El momento de ir vino ya...

Well it's really weird to think about but it's here. I had my last pday today, and tomorrow I will be getting on a train up to Madrid. I'll spend the  night there, and one more day visiting old friends we have taught and going to the temple. The next morning I'll be on a plane flying home.

It's a surreal experience, those who have been in my shoes understand how it is. I have a lot going through my mind and my heart. I've come to love the people of Spain and the people that I have come to know. 

I just want to bear my testimony that this church is true and that this is a divine work and mission. I haven't been perfect, but I've done what I could. I have seen the power of God in my life and the life of those I teach. I'm grateful to those who have supported me along the way. I really do love you all. Thank you for your examples and your devotion to follow God in your own lives. God be with you till we meet again!

- Elder Bassett 

Hey everyone!

It's transfer pday, so there isn't a lot of time. We are saying bye to a couple people in the zone, and there isn't a lot of time left in the day. Things here have been going pretty good. We have been keeping really busy, and we are still finding some more people. We have been having trouble meeting with some of the people that we have found recently, so we are trying to work on having more daily contact. 

We received the transfer news. We are both staying, and we are getting a new missionary, too! Elder Kohlström will be training; we will be trio training for the next couple of weeks before I head out. It's super exciting, and I'm looking forward to working with a new missionary. Other than that, Hermana Strand from our district is heading out, and we will be getting Hermana Cushcagua.

The people we are teaching are doing good. Like I mentioned, we haven't been able to meet with a lot of them, so in every case we haven't gotten past the next couple of lessons. We have been doing a lot of Facebook finding recently; we have found some people through it. I feel like we have been relying on it a little too much recently though, so we are going to be striving to get out a little more and talk to people in the street. 

One cool experience from this week was that we went and met with a family that has been having a hard time recently. The mom is a member, but her kids aren't, and we are trying to teach them right now. This past lesson, we talked with them about the atonement and shared gracias a el with them. You could really see that the spirit had an impact on them. The daughter talked to us a little more and opened up a lot. She said part of her believes that the church is true, but in her heart she hasn't and doesn't want to ask because she was worried that if she finds out that it's true then it might cause divisions in her marriage. She was really sincere, and I really feel like someday she will join the church. At this point, we really focused on helping her have the desire to pray. I'm excited to see how it goes with her.

I love you all, and I hope that you have a great week. Take care till next time!

- Elder Bassett 

Hey everyone! 

It's been a pretty good week here in the Cadiz zone and the Cadiz area! We have kept pretty busy! We found 2 new people this week. One was a street contact from about 2 weeks ago, but we got to meet her for the first time this week. It was a quick conversation in the doorway because there wasn't a man home, but we were able to set up an appointment to meet up with her in the park tomorrow. So we are super excited.

The other guy we actually found through online proselyting. We started talking online, and then we met up with him this last Friday. The appointment went pretty well, and we are excited to see his progress as we keep meeting with him.

This past Saturday, light the world started! I'm super excited to see how things work out this year! I hope everyone had a good time for the worldwide day of service the first of December. In Cadiz, we went with a couple of other members and collected a bunch of food to give to those in need. I was a little worried about the activity (that it wouldn't work out), but we got a lot of help from the members in the area. 

That morning, we messaged all of the members and reminded them about the day of service. Then we invited everyone to pray to have an opportunity to have an unplanned act of service that day apart from what they already had planned. We did the same. That night while we were visiting members’ houses collecting food, we had a cool experience. It was super simple, but we walked by an old man unloading his car. We asked him if he wanted help. He said yes, which kind of surprised us because they never say yes, ha. We were able to help him unload his car, and he was grateful. It was a cool experience and a testimony to me about the power of prayer. 

On Sunday, we presented more about light the world to the different organizations during third hour. We had already mentioned it before, but this time we gave them a printed calendar and 2 pass along cards. The calendars were for them, but we invited them to take the pass along cards and with a spirit of prayer, think about 2 people that they could invite to the special sacrament meeting the 23rd of December. There were a lot of members who were excited about it and I'm excited to see how it goes. 

I love everyone, and I just want to say how grateful I am to you all! Things here are going well. I'm excited for the Christmas season and for the opportunity that we have to focus on the lives of others and to give as Christ gave. Take care everyone!

- Elder Bassett