Hey my favorite people! 

Man so it has been a pretty busy week, but at the same time not the most productive. At the beginning of the week, we had a cita with this German guy. That was a little weird. The majority of the time was just him speaking in German with Elder Tiebing while Elder Merrill and I just sat there trying our best to be helpful while really doing almost nothing. He was talking a bunch about good and evil spirits and the corruption of the society from what I was able to piece together. In the end, we don't really think that he is that interested. All in all, it was a kinda an off cita.

Later in the week, we had intercambios.  We organized the last intercambios to have both companionships in 1 area instead of separate like normal. So on this last intercambio, we did the same in our area to balance it out. I went with Elder Merrill and Elder Bodhaine, and the new missionaries were out on their own. They supposedly had a pretty good day though. Ours was just ok.

First things first; we went and met with M. Unfortunately, he basically told us that he not only hadn't received an answer to his prayer, but also that he isn't really interested in getting one and that if he did get one he probably wouldn’t even act on it. So basically, he told us he has no real intention of doing anything. It's a little sad, and we are going to try and keep working with him to help him see the difference, but until he gains that desire, he won't be able to really receive a true answer. That's part of Moroni 10:3-5, you need that verdadera intención.

So I was a little bummed after that, but later we went and had another cita which was pretty rocking with a couple of Jehovah witnesses. They wouldn't let us speak for the first 15 minutes, but eventually we were able to get a word in, and we taught the restoration. It was super short, but super powerful, and one of them actually seemed pretty interested. He took a Book of Mormon, so we will see how that goes. Fun fact about him, his name is L-, he is from Congo, and he has 33 brothers/sisters..... not exaggerating. 

So the next day, we finished intercambios with district meeting. We had district meeting on Thursday last week, instead of Wednesday like normal, so we could do it on Thanksgiving, and it was awesome. Everyone brought their own thing of food, and afterwords we had a little Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun. I was going to try and make a pie for it, but there were no pumpkins at the store. So I made a cake.....which crashed and burned....so I bought a cake.....which we didn't even eat. So yea, that was my contribution. Afterwards, we made some cookies and went around to some of the members who have been having a hard time. That's a little part of our efforts to try and improve relationships with the members. 

So that brought us to the end of the week and transfers!!! I don't know if I mentioned, but it's transfers today. We got the news, and the district is staying almost completely the same. The only differences are that Hermana Widen is leaving and will be going to Toledo, and Hermana Reiner will be training. I'm also going to be getting the chance to train again, hence the subject line. I'm excited to train again, but also a little nervous. Mostly excited though. To get ready, I'm really trying to study more the Christlike attributes of faith and diligence. Which are both awesome, most of my study though has been focused on faith.

¡Trio Life is Guay!

¡Hola Chavales! ¿que tal?

I really never know how to begin these weekly emails, so that's the best I got for today. Things here on the island are going great. Like I said in the subject line, the trio life is stinking awesome. It's a lot of fun being with Elder Merrill and Elder Tiebing. They both have a lot of great energy and faith that has been boosting me a bunch.

We have been keeping super busy this past week. Having the car has been super helpful we are just able to set as many citas as we can, and with the car, we have time to travel to all of them, which is legit. So it was a super busy week this past week. We have been focused on 3 things: investigators, the Light the World initiative, and working with members better. So here is an update on how that's all going.

Investigators: We are meeting with a few people right now. We are meeting consistently with 3-4 investigators. We have another 10-11 investigators that can meet with us, but only de vez en cuando. Big news this week- we found a new guy who is super cool! His name is M-. He is 19, which is super awesome. We actually found his number in our phone with a bunch of others. We sent out a text, and he responded. He met with the missionaries about a year ago but only for English classes. Since we have started meeting with him, he not only has been showing interest, but he also came to church and has a baptismal date for the 16th. He is a super cool guy, a lot of our focus is on him right now. So that's a little update on that aspect of the work.

The bumper stickers we are making for the members

So we have been working a lot this past week to get prepped for the Light the World initiative that will be taking place this Christmas. We are getting a lot of stuff set up right now. I think it’s going to be super awesome. Here are some of the things that we have been working on. First, we are getting a Facebook page set up for the whole island. It's called Light the World in Tenerife, and it's legit. It will basically be a page where the members all over the island will be able to share pictures and videos of what they will be doing for Light the World and share it with each other to get the excitement up. We are also working on getting these car stickers printed to give to the members to help promote it, too. I'm super pumped about that, we already have a design and everything. Other then those 2 things, we are going to be setting up a bunch of service opportunities for people to come to and just get people excited. Va a Ser genial! 

We made these for the members to help inspire them

Crazy week!

I feel like I say that all the time, but it has been a super crazy week. So I will start out with the biggest news. There were some changes, and I am now companions with Elders Tiebing and Elder Merrill. Yep, that's right I'm in a trio. Once more I am traveling back and forth between Puerto and La Laguna, but this time to help with the travel we have a mission car, which is super awesome. It feels weird, though. I haven't driven in a car in so long. It's super cool; it has an aux cord and there is nothing quite like driving down the road and listening to Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

We had zone conference last week, and it was super awesome. All of the focus was on working with members better. It was super awesome, and I learned a bunch. The new Christmas initiative was also explained to us, and I am so pumped. I am so excited. It's going to be a lot like last year, except this time we have access to social media, and I really think that it is going to get huge. I am so pumped. As a district, we are trying to get a Facebook page set up for the whole island to try and get a big thing going. It's going to be awesome. 

I am sorry, but I don't have a lot more time; the downside of having 2 areas, you have to clean 2 pisos....so not a lot of time on pdays. I'm doing pretty good here, super happy to be a missionary and loving the work. My district is awesome, and we are doing super well. Our investigators are doing good, and we are finding a lot of new ones. We have a lot of potential, but as of this point, we don’t have anyone with a date to be baptized. We are getting close with 1 or 2 though. Well, I got to go. I love you guys.

Sorry again that I didn't write more, till next week!

- Elder Bassett 

No hay tiempo!!!!!

Hey guys!

Ok, so as the subject says, there is almost no time today to write. We did a zone p-day that was super fun but didn't leave us with a lot of writing time. I'll have to send the pics next week, because they aren't on my tablet. Today we went on a hike, which was a lot of fun. Then we went to this authentic Canarian restaurant called El Cubano. Pretty good food, and it was a super fun day. It was a lot of fun being in a big group of missionaries.

Tomorrow we have zone conference and interviews, so I'm pretty pumped for that. The rest of the week should be good, too.

This past week was pretty busy. We ended up getting failed on a lot of our citas, but we were able to talk to some people. We found some guys who have the potential to become new investigators, so I'm super excited about that. 

We had an intercambio in Santa Cruz which was also pretty great. I was with Elder Hamson who is getting trained by Elder Bodhaine. It was a pretty good intercambio.