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This is my 12/12/12 at 12:12 picture...The smile is weak, because I had a high fever and just got done throwing up all morning in this picture, ha-ha...the stress of all those 12's was two much for me.
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So this has been a different week. We have all three of us
had the flu all week! We had had it the week before that, and it wasn't too
bad. I woke up early on Wednesday and was feeling awful and went to zone study
with a fever. I figured that Elder Masima wouldn't let a little sickness stop
him, so we tracted in the 20 degree snow that day while I had a fever. It turns
out I am just not as tough as Elder Masima; by Saturday we were all throwing up
and had fevers. I pretty much slept on the bathroom floor all day Saturday. I
kept feeling guilty for taking the "day off," but I wasn't enjoying
myself at least. I am a little better now. Unfortunately we missed a couple
lessons that night, but overall, it just made it an unproductive week this week.
Luckily we are recovering.
It can really snow in Idaho! So we found a cool guy this
week. We asked if he served a mission, and he said, “No, I was called to be a
stake president when I was 19!” It was in 1950, but still it was pretty cool. He
had some good stories to tell. So one thing I will miss about Idaho is how much
people love the missionaries here. We were standing there in the church on Sunday
waiting for our ward mission leader and there were a group of probably 8 to 10
year old kids standing about 30 feet away from us in the hallway. As we
listened we could hear them daring each other to go and shake our hand, but
they were all too scared, ha-ha. Eventually the teacher was brave enough to
take the lead, and they all took turns meeting us and shaking our hands. We
also had someone anonymously pay for us at Tapatio, Subway, and Chinese this
week! So that is pretty cool.
So we had exchanges this week. I am not a big fan of
exchanges, because all it does is put me with someone who doesn’t speak Spanish
so I just teach all the lessons by myself for a day. But it is good, I guess,
because that is what we are supposed to do. Elder Staggs has been a good
district leader and will be staying up here and training. But the cool part
about exchanges was we discovered a gold mine of people that I had never found
before. Dayton is a little ways away, and we have driven out there to check it
out before and just saw a couple houses and left. It turns out that if you keep
driving for like three more miles after that then there are like 20 Hispanics
living out there! It was so exciting I couldn't wait to tell Elder Ireland and
Elder Senn. Hopefully that will keep Elder Senn and his new companion busy.
SO the snow...on the biggest snowstorm I have ever seen
(that’s not saying much, I guess...), we had to drive up to Soda Springs for
district meeting…and of course we didn’t have snow tires. We were sliding all
over the place. You could hardly even see in front of you, because everything
was so white. We got stuck three times that day and had to have people push us
out. We waited for a few hours for it to calm down before driving back. It
wasn't getting better so we just went anyway. The snow was so thick you
couldn't even see! I definitely don't want to have to do that again. It snows
pretty hard in Soda Springs, and the highway was so slick. So, thanks for all
your prayers, because I am pretty sure that is what saved us. Probably about 10
miles of that drive you are driving next to the edge of a cliff, so there were definitely
a lot of prayers being said. But we still just have our Malibu, but the next
day we got permission to get snow tires, so that is good. I am sorry if that
story scared you mom, but it's over now, and I am still alive! :)
So my new boots got here! They are the best...the first day
I wore them there was only like an inch of snow, but I had to do it anyways.
Then the next day were just snow storms all day which meant walking out onto
farms into a few inches of snow so I am putting them to good use. I really hope
I still get to use them in Ogden. I don't know if I mentioned this, but I will
be walking/on bikes in Ogden. I am pretty excited about that assuming I get
better from my cold by then.
So, last night I was with my zone leaders when President
called me. They were actually just trying to torture me and convince me they
already knew where I was going and that I was getting somebody really bad, and
they had me almost convinced, and then president called. He just asked if I am
worthy to accept an assignment, and I said yes, and he said Mount Lewis Alpha district
leader! I won't say I was disappointed, but I was. I was hoping it was a call
to train, but I guess it will be good. I really don't want to give trainings
though. I don't know what I will say. And I have never even looked at a call-in
summary report. I hope somebody explains these things to me at some point. I
really don't know how that works.
We met a few new interesting people this week. One lady
rejected our message, because she thinks we are crazy for thinking the world
ends on Friday. She didn't believe us when we said we didn't believe that, but
of course who else would have thought of that besides the Mormons? Hopefully
she decided just to google it. I am excited for December 21 though…maybe
something cool will happen...and I will be in Ogden so if the world will end
anywhere, it will definitely be in Ogden. There is quite a good amount of
wickedness there. At least I won't be there for the civil war in Southeastern Idaho
that everyone tells us is inevitable.
So something crazy happened this week! Ignacia's husband
left her again...and it’s supposedly for good this time. So now she can get
baptized, but of course it's when I am getting transferred. I really hope the
new missionary coming works to make it happen. She really needs it, and
hopefully he is gone for good this time; she really doesn't want him there. At
least for now, he is living in Orem with his other girlfriend. We found a
couple new people in Grace and have one member that is inviting their friends
to receive a lesson in their house tonight, so that is pretty exciting. We will
have to see how it goes. Roberto should be baptized on the fifth of January
unless the world ends. It's too bad we couldn't make it happen before then.
Idaho is such a good place...I am really sad to be leaving it. Especially
because chances are I won't ever go back during my mission. I'll definitely
have to go back and visit one day after the mission.
Being with a visa waiter will be good, but I just
realized it will be my first time without a fluent companion. I hope I don't
have any Spanish questions, ha-ha. Well I hope everyone is doing well! Merry
almost Christmas! I go to my new area tomorrow morning…time to get packing.
Elder Bassett
PS My new companions say that we will be skyping between 11
and 1 our time...or at four...ha-ha. I’m not sure what that means; I guess I
will figure it out when I get down there. Will that work?
Also, I went a little overboard and opened most of the 12 days of Christmas packages, ha-ha. I wanted to give Elder Senn and Ireland theirs before we split up, but the stocking is still unopened!
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