it's been a pretty good week, pretty busy again. On Tuesday we had intercambios with the zone leaders. That was a bunch of fun; we had to fly over to Las Palmas for that. It was cool and a super beautiful place. 

After that we went about our week. We had service with a family on Friday, which was great. The service that day was a lot like at grandma's; we spent a lot of time clearing plots of land, planting, and turning dirt.  We worked on a little farm on a cliff right next to the ocean. That was super beautiful. I didn't have a camera though, so no pictures of that. I'll try and take some if we ever do service there again.