Monday, December 17, 2018
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| The Moon |
Welcome
back to the most popular and advanced mission blog this side of the
Mississippi!!!
TUESDAY, December 11th: We had
service at Caritas in the morning and then had to run to catch the bus. We had
brought our proselyting clothes in a bag, but I was "that guy" who
forgot to bring a white shirt. So, I ended up staying in service clothes during
the entire district council. We organized area books as a district after the
meeting.
WEDNESDAY, December 12th: We went to
the Flemings’ for lunch because Elder F. gave Sister Fleming enchilada
seasoning, and we use any excuse we have to eat Sister Fleming's enchiladas,
haha! We had been planning on waiting until Christmas to do this next part, but
it was too perfect to wait. Elder Fleming had told us a story about his sons.
He once jokingly snorted Jell-O at the dinner table, and his sons immediately
started doing it. It had made Sister Fleming very upset...so we decided to do
the same thing, hehehehe.
We sneakily got Sister
Fleming to make Jell-O, and all the elders and Elder Fleming were just glancing
at each other as we reached the end of the enchiladas. Eventually, Elder
Fleming broke and told Sister Fleming what the plan was. Then after we begged
Sister Fleming for permission and to not kill Elder Fleming, he "ingested
it through his nasal passage." Elder J. followed but failed miserably on
his first attempt. One of the best moments of my mission was seeing Elder
Fleming slowly throw his head back and burst out laughing at the attempt. For
the next 20 minutes, Sister Fleming was almost crying from seeing four elders
and her husband nasally ingesting Jell-O. So. So. Funny.
THURSDAY, December 13th: We were
inside planning for most of the day....but we had sushi at our favorite Koi Sushi Bar. Then, we had a lesson with two of our new friends from Zimbabwe, and
when we went to the cafe to have the lesson, we ran into the other elders (we
were just at sushi with them), and it turns out Elder F. knows a guy that our
friends know. So, we all taught together about the Book of Mormon and started doing the 21 Day Challenge with them.
Then, we had a lesson with Squad 1: D., O., and F. O. needed to go somewhere,
so he missed most of the lesson, but we taught F. and D. more about the Great Apostasy and why there are so many churches. It went pretty well.
FRIDAY, December 14th: We had service
with R. and did more plastering. We had a little bit of finding with the other
elders and then a spiritual thought with squad 5 or 6 or whatever; I can't keep
track anymore. We then got dropped by Squad 2. They spoke to their pastor, and
their pastor pretty much told them not to listen to us. Funny enough, the
planned lesson was on Quenching the Spirit. So, we bore testimony for an hour
and then individually asked them if they would like to continue to learn and to
read from both the Bible AND the Book of
Mormon. All said no except for D. Then for the second week in a row, he came
out and smashed his roommates in pure testimony and said that everything that
WE have said will happen has happened and that the Spirit has been telling them
that it's true. LEGEEEEEND!!!!!!!!!!!!
SATURDAY, December 15th: We had
coordination meeting with everyone, and then we ate gyros with the other guys
and had a doctrinal discussion as always. We went with Elder Fleming to G.’s
new apartment and ran into B. (recent convert) and invited him to join us as well. The
lesson was full of the Spirit, and B. and Elder Fleming bore powerful
testimonies. We will see what G. does. He is becoming more and more happy, and
it's amazing to see. I hope he will make the decision to know for himself if he
should be baptized. We were supposed to have a lesson with D. about his baptism,
but there had been another killing in Cameroon, and the atmosphere in the
apartment was not good. We shared Alma 62:41 and gave them our love and
support.
SUNDAY, December 16th: J. CAME TO
CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was even early to Solomon's Square and
sacrificed her only day off to be with us all morning. She even stayed after
church and we taught her more about the Plan of Salvation. She is such a
light!!! She always brightens our day with her smile and warm spirit. She is
prepared for the gospel! We also had O., S., G., G., and S. in church. We broke
the record with 38 people in church!!!! LEZ GOOOO BOIIIIS. We also received
transfer calls...yeah, it was a surprise to us as well. Elder H. and I will be
staying in Nicosia, and Elder J. will be joining us for a few weeks—trio time,
lads. Elder F. will be training Elder I. (an American but who is Greek-speaking
already from his parents) who is being transferred from the MTC early.
That's all for this
week. Love you all. Keep Lighting the World!!!
- Elder Müller
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