Greetings

We had a great a zone conference!

Hey everyone! 

It's been a pretty good week! We had zone conference, which went very well. We talked about safeguards for using technology and about ways that we can use technology more in the work. That's where we came up with the idea for the sweep the earth initiative. If you haven't seen it, it is basically a small calender of things we can do everyday to share the gospel through social media. The same general idea as light the world but all with technology and focused on missionary work a little more. If you haven't seen it or started it, I recommend doing so! It has been pretty cool already, and it's never to late to hop in! I'll attach the photos with this email. 

Hello my friends, family.......I greet you! 

Life is pretty good here in Ferrol. Cloudy and rainy about 75% of the time, but still awesome. Ha, on a serious note, I do love it here. The lack of sunshine does nothing to hinder the work....the rain, a little bit....we have been lucky though. The times where we have scheduled to go out and contact it hasn't been raining too much, so we are able to talk to some people.

This past week was pretty good. Elder Jordan and I have been trying to talk only in Spanish all day. So far we have been doing ok, ha. We still have moments of forgetfulness, but we’re getting better. I'm hoping that by the end of the transfer, it will help both Elder Jordan and me with our Spanish.  Talking to as many people on the street as we can is helping too. We do have member references in this area, which is great. We are also working in our area books to try and find new people teach.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Hey everyone!!

Elder Bassett and Elder Jordan

Man so it has been one crazy week! Lot of changes and adjustments, but honestly, I am loving it! Like I said last time, my new area is El Ferrol, and it is incredible! It's super beautiful here. It's not as cold as I thought it would be. It does rain a lot, though. We always need to carry umbrellas around, because you never know when a random rainstorm might come through.

So, I left the island Monday night and spent the night in Madrid. The next morning I caught a train that took me to the north. It was about a 6-hour trip. Not gonna lie, it felt pretty long at times. My train got in early, so I had to go find a payphone to give the elders a call to come pick me up...so that's the story of the first time I've used a payphone on my mission. 

That night, we dropped my stuff off and then went and got to work. My new companion is a pretty cool guy. His name is Elder Jordan, and he is from Mesa, Arizona. He just finished his training, so I am his second companion. He seems like a hard worker, and he is a pretty funny guy, so I am looking forward to this next transfer with him. 

Surprise, Surprise!

Day 162 on the island...things are getting more and more desperate....the food is running low and the piso hasn't been cleaned in a while.....we are in desperate need of help, but I can't say it's ever going to come.....if anyone finds this note, please remember me....remember Elder Bassett.....

Ok, so ever since I got on the island, I've wanted to start an email like that, but I always forgot...but not today!!!! Ha! So with that as the intro, it's been a pretty good week. We had some trouble meeting with our investigators this week, so we spent a lot of time in the street talking to people and doing some passby’s. We had some pretty cool miracles and experiences though; that's just because it's awesome to be in the service of the Lord!

I did an intercambio in Puerto this week, which was fun. I was with Elder Tiebing who I served in a trio with for 2 weeks. It was fun to go back to an area and a piso I hadn't been to in such a long time...."like 4 weeks". Ha, it was a pretty good day. We had a cita, did some service on a local farm, and talked with the people for a bit.

So transfers went down, and we got the news and… surprise, surprise, but I am out! It really caught me off guard, because I was only halfway through the training of Elder Johnson, but it happened anyway. That doesn't happen to often, but obviously it does happen every once and a while. So I'm off to the north of Spain, a providence called Galicia. I will be serving in the town of El Ferrol. It’s supposed to be super cold and rainy over there but super beautiful. They have a branch that's pretty big and is working hard with the missionaries to become a ward. I'm super excited to get to a new area and have a fresh start, but at the same time, I'm definitely going to miss the island. 4+ transfers....a little over 5 months. It will be good to see a new area, but at the same time, I'm really going to miss the people and the district. 

 

We have such a great zone. I'm gonna miss them.

Happy New Year!

Hey y’all!!

Happy New Year!!! Man, I was doing the classic look back on the year and pondering, as I'm sure we all do around this time, and I realized that the majority of the year was on my mission. Even when it wasn't, it was just me doing nothing and waiting to leave....crazy!! Well, it's been a pretty awesome year, because it's awesome to be a missionary. I hope everyone had a happy Christmas and New Year's! I feel like there is a lot to fill you guys in on since I didn't send an email last week, I'll try and keep it to the big stuff.

So our bishop’s daughter was baptized the Saturday before Christmas, and that was super awesome! The Spirit was there so strongly; I loved it so much. We also had 2 of our investigators come out to that which was super awesome. One of them even brought a friend, which was super cool. They all loved it and really talked about how they could feel the Spirit there.

Christmas Skype from all over the world!