tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18966549330027003252024-03-13T15:40:51.584-07:00Elder Bascom-Lisbon, PortugalBrittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-4030547672322880192014-04-29T10:43:00.001-07:002014-04-29T10:43:51.004-07:00Hey Y'all<div>
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So I want to say that my last 2 p-days were super crazy and that i am sorry i didn't write more. So two weeks ago was transfers and i was with the office elders trying to help get everyone where they needed to go, so i didn't have time to write. They said i could email but it was already a little after the time so i decided to just write a little letter thinking that next week would be better and i could write more. But then last week i had to go to <span>Santarém</span> and oh ya i don't have the car here because i had some complications getting my license because i just renewed my residency and have not received the new card yet and in order to get my license i have to have my residency card. But that should hopefully get here this week also one more thing with that. I need like 30 euros to pay for the license here. I had that much but had to spend it on transport. And that was all of my personal money that i had. Because things are much more expensive here without a car ha ha. And ya i have had to get a medical test done and then had to pay for that driving record to be able to switch out my license. But hopefully it should be taken care of soon! Ya they say that we have to pay like the first chunk of our license with personal money that is why i am asking for a bit. Sorry i don't like having to ask for it. But if you could put in some money i would really appreciate it.<br />
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Other than that my comp is Elder Bishop still don't have a photo but I'll send one next week. he is from <span>Manti</span> and is from a family of 12 kids. He is pretty cool and we are working good together. If you have any other questions about him feel free to ask. </div>
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As with other news we are getting more people in church which is great because i found out that in order to have a branch we need 4 priesthood members and also 20 in sacrament meeting. We have 2 priesthood holders right now with a 3rd on the way here soon and 13 people in sacrament meeting. So we are pretty close to getting a branch. The hardest is getting enough people in church. We have also marked the husband of <span>Florbela</span> for baptism! He is marked for the 25th of May Britt's birthday! So it will be awesome. He is already super ready for it. He has made changes all on his own and really understands what this will mean for him! He is an incredible guy and it will be awesome to see that family even more united! Other than him we have a few investigators that are progressing and I'm excited to see what happens with them. Our recent converts are doing great and are helping this area grow and become stronger. We are working with Carlos to get the priesthood which will be really cool! Things here are pretty good at this moment! </div>
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The Weather is still crazy and has been pretty rainy until yesterday and the sun came out and is still out today which is very nice! So we are going to play some basketball after we get done here! It's going to be fun. Oh ya i have to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BRODY!!!!!!!!!!! I love you buddy and hope you had a great birthday! Also a big congrats to Tiff and Jamie! Charlotte looks super cute and i hope that all is going good with her and with Tiff. I am glad to know her name now, because before i had to just say baby but now i know her name which is pretty cute! Can't wait to meet her and also <span>Kapri</span> and Jake! </div>
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Well i think that is about everything that i can think of right now to say. But I love you all and hope you all have a great week and know that i love you all! </div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-6461627729539492602014-03-31T10:24:00.000-07:002014-03-31T10:24:16.960-07:00Hey Hey how y'all doing? So this week especially the weekend was great! First off the baptisms happened! Carlos and Florbela were baptized! It was awesome. Thanks to all of you who prayed for them! It helped a lot. I am sending a few pictures with this as well so you can see how it all looked. So it wasn't very good weather yesterday and it was really foggy and raining a little bit, but as we left and were on the way to the reservoir i thought hey we should pray and ask for good weather because we didn't want to have it be raining during the actual baptisms. So my comp said ya go ahead. So i started to pray and the moment i started to pray it started to get sunny and stopped raining! It was incredible. They sky before was just gray, but when i prayed with my comp in the car a hole started to open up in the clouds and get bigger and bigger! By the time we got there the hole in the clouds was huge. It didn't stay sunny during the whole baptism but it was super cool and didn't rain until we ended and were heading back to the cars! So it was a pretty cool experience and showed me that God really doesn't hear and answer our prayers! It was great and was just awesome! So ya i had to tell you all about that.<br />
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Dad i don't know a Sister Gutierrez. I haven't heard of her before. Or at least i don't think i have. So it sounds like life is going good for all of you and that every one's happy. I am loving the mission and so happy to be out here and serving. The area is still a little hard and we are just working to do better and finding the leadership for the Group. We need 4 Melchizedek priesthood members and right now we have 2. With one more that was baptized yesterday. So hopefully here is a few months we can baptize another and get him the priesthood and then we will have a branch out here in Portalegre! But we have the husband of Florbela that is super close to getting baptized as well and with him we can have the forth that we would need! Other than that things are going good out here.</div>
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The weather out here is still pretty bad and raining like crazy. Today is has been raining a lot! But I am hoping it gets better because we want to play some basketball here and it's not as fun in the rain ha ha. i think it's crazy that Tiff is getting so close to having the baby and that mom and dad are going out there so soon! It will be super cool and i know that it will be great for you all. Well i am trying to think of anything else to say but can't really think of what else i should say right now and so i think that i will let ya all go. So i love you all and have a great day and week! Thanks for the emails and i pray for you all everyday!</div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-67939450908757964772014-02-24T22:13:00.003-08:002014-02-24T22:13:26.757-08:00HEY Y'ALL HOW'S IT GOING???<div>
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So this week was great!! For one i finally finished Jesus the Christ and i can tell you that really Jesus is our Savior and i am so grateful for him. I have no idea how many times that i received a stronger testimony about him and a greater desire to serve and give it my all out here in the mission. If you all need a book to help you get your priorities in order or just want an incredible book to read Jesus the Christ is it. I know that this is his Church established on the earth today! I am grateful for this knowledge and hope you all enjoy it as well. <br /></div>
I want to thank you all for the prayers sent this way for Stoyan! The baptism went through and it was awesome! I am so happy for him. The water was pretty cold but it was a great experience to get to baptize him. The weather was great for the baptism and then like an hour after it started to rain. And it was a big miracle that the weather was good because recently it has been not very good. But ya Stoyan is 8 and this next week will be the first official member of his family! He is a smart kid that really knows his stuff. And has a big desire to learn and will be as great member here in Portalegre. We are still working with a few other right now on baptism and trying to teach and find more people to teach. But we had a big blessing and got to find a few more people and they seem really cool and interested in the gospel. But ya the high light of the week was definitely the baptism that we had. It was great and i am just super happy right now.<br /></div>
Other than that i can't really think of anything else that is worth telling you all about. I miss having an area where we walked everywhere. The mission is a lot easier that way. But y ai love being here adn want to make sure i give it all i got for the rest of the mission. Glad to hear that life is going good for all of you and it seems like you're all happy and have a busy schedule. Oh ya i didn't know that Riley is going on a mission or if you already told me i forgot. But where is she going to? Tell Kayce good luck for me if you see him before he goes in and that i know he'll do great on the mission.<br /></div>
Well i love you all hope you all have a great week and know that i love you all a lot and hope you're all happy and enjoying life! Até proximo semana.<br /></div>
Amo-vos Elder Bascom<br />
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-26166294462573067662014-02-17T16:14:00.002-08:002014-02-17T16:14:56.474-08:00Hey Hey My Family!!!<div>
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So I feel like all the best stuff has happened this week. Well in good news anyways. <span>Jaren</span> decides to get married, got some good news from other missionaries and MY LITTLE SISTER GOT HER MISSION CALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Still can't believe that Brittany is going to be a missionary. And speaking Spanish. That part i had guessed would happen. But i was not thinking New Jersey. Well the states are going to get the best Sister Missionary in the World! I am so excited for you Britt. I don't think that you can really tell that. ha ha. Well ya it was really cool to hear about everything today. <br /></div>
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That is the mission office and so either one will or should get to me this way. So this week was a good week. We had some really good lessons and found some cool people to teach. It is a little harder here to find people because there is not a lot of people and the missionaries have talked to almost all of them. So ya i am going to ask you all for an idea of how we can try to find more people here in a small town. but ya other than that it is really cool here. The weather is starting to get better now and we are actually having some sun again!! <span>Stoyan</span> the kid that we have marked for baptism this weekend is still firm and seems excited to get baptized. We don't have a font to baptize him though. So are going to a lake. Kinda like Deer Creak. but it seems a lot cleaner. It is cold though. We are going to pray for good weather and also that he doesn't feel the cold water too much ha ha. But it will be great. This last week we had 5 people in church including my comp and i. That was a little different because i am used to being in a ward or a pretty good sized branch. Well ya we aer working with all of the members to try and get them active and also with our investigators to get some more members here. Which we need. But there is a lot of potential here. We just have to find it. But it's here and waiting for us. I want to thank you all for the prayers because i can feel it everyday and i am very grateful for them. I can't really think about anything else right now.<br /><br /></div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-7974860235252482014-02-10T10:08:00.001-08:002014-02-10T10:08:42.727-08:00HEY YOU GUYS!!!<div>
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So what is this about Brittany getting her mission call?! She
isn't old enough that's all I can say. But hey that is crazy to think
that it is on it's way and will be here in 2 days!! I can still remember
getting my call it seemed like yesterday haha. But i am guessing that
she is getting called to the best mission in the world. The Portugal
Lisbon Mission!!! That is my guess. So i will be excited to see her here
in the next while. But ya crazy and still can't beleive it. <br />
<br />Well i am doing great and loving Portalegre. It is a hard area but
we are starting to have some success in this area right now and we have
some awesome news!... Stoyan one of our investigators is marked for
baptism on the 23rd of this month!!! I am so excited and hope that
everything works out. He is a very cool kid and has a lot of potential
he is super smart and is super prepared already to be baptized. So ya
that is the exciting news on my side right now. I am happy for all the
blessings that Elder Soutas and i are recieving. It is awesome!<br />
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Well i am happy today because i finally got to take a nap and i
am going to take another when i get done sending this to you all. Best
thing to do on a Pday. Well I unfortunately don't have a lot of time the
people here need this computer, but it's ok because not much more to
say right now. But ya i am doing great. the weather is still bad here
and rains almost every day. But today we actually have some sun. But i
heard that it might rain this week as well. Glad to hear from you all
and hope that you are all having a great daty and week. Know that i love
you all and hope you're all enjoying life right now. If you can send me
the video of Britt opening her call. I would love to see that before i
hear it from any one else. Or just make sure that nobody puts it as
their heading for the emails. Except Brittany if she wants to. Well ya i
think thats about all i can think of right now. I will try to send some
pictures of me and the comp and the area this next week. So you can all
see what it's like here in Portalegre. But it actually looks a lot like
the Azores. Well untill next week and congrats Britt i am so proud and
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Love Elder BascomBrittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-91174188036080909222014-02-04T10:13:00.002-08:002014-02-04T10:13:22.245-08:00Oh Hey My Family!<div>
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So how are all the people doing that i love so much?! Great i hope. So i have to say that i am very tired right now. Who ever said that life would be easier with a car in absolutely crazy ha ha. I wish that i didn't have one. But hey <span>whatcha</span> gonna do ha ha. So this past week we had maybe 2 and half 3 days at the most in our area. The rest of it was all meetings ha ha. Not very fun. And since we live in Spain almost we have at least a 2 hour drive if not longer to get to most of our meetings. So ya i am excited that this week we will be in our area more and out of the car! But ya good times. <br /></div>
So right now in <span>Portalegre</span> we had a rough week this past week but then again we didn't have a lot of time there. But we still have some really cool investigators that are progressing pretty well. We have a young boy named <span>Stoyan</span> that is a Bulgarian and we are working with him on a baptism date and he is very close to that right now. we have plans on marking him for the end of the month. The real challenge with him is that we need his parents, who aren't members, to really support him and stay active. We want to baptize the parents as well but they need documents from Bulgaria to be able to get married. But we have a big hope for them that everything will work out for them. But they are really good with us and want their son to get baptized! The other investigators that we have right now are <span>Florbela</span> and <span>Geraldo</span>. They are the parents of the recent convert here. Who actually just got the Melchizedek priesthood last week. but ya they are super close to accepting a date and we are working hard to get them ready. But they are our main investigators right now and we are trying to find new ones which is proving to be the hard part right now. But that's <span>ok</span> because it will all work out and be great.<br /></div>
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So the weather here in <span>Portalegre</span> is super cold, well windy and always foggy. But i like it a lot here and am learning a lot with Elder <span>Soutas</span>. He is a great Elder and really knows why he is here. But ya that's about it with all the news from me. In other news though Happy Anniversary Devin and Kirsten. I am super happy for you both! And also Brittany i am stoked that your papers are in and that you'll get your call here soon! <br /></div>
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But it sounded like you all had a great week and that you're all doing good. I feel like this super bowl was a crazy good one to see. Well i love you all and i am super happy to be out here right now. I learn that again and again everyday that i am out here. This is a sacred work. We are studying the Doctrine and Covenants right now and there is a part in Section 3 verses 1-3 that i think you all should read. the last verse says that God's work can not be frustrated but only man's can be frustrated. Or in other words what we try to do alone doesn't always work. But God's work always does and is always going forward. Hope that makes sense. Well hey i am just about running out of time but i love you all and i hope that you all have a great week and know that i love you all and pray for you all everyday! Until next week!<br /></div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-24583210539251999292014-01-27T18:52:00.002-08:002014-01-27T18:52:48.234-08:00Hey all you people.<div>
So hey everyone how you doing? I am doing great here in <span>Portalegre</span>. This place is like nothing i have ever known. We have a car but it is honestly a little annoying having a car and i would rather walk. But it does help with some things so ya... But this area is about 4-5 and a half hours of travel from Porto. so it took a while to get here but at the same time we took a wrong turn getting here. It is in the middle of Portugal but very close to the border of Spain. We have signs all around us saying that it's like 20-30 kilometers from Spain. So ya it's fun. But my Comp is the other elder in the Picture. He is a way cool elder and so far i am loving this area. He has a year and a half or so on the mission. he trained one of the Elders that came in with me. But ya he is way cool and i am loving this chance to work with him. <br /></div>
So <span>Portalegre</span> is a super small town. And when i say small town i mean small town. Our group has about 10 people that come every week. This is including us missionaries and any investigators that show up there. But it's fun. I have to sing really loud with Elder <span>Soutas</span> because not very many people there know the hymns or can follow them. So ya it's hard because i am not the best singer as you all know. But it is fun all the same. We had a great week here our first week. We had higher numbers here than Elder <span>Soutas</span> had in all the rest of the time that he was has here. So that made me happy and they were a lot higher that what we both thought that they should be but i won't complain because we worked very hard. the work here is very different and a little bit harder. But we're excited and up to the challenge. It is actually very cold here and that is saying something because i have not been col in other areas.<br />
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just a side note... I (Brittany) am turning my mission papers in tomorrow and can not be more excited about it!!! can't wait to join this lovely elder in the work! hoorah for isreal! God speed the right!!</div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-62175017297138849432014-01-13T10:53:00.000-08:002014-01-13T10:53:09.958-08:00Hey Hey Guys what's going on?<div class="c_ic_tile_clip">
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So mom to answer your question no the package were not opened. They didn't look opened and it looked like the original tape that you all put on it. So ya we are all good there!. So Mim HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just a few days late but hey this happy birthday is sent from Portugal! That is pretty cool. Glad to hear that everyone is doing good though.<div>
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So life here is going good. We had a good week and also a not so good week. But all in all it was great because it's the mission! Nothing better than that. Well the weather here has been rain! Lots and lots of rain. But thats ok and we are excited when it rains. So right now we have a few investigators that are really cool that we are working with. Helena is one we have had for a while and we have been teaching her for a while but now she is really understanding what the church is offering for her and her family. She is very cool and really has a ton of potential! Also we have a man named Carlos that has been looking into a lot of churches and has started to talk with us alot more and it was really cool to see the way he started to talk with us and how he is right now. He is getting a ight into his eyes and is really liking what we are sharing with him. We have a few moer aswell but still have some work tro do with them. But ya it's great here and i love it!<div>
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So this morning we went and played basketball. thte game 21. And my comp is a baller and won 2 of the 4 games! I won the 3rd game and Elder Hartman one of the other elders in our house won the 4th. But it was a blast. But man are we all out of shape. We are all walking a little slower right now and it's just funny. But it was an absolute blast and made this day start off great. So we have transfers this next week and i have no idea what is going to happen. Because Elder Davis and i both have 2 transfers here in Porto together so most likely one of us will leave but who knows. I haven't stayed in the same area for more than 2 transfers so i think that i might be leaving. But ya sorry just thoughts going through my mind right now. Fun stuff.</div>
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3 and 4. Pictures of the huge amount of rootbeer that we made!!!!!!! It was really good adn we still have like 4 bottles! Great stuff.</div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-48852138831630154262013-12-16T14:16:00.002-08:002013-12-16T14:16:47.545-08:00Oí minha querida Família!!!!!<div class="c_ic_blueframe c_ic_bar" dir="ltr" id="rmic1_bar" style="visibility: inherit;">
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Hey you people there in Utah! What's going on?! So life is going pretty good here and we are loving life. We have some very cool investigators right now. One that is a mom named Helena with 2 children. She is awesome and has a great desire to learn. We taught the plan of salvation and she loved it. We want to try and mark for for baptism this week and continue meeting with her. I got a letter from Bishop Clement and from the young men or the priests. Can you tell them thank you for me and that i will respond soon to the questions that they had. But ya we still are looking for more solid investigators and for people who will progress better and that are more solid investigators.<div>
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So today we had a 2 zone Christmas conference and party. It was really cool and we got a great meal form the sisters in my ward. Oh ya i have a dinner on the 24th and i am super excited for this because it will be amazing. Then on the 25th or Christmas all of us missionaries are probably going to come and eat with us on Christmas and it will be like a big lunch. So it is starting to get cold here now. It is especially cold with all the wind. But this is only at night. When it is light out side it is very warm and almost hot. So ya that is pretty nice. I have been sick with a cold or something like that for the past week. It isn't bad or anything just super annoying and it seems like it is getting better right now. So i am happy.</div>
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Well it sounds like everyone is running their tails off working right now. So hopefully you will all finally have the chance to take a break and relax here soon. I know that i would sure like to have one. Well sorry but i think that is everything that i can think of right now. Oh ya you all need to tell me when you want to talk on Christmas so that way i can be ready to talk and have it all planned out. So i love you all and hope you all have a great week and know that i am praying for you all! </div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-81650065114670630602013-12-03T12:23:00.001-08:002013-12-03T12:23:40.239-08:00It's already December??<div id="mpf0_bodyHdr">
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about gone. So my thanksgiving was a good one. We actually had a meal
with a member so that was cool. And we woke up in the morning and we
went to go throw around a football!!!!! That was the best part. But also
today we went to a Brazilian Buffet and it was all you can eat! :) A
missionary's favorite words when your hungry, ALL YOU CAN EAT!!! But Ya
Thanksgiving was great and it was a great chance to think about the
things that i am really grateful for in my life. Principally the gospel
and each one of you. I am so blessed to be here in Portugal right now
and to be able to share the gospel with the people here in Porto.<br />
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Elder Davis is doing good. He is a great Elder and is
working Hard. We have a few investigators that are progressing but it is
still some really hard work. But we are up to the challenge and excited
to work here. We had a family history presentation in the street. It
was really cool. I have to thank all of you that have already done so
much of our family history. I was able to show a fan chart of our family
history to the people in the street and it was very helpful and made a
lot of people very interested in learning more. Did you know that we
have a line that goes to 1230 B.C.?! that is crazy! It was super cool to
find that out. I want to start doing it for our family as well and see
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So earlier today we went out and explored a little
bit here in Porto so the pictures that i am sending are all of Porto. It
was really cool to go out and really see how beautiful this country is
and also how old it is too! We went into an old cathedral that was crazy
big and really cool. It was weird because of all the different pictures
they have but it was cool just to think of how old it really is. I hope
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As this year is coming to an end i have been
thinking a lot about what i have done with this year and what more i
could have done. I know that i could have and should have done much
more. But right now i can't change this past yer but i can use this year
to help me remember that i can do better that i can give more. It is
the same for all of us. We have so much potential that we don't even
know about. But Heavenly Father knows what we can do. He doesn't expect
us to do the impossible but he does expect a lot from all of us. So a
challenge i got from Dad is to reflect on this past year and see what we
could do better and how we are going to do these things better. I have
started doing this and i can say that i am starting to see a difference
in my life and in this work. I still have a really long way to go but i
am excited and ready to give it my all. We have one chance at life;
let's take advantage of it and use it to have no regrets in our lives.
One of my favorite quotes that many of you know is "Leave it all on the
Field." I know that that came from football but it has stuck with me
throughout my life. Don't let fear, doubt or anything else stop you or
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guided me throughout my life. Your the best of the best! Have a great
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It is crazy and i don't know how it's going to be because i have never done a white wash. We had just moved our house here in Monte <span>de</span> <span>Caparica</span> and now i will be going to the other part of the country. But also i will be training a new Elder! So ya i feel a little overwhelmed and don't know how i should react right now. I am sad to be leaving this area and all the people here, but that's normal to feel this way. So i will stay here until Wednesday and then i will go to Lisbon for training and to pick up my comp! then Thursday we will head out for Porto. Speaking about that. I am sorry to ask but i really need some money to get up there. I have enough to get to Lisbon but not enough to get there to Porto. So could you please put like 25 dollars on my card. I can get a reimbursement from it but i need money to get up there. And we don't get money until Friday. So if you could put a little on my card today or tomorrow i would appreciate it a lot! I am pretty excited to train but also nervous. My comp will be Elder Davis. I don't know anything more than that about him. Well i know that he is in the <span>MTC</span> right now. That is really weird to think about! I will be sad to leave Elder <span>Barnhart</span>. He is my favorite comp till now and an awesome Elder. We had a stake conference yesterday and i got to see all of my recent converts that were there! It was awesome. I found out that one of them went to the temple this past week! I was so excited to hear that Ana went! I will be sad to not see them anymore as well but i heard that my new area is great and in an awesome part of town. I will be living in the same house as my last comp Elder Lima as well. Crazy huh. Well it sounds like you all are doing great and enjoying life. Tell Bishop Clement congratulations for me! I know that he will do a great job! I think that is all on my end. Please if you can put some money on my card and i love you all and hope you all have a great week and know that i love and pray for you all everyday! And if you wouldn't mind <span>sendin</span> a few more prayers this way for me i would be grateful. <span>haha</span> love you all</div>
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SO my family how goes it? Good i hope. So i am doing good. This whole new experience is hard, as in training and white washing here in Porto. So it is very beautiful here though and i love it but the people are a little ~bit more closed with us here. I am just about out of time today. We had a few things to do so i don't have much time to write but sorry about that. Happy B day Tiff and i love you all. This is going to be hard here but i am up to the challenge! My comp is Elder Davis from Provo Utah. He is really cool and has a great desire to work. The pictures are Elder Barnhart and me, Elder Davis and me. and me eating fransizinhas. Amazing sandwich! I love you all and sorry this is short but you all have pictures so hopefully that makes up for it. Tchua and have a great week you all.<br />
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-59325067384084514112013-07-29T17:27:00.001-07:002013-07-29T17:27:25.690-07:00<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oí whats going on my family?<br />So i am tired! This week was crazy. We have been working in all of Almada<br />this past week. So we have been running around all week. I just have been<br />looking forward to today for a little rest. So Baseball last week was the<br />funnest thing ever! We are going to play again today. I woke up the day<br />after though and i just wanted to cry. My body is not used to playing<br />sports haha. But it was really cool. So life out here for me is going good.<br />Really hard at times but good. I am kinda of hoping for a change though<br />from this upcoming transfers. It has been hard with this companion to work<br />hard and diligently. I am constantly trying to fight with myself to want to<br />work harder. And that is making it hard to stay focused. It has really been<br />making me think about why I am really here. So i am trying to just do<br />things even more obedient with everything to help me stayed focused and<br />working. But i am happy to be here on a mission. That much i do know. It<br />just is the hardest thing i have ever had to do in my life. I miss the old<br />atmosphere in Utah where it was just so easy to find good people and<br />surround yourself with them. Here it is different but there still are those<br />people here. Just are harder to find them. But one cool thing that has been<br />happening a lot is that most people here are saying that my Portuguese is<br />really good. I was excited when people said that. Well ya not a lot has<br />happened this week. Sorry that this is so short. But i am doing good thank<br />you for the prayers and for everything you all are amazing and i am<br />grateful for everything that you all have done for me! I am glad to hear<br />that you all are doing good and i hope that your all loving life and here<br />are a few pictures from baseball haha. Hope you like them. Also we found a<br />submarine in Cacilhas which was super cool. They just have it there on<br />display! Way cool. But ya I love you all And i really am glad to be out<br />here!<br />Elder Bascom<br /><br /><br /><img alt="a808bfdd-f84d-11e2-8733-00237de4a318:1" src="cid:a808bfdd-f84d-11e2-8733-00237de4a318:1" style="max-width: 300px;" width="300" /><img alt="a808bfdd-f84d-11e2-8733-00237de4a318:2" src="cid:a808bfdd-f84d-11e2-8733-00237de4a318:2" style="max-width: 300px;" width="300" /></span><br />
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-57152806529170713642013-07-08T17:24:00.003-07:002013-07-08T17:25:55.035-07:00happy 20th elder. So how it is going family? So my week was hard. This new area is kicking my butt to be honest with you all. But i like it still. Just really hard because we white washed it and sometime i have no idea what to do. But i am planning a lot more to help with that so hopefully that helps. So the forth of July was a good day! We had ice cream at night time. Also i went to the doctors office because i was peeing blood a little bit. But the said that by the symptoms i was not having anything serious. But they said that they would run some tests. another day. But then i stopped and i haven't had that happen for the past few days and no symptoms what so ever so i will not have to go back which makes me excited haha. But in other words we sang the nation anthem like 4 times on the forth. It was a lot of fun. And right now in my area it is like 100-105 degrees everyday. Sometimes 108. Kinda stinks to be wearing pants shirt and a tie everyday. But that is part of being a missionary. And we have a match stick cupcake for the 4th of July. Which is a lot of matches tapped together and then you light the tops on fire and it gets big for like 3-5 seconds and then really small. So it was cool. Also an espada de fogo. Fire sword translated. So you wrap a ping pong ball in tin foil and light it on fire it shoots out fire for like 30 seconds and spins in a circle. It was cool and unexpected. Then for my birthday we had Burger King and some food with my district as well. So double lunch! and i drank a ton of water and sweated like crazy. I do not like the heat here!!! But it was a good day. I got a cake and a tie from one of my recent converts and her son that live in Miratejo. They surprised me with it! So that was super cool. Oh ya every night i have to sleep with a fan on me so i can actually sleep. Along with the other missionaries in our house. So we each have a fan that is just for us to use to try and not get too hot during the night! fun stuff. But life here is awesome or was yesterday we baptized two of our old investigators from the Miratejo area, Iolanda and her daughter Jessica. Sad that they weren't in our area after the transfers but really cool that Elder Harris and i got to baptize them. After the daughter Jessica walked up to us and said thank you for being the first ones who brought us the message. But really we didn't do anything. Because they were prepared by God and i know that with everything in my heart! But it was still really cool. And also i found an old addiction here... Orange Juice!!!!!!!!! I drink that stuff all the time right now. And i forgot how much i loved it! But today we went to a mall and i found my birthday present from you all! A new Portugal soccer Jersey! So i just would like to say thank you to everyone and that i really like it a lot. And mom i didn't spend it all in one place i still have a bit left over! But ya my Birthday was great i had fun. Strange to not spend it with you all and to also be in a different country but at the same time it was super cool to realize that i was in Portugal for my birthday! So all in all it was really cool! I love you all and i am happy to hear that life is going crazy for all of you. Because that means that life is good. But i pray for all of you every night and i hope that everything is going great for you all. Have a great day and know that i love you all a lot! And those pictures of the count down are crazy! I feel like i shouldn't have that much gone already. Kinda crazy. <br />
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So how y'all doin? Pertty good I'm reckonin. haha love you all and i had to you my red neck speech. So things are crazy right now. And mom your thoughts somehow are always what i need. I have not gotten the package yet, but i should this week like Tuesday - Thursday time frame. But ya and thank you for the b-day gift i am excited for that. I am planning on using it for something really cool. But i don't know what for yet. So i am still the district leader. But my district is now half of the size that it was. Also i kept my same comp and we white washed an area where the sisters were. So right now nobody wants to talk with us in the new area. But we did have a baptism yesterday of an eight year old boy named Rafael. He is super cool. and i got to baptize him! it was really cool. But i don't have any pictures of it. And if you would all pray more for me to have patience i would love that. Because i will need alot with my new ward. Because there is drama here. But other than that it is all great. My new area is in Almada and super cool. We have a part that is right next to a giant river and the ocean! So i can't complain about the scenery. SO it is crazy to think that for the first time in my life i wont be having my birthday with all of you. And no fireworks! That will be a little hard to bear. but i think i will live. Because then i just think holy cow i am in Portugal. And that usually helps with a lot of stuff. So this past week had a few rough spots. We had a guy say that we don't believe in aliens then tried to push me alot and just argue saying that we are stupid and have no reason to be here. Also he kept saying what are you selling and it was super strange. He was drunk for sure. And then we tried to leave and he ran up after we were leaving and stopped us and pushed me again. Then we just said we are leaving you don't want anything so bye. Little crazy and just a weird guy but i stayed calm for the most part with him. Until he pushed me then it was really annoying. But i didn't do anything to him. So ya fun mission life. But i wouldn't trade this time for anything. and then we had another guy that wouldn't stop arguing with my zone leader when we were on a split. But with that time i was 100% calm and was super proud of myself that i didn't get annoyed or anything. And in the end it was actually a good talk with that guy. But ya i am learning alot of patience right now. But i am grateful for that. But i want you all to know that i love you all so much and i have the best support and Family in the entire world. The church is true the book is blue and i love Portugal! I hope you all have a great day and know that i am praying for you all everyday!</div>
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elder bascom is turning 20 this week!!!! so of course i had to give him a happy birthday shout out! cant believe my brother is all grown up! so proud of him and all that he is doing! love you elder!!</div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-38651711783564492712013-06-24T08:40:00.002-07:002013-06-24T08:40:33.538-07:00Transfers!!
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So hey this week was a great week. We found this really
elect lady. Here name is Iolanda and her daughter Jessica. So we taught the
first lesson and gave her a book of Mormon. And the way that we found here was
that she came to the church and said that she wanted to have the lessons by the
missionaries. So ya way cool! Then after the first lesson we invited her to
pray about the book o Mormon and read 3rd nephi 11. So we called the next day
and she said that she felt amazing after she prayed and that she was really
happy. So we already had marked a next visit. Then we marked her for baptism for
the 7th of July. it was really funny because when we were marking her she just
kept saying yes and so we just kept asking the question so we could say the
date. But it was really cool and she is so elect. Also i sort of got
transferred. My area got switched with one of the other areas in my district.
So my new area is in Alamda. But the weird thing is that i will sleep in the
same house and have to take a train to my new area every day. But it will be
kinda hard to do all of this. But oh well and that's mission life. Also in my
district i had the zone leaders and two groups of sister missionaries wow that
was hard to think of in English haha. but now its just me, my comp Elder Harris
we stayed together so we both have finally had a comp for more than 1 transfer.
and then just one group of sister missionaries. So ya its alot smaller now. So
i am pretty sad to not be in my old area any more because the people there are
really awesome and i don't want to leave because we have alot of great
investigators. But i will do my best to work and give my all in the new area.
So ya that is my crazy life right now. But its good and i will see all of the
people on Sundays because we have the same church building so that is really
cool. And for all of you life sounds crazy but at the same time good. And Dad
is everything going to be alright with your Elbow?! i hope so and i will pray
more for you! But that is exciting that Kirsten and the kids are up in the
house right now. It was great to hear from you all and i love you sorry this
isn't super long but ya i don't have a ton of time. But i love you and hope
that you are all doing great! And by the way is it hot there right now? Because
here it is crazy with how hot it gets everyday! But ya things are great right
now. Probably will be a little crazy for a while but still it will be fun. and
hey i am on a mission right now in Portugal! Doesn't get much better than that!
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-50997398840423948792013-06-17T09:19:00.000-07:002013-06-17T09:19:01.136-07:00Happy 7 months!!Hey y'all!<br />
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-65355789100045226002013-03-28T13:37:00.001-07:002013-03-28T13:37:06.087-07:00Hey Hey Hey<br />
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So this week started off great and ended a little slow but it was still great. So my comp and i are doing great. Transfers are this next week. I hope that i stay here for one more and after that there is a good likelyhood that i could possible training a new missionary that is crazy. The way that us Elders travel between islands is by plane right now but i think we could take a farry. But not sure. We have a great couple that we are teaching but the man doesn't think that he needs to be married which is really annoying. But we are praying that he will pray and get an answer. But today we did a volta around the island which just means that we toured the island i will send some of the pics from today. It was a lot of fun. That is crazy that everyone is leaving and coming home from missions. Tell them all hi for me if you can. Sorry this pday went a little long so i can't write alot but i love you all i think that i answered the questions that most of you had if not i am sorry and ask them next week adn i will answer them. But i love all of you and i really look forward to hearing from you. And that is not anything to do with trunky it actually makes me want to work harder. Well ate proximo vez família. The weather here is really rainy right now.</div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-80309462926384526602013-03-14T17:04:00.000-07:002013-03-14T17:04:20.095-07:004 month mark. <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oí Família</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">you should have Kam write me and tell me what his little kid is! I would like to see some pictures of this little kid too. So right now the mission is interesting. We are trying to go out and find new people that we can teach but at the same time we have to try and reactivate all of the old members that aren't active to make our branch bigger. Mainly we are looking for preisthood members so when the military downsizes the base our branch can still stay here. But its ok i have faith that we will still have a branch here in Praia. So we have been teaching a couple and i still don't know how it is going really. Because he has alot of strange ideas about how things are but they aren't bad things by any reason. But in the end i think that José and Celest will get baptized which would be awesome. I am sort of struggling with my comp right now. He is a very perky and always talking kinda person. And as you know that is not really my style of always talking haha. And ya i don't know i just have a really hard time trying to like him, but i know that it's not his fault and that I am really the one who should change not him. So i have some work to do with that. The weather here has really sucked lately. It is really cloudy and also it is raining for most of the day here. But I like the rain. It would be nice though to have some sunshine after just having clouds these past few weeks! So how has the weather been out there for y'all? Tell Bro. Vincent congrats for me and that i am super happy for him. Also tell Bro. Melville hi as well and that i hope everything is going well for him as well! And that is cool Dad that you and Sterling are home teaching companions! Tell him hi also for me please and thank you! I am very jealous that you got to play with Korbin and Brody! I miss those little guys alot! GIve them a big squeze for me! I have started to gain a little bit of weight here. But i am still under the 200's so it looks like i have to start working out a little harder. Maybe putting a few more Books of Mormon in my back pack everyday too haha. Tell the claypools hi for me. And that i am doing great and that i hope they are aswell. Also that is crazy that Jeff gets home this week! Tell him hi for me too. Well i think that is about it for this week. I love all of you so much and i am blessed to have all of you as family! Até proximo semena!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I think he's starting to miss some people... CRAZY that he's been out 4 months today!! </span>Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-48643020030474037502013-03-06T17:43:00.001-08:002013-03-06T17:43:36.058-08:00a quick updateSorry that we haven't updated in a while! Life got pretty crazy around the Bascom house... But i'm sure that you'll all be happy to know that our sweet elder in Portugal is doing great! Here's his latest email and a little bit more about what he does everyday::<br />
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I am doing great here in the Açores! The work has been
really slow because alot of people have been canceling on us and that has made
it slow. But a typical day here for me is Wake up at 7 or 6:45 and work out.
Eat at 8 then study at 8 30 till 11 30 then we work from then until 1 and
we have lunch and then language study for an hour. Then we go back out at 3 and
work and try to eat dinner at 5 but that usually never happens. And we go back
to the house at 9 30 or 10 at the latest. Then bed time is at 11. It is alot of
fun and also a lot of work. I mostly eat rice or noodles with every meal and
then meat and what ever we have in the house to drink haha. We eat out maybe
two times a week and we get like one or two member meals every week which is
awesome! We walk everywhere here. We have a bus to take us to like 2 or 3
places but other than that we walk everywhere. But i think we only walk like
4-6 miles a day so not alot. So i haven´t seen any new missionaries yet because
i am on the Açores. But i think that we have new missionaries here now. The
work will hopefully speed up this week. But i will be in Angra all day tomorrow
and part of Wednesday because my comp will be in Lisboa for training. It is
warming up a little here but it has rained everyday this week. And when it
rains it is either lightly sideways rain or heavy sideways rain. It makes no
sense at all but ya that is Portugal i guess. They have sweaters here and they
are around 12-15 euros to buy. So not to much and so i would like to get at
least one if that is ok. That is really exciting that you get to go and see
Tiff and all them this month! Tell all of them hi for me! I hope that
everything is going good up there and that is way cool that you all get to see
Dev too! I hope that your first event goes well and that you all take a deep
breath and enjoy it all haha. It is kinda weird thinking that i wont be there
for it. But that is ok and it will go great! I am way excited for all of you
with the coming of Kam and Mims baby. I want some pictures when it comes! Well
that is it for me i think. I love all of you so much and i want you all to know
that because of you i am here and am the person i am today! Love you!</div>
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-56389534116141915842013-02-06T16:24:00.000-08:002013-02-06T16:24:03.832-08:00His Own Words
I guess that there's not better way to tell you how Elder Bascom is than say it in his very own words. So, here you go. Oh, and don't mind the spelling, us Bascom's were never too good at that ;)<br />
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Como Vão? <br />
Eu espero que vocês estejem bem. I think I said that right but I don't really
know haha. This week has been a really good one. The work is really starting to
pick up and I am starting to finally understand most of the things that people
are saying. But it's really hard at times and I try to keep myself positive and
happy about it. But then I think that I finally understood that I wasn't giving
my all to the work. I wasn't doing everything that I could be and so I didn't
really deserve to have help with the language. But I am ready to go now and
just want to try to give my all and see how the work will go from here. So on
Friday I went to a little island called Pico. You only go there if you serve in
Praia. Which is my mission. So it was a lot of fun and I took a lot of pictures
but my camera died and i forgot the charger in Lisboã, so I'm kinda out of luck
with that. But my Comp is actually in Lisboã right now for a Zone Leader
confrence adn he said that he would get it for me. So right now I'm on splits
in Angra which is another city on Terceira. His name is Elder Owens and he is
an awesome Elder, and I am really excited to see how it all goes here. So there
is a possibility that my trainer Elder Leonard will be transferred when
transfers come. Because he has been on the islands for like 4 months. So that
is really nerve racking to think about since that means that I would basically
be in charge of what my new comp and i would be doing. So I'm really hoping
that he doesn't and taht I get the full 12 weeks with him. So ya that's that
haha. So the weather here is really windy and it rains alot too. But I guess
that the good thing fo rme is taht I really like the wind and rain! My
apartment is pretty big and actaully a decent place. But nothing like the MTC
or our house. There is alot more mold here and nothing gets super dry. I got
more complements on my portuguese which was cool. But I just keep wanting to
work so that I can understand everything and be able to teach. I haven't gotten
any emails from you all and I hope everything is ok. My guess is that because
it was the Super Bowl last night that you all got kinda busy. And so one
question though who won? Ravens or Ninners? It was kinda weird knowing that it
was going on and that I couldn't watch it. But ya I think that is about all
that is going on in my life right now. I love you all and i hope that
everything is going good! I was given a paper that was Titled my missionary
commision. You all should look it up. I would type it but I don't have it with
me right now and I don't have it memorized! Well again I love you all and i
hope that everything is going great for all of you. <br />
Love,<br />
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I love that he is worried about who won the Super Bowl. He always did hate the 49ers! xoxo, brittanyBrittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-36420470920741493332013-01-29T21:31:00.002-08:002013-01-29T21:31:53.873-08:00Portugal!!!<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Elder Bascom arrived in Portugal on January 17, 2013. He is already in love with the country! He is currently serving on the Azores Island. (google it, that place is amazing!) His companions name is Elder Leonard and is from Texas!</span><br />
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weird to me to be on a small island. I actually love it. It is such a beautiful
place to be. And the people are all really nice here. The language is slowly
coming. But i have gotten a few comments from the Americans that can speak
Portuguese and also natives that have all said that i can speak really well for
only being here for 11 days and 9 weeks in the MTC. So i was really excited
about that and it gave me a little bit of hope! So i can actually understand a
lot more that i could before. I can stay caught up in a conversation with about
half of the people. But the other half speak really weird and usually are
missing most of their front teeth! haha."</span><br />
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and I marked our first person for Baptism. His name is Miguel. Great guy but he
has a little problem with smoking still but i think that we got it all taken
care of. We are working alot and had a great Zone Conference yesterday! I love
it here and am doing my best to speak as much as i can. But i get nervous at
times and a little frustrated at others because i cant speak or say the things
that i want to. But i cant complain because i have already made a lot of
progress and just need to keep working!"</span><br />
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Elder Bascom and his Portugal District!</div>
Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-41943787314337353542013-01-13T18:41:00.000-08:002013-01-13T18:41:04.118-08:00The Last WeekThis past week has been Elder Bascom's last week in the MTC. He recieved his VISA and is leavin on Tuesday to Portugal!! It's SO crazy how fast time has been flying!! I can't believe that the 9 weeks are alread over! He is doing so well from all of his letters! He told me that he doesn't get homesick, which is definitely a good thing, but it's wierd to think that as well, when all of us here are missing him. Ryan is honestly so stinkink excited to go serve the people of Portugal. His letters are full of strength and enthusiasm as he prepares to go. It's gonna be hard not having him just down the road, but we are so extremely proud of him and all that he is doing. This past Wednesday, January 9th, our cousin, Elder Mitch Karr, went into the MTC. He is going to the Canada, Vancover mission. Here's a cool experience that happened that day::<br />
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We had an awesome experience with Mitchell as we dropped him
off at the MTC yesterday. We timed everything just perfectly to arrive
and have time to take pictures, hug, etc and when we reached the canyon road
Mitch noticed he didn't have his backpack with all his books, id, passport,
important papers, etc. The rules at the MTC now are that you can't drop
anything at the front desk. Security reasons. We pulled into the
parking lot across the street and they suggested we go back and get it, which
we did. We all had a good laugh and it definitely lightened the mood from
somber to fun. When we arrived at the place to take pictures Mitch was
anxious to get to the MTC because by now he was an hour late (Yes...have a
laugh. Typical Karrism) so no tears as we loaded back up and drove across
the street. Now they have "host" missionaries that greet you
and take your missionary to get settled. There were probably 30
missionaries on the curb waiting. Some groups tried to get us to stop
while the group ahead was waving us forward. We pulled to the front spot
and who was there but Ryan Bascom, Mitchell's cousin who entered the MTC in
November and leaves next Tuesday!! He had the biggest smile on his face
when he saw us and one of the Elders in his group said "I think our group
prayer this morning was heard!" Mitch was supposed to forget that
backpack. We were too organized for that to happen and yet.... We hugged,
we took pictures, and when he left it was just him and Ryan. It honestly
felt like he was going to off to hang with his cousin. I'm not saying it
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Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-32966498956348928842013-01-06T16:52:00.001-08:002013-01-06T16:52:40.914-08:00Christmas in the MTC.Hello everyone! <br />
I'm so sorry that I haven't updated this in a long time... Life has been crazy! But I promise I will update it every sunday from now on! <br />
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Elder Bascom is doing extremely well! He has gotten the language down a lot better and writes short things to us in Portuguese in every letter he writes. Christmas was quiet without him, and everyone else to say the least. We weren't able to talk to him on Christmas day because he is in the MTC, but we were extremely lucky to have hand written letters delivered to us by a member in our ward from Elder Bascom. We all opened them Christmas morning and many tears were shed, by far the best Christmas present that we could have gotten. We did the 12 days of christmas for Elder Bascom and his companion. We put some random gifts in as well as some needed things. I hope that they enjoyed it just as much as we did getting it ready for them. He sent home a bunch of pictures of Christmas and them working hard, but still having fun doing it. I tried to upload them, but i couldn't get them to work, so I will try again next week!<br />
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In Ryan's most recent letters he told us that he was able to be a host missionary this past week. It's crazy that that much time has already passed! It feels like just yesterday we were dropping him off at the MTC to the other host missionaries, but now he is one himself. He also told us that his district is now the oldest district. He said, "<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">That is really weird.
But i like it too haha." He is still waiting for his Visa to come through and asked us to pray for it to come, since he is supposed to be leaving to Portugal on January 15. I honestly can't believe that he's already been gone for this long! Mom keeps telling me "only one more Christmas and he'll be home!" which is true, but it's a lot longer than that!</span><br />
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great New Year and remember to keep smiling."</span></span><br />
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Elder Bascom seems to be doing very well! He is getting spoiled with letters and packages from friends and family... Definitely not a good thing. ;) It was different not having him here with us for Thanksgiving, but it was a good different! We love and miss him but sure do apprecitate his example.</div>
<br />Brittany Bascomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08362356157031335046noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1896654933002700325.post-62637960598419999442012-11-18T11:55:00.000-08:002012-11-18T11:55:12.019-08:00Day 1.<div style="text-align: left;">
It was definitely a bittersweet day as Elder Bascom entered the MTC on Wednesday, November 14, 2012. He spent his morning finishing up packing and writing some letters to his family. It was hard for me to watch him get ready to go. Kameron came and spent the day with mom, dad, and me. He had never got to have the Provo MTC experience, so he wanted to tag along. That was definitely a blessing and helped each of us feel more at ease. </div>
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Ryan's "Last Supper" was of course Jdawgs. Couldn't leave without having one last dawg! I swear that kid could live off of those things. When the time was getting closer to 12:30, you could see how jittery and excited he was getting. He honestly couldn't wait to get into the MTC and start his work. When we pulled into view of the MTC he was ecstatic! His grin literally was from ear to ear. We pulled up to the curb, he got out, tried to snap a couple pictures, gave some final hugs and he was off. Of course mom and i were crying, but even dad was too! He has such a tender heart! ;) but we sure do love him! Watching Elder Bascom walk away we couldn't help but be so proud of him and the work that he is going to be doing! I can't wait to get his first letter and see how his life is changing!</div>
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It's definitely different around the house without him here, but it's a good different. Mom, dad, and I definitely miss him. I was coming home from work the other night not ready to go to bed quite yet, and I thought "I'll just go watch a movie with Ry." Haha then I realized that he was gone. It'll definitely take some time getting used to, but there is no place that I would rather have him be right now. His example is amazing and i can't thank him enough for it!</div>
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I know that he would love to hear from you guys! Write him letters! Love you all and thanks for you support!! Love, Brittany</div>
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