January 16, 2012

Well hello everybody!

This week was pretty good. We're starting our last week of the cambio so it's crazy because time has flown by! It's a little ridiculous but so be it. Sounds like everybody is having fun up there in the rest of the world though! what with cleaning and rearranging and all that jazz. I hope work is going well for everybody and that people aren't being too lazy...... Anyways...

So yeah the beginning of last week was kinda chanta... meaning we had 1 lesson last monday, and a few in the days following. It was a test of patience, but it was kind of hilarious because there was a dog following us and barking for like 15 minutes straight (no lie) and right when we were about to destroy it (not literally) It got a burr on it's side so it had to pull it off with his mouth then it got stuck in his mouth and we laughed and it stopped following us. It was sweet. Talk about God having a sense of humor right?

We are really working with members here, people are getting down about life and the church and stuff so some of them are becoming inactive and it is lame... really. People just need to love each other more and be happy. and I guess the president has been president here for like 9 years because there isn't anybody else. Talk about a LONG time in one place trying to work with everything.... yeah anyways. But there are two members who are coming back from their missions in the next little bit so they should stir some things up (you'd hope right?) and all will be well.

I have lived this last month on like zero money. Because we haven't gone back to Punta Arenas to get more so I had that 50$ that you sent me and that was all. But I lived. I've eaten Oatmeal for breakfast for weeks and I'm about to run out... :/ but it's cool. Oh yeah about that. If you gave money to my companion you can leave it there and we will get it out next week, if not you can put it into my account because I got the card and pulled out the money and it all worked just fine. But I will need you to put the money in my account before Monday so we can go there and pull it out and come back to Por Venir and be happy for the next month and a half :) So yeah. That's all about that

Oh hey Dad I have a question. Because everybody makes Guacamole down here but not like the guacamole at home so i'm wondering what you put in guacamole when you make it? So that when I want to make it I can make it delicious. haha.

And I asked a little while ago but y'all prolly forgot but I would like it if you sent that video of me opening my mission call letter. Mission president found my companion's video online and we watched it so I thought it'd be fun to watch mine too. That's all.

Well I'm learning tons of things. I finished Doctrine and Covenants and I'm reading teachings of the prophet Joseph Smith and Articles of Faith. So lots of information for me. It's sweet. I have to live up to the reputation I have about knowing alot about scriptures and stuff... Haha.

That's all really. We only had like 16 people in church this last week but we got our 92 year old investigator to come with us. That guy is hilarious! He swears sometimes and stuff But I don't think he really knows any better... It is what it is though right? We just have to teach him Really Clearly. but it's cool. We told our zone leader that we were teaching a 92 year old and he said "does he have a baptismal date or a death date!?" so we laughed. Haha we're awesome right?

Well that's all. My whole week went alright I guess. I keep learning from everything and I hope I am getting better.

Talk to you all next week! Remember to answer my questions and stuff :P

Love you all.

Elder Bassett (Pressen out)