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| Elder Muller's Study Area |
Hello, everybody!
These
emails will probably be getting shorter due to a rule change in the mission.
The time we have to email has been cut back, and so fitting everything in means
shortening emails.
TUESDAY: We took the
bikes to the bike shop to get them fixed. We met two guys who were speaking to
each other. One was Cypriot, and the other was Greek. I can definitely say
Cypriot and Greek are two different languages. It is not all in my head. They
sound totally different. I understood everything the Greek man said; the
Cypriot I understand like 65-70%. We made friends with some ladies in a shop
and then met another lady in a shop who went psycho. She was literally hopping
from side to side as she spoke about how we need to give our whole hearts to
God. Um, hello lady. We are away from home, electronics, girls, hobbies, work, school, etc. We are giving our whole hearts to God. So, that was fun. Because our bikes
were in the shop, that meant we needed to walk to our appointment with a member
who lives extremely far away. So, we walked for two hours in the afternoon sun.
On the bright side (hehe get it... “bright side”), my watch tan line is almost
gone! God has really blessed me while on my mission. I don't seem to really get
burned here. I just freckle a lot and tan. I didn't think that it was possible
for my skin to tan, but apparently, it is. On the way back home, Elder S. told
me funny mission stories in Greek. The best part was I understood
everything.
WEDNESDAY: We picked
up the bikes and went finding in Ledra again. We found a Catholic service
center, and we are set up to volunteer there. We had lunch at KFC and happened
to meet the other elders’ investigator there. We had lunch with him and helped
him bring his groceries back to his apartment. He is a student here and is from
China. We had a meeting with a member in the afternoon, which went well, and
had English class with our friend from Cameroon.
THURSDAY: We did
Weekly Planning, ate food, went to the bus stop early, and talked to a guy
there. He was very nice. We then took the bus to Larnaca for a leadership
meeting about Ministering. It was good. During the question and answer section
of the meeting (all of which we already knew), I created a business model for a
future company. So, it was a very productive meeting for me! xD I also got my
package from home. THANKS, MOM! It's a good thing she sent me fat pants because
I needed them. ;) I loved the gifts and appreciate them very much.
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| New pants and tie! |
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| Elder S. with a new tie from Elder Muller's box! |
FRIDAY: We did service
at the football field again. We helped paint the lines and shovel the cut
grass. Then, we had mission leader training via Zoom (kind of like Skype), and
after that, we had another Zoom meeting with the Zone Leaders and the other
Cyprus district. We got set up for our upcoming district meetings and received
the announcements from Mission Leadership Council. By the time all of that was
done, we had lunch (disappointing Chinese food), and then we went to visit a
member with the F. family. We went out finding after that and met a Filipino
lady who wants us to come eat food at her house.
SATURDAY: We had a
rough morning finding in Ledra. We only spoke to two people. Later in the day,
we evaluated and knew we needed to repent. We weren't where we should have
been. We had only gone there to fill time, and that is why we did not find
success. We decided to go out right then and there and try to make it up to the
Lord. We went to a place that felt right, but there was absolutely nothing
there! On our way back to our bikes, I felt we should knock the doors on an
apartment building (we do not knock doors here, especially during siesta), and
so we did. Neither one of us had much faith. But, the third door we knocked
opened, actually it opened only as we were stepping into the elevator to leave,
and we talked to a guy. Miracles and the Spirit are real, guys. We had a very
short lesson with our friend and branch president (he translates the English to
French) and then had dinner at a less active's home. His wife made a ton of
food (she is Filipino), and so we got to take stuff back home with us. Her
cheesecake is amazing! It is so good. One time, it fell on the floor, and
missionaries started eating it off the floor because they didn't want it to go
to waste.
SUNDAY: We had our
friend in church and taught the Restoration during second hour instead of going
to Sunday School. It was a little rough because we weren't too
prepared for it. It was kind of a last-minute decision to do that. We had a
potluck after church, which was okay, and then we did Family History. I
actually found people and added them to my family tree. It felt really good,
but man, genealogy is stressful and hard. We did a whiteboard that evening with
the other elders. It wasn't as good as last week, but it was still ok.
That's about it for
me. Love and miss you all. Please pray and ask God if he is there. If you pray
with a sincere desire to know, He will show you in some way that He exists.
