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Monday, August 27, 2018

Hey, guys!

It has been a long but okay week in Limassol. The weather seems to be edging more towards the “cooling” side. I can't call it cool yet...but maybe not as crispy. The humidity is still crazy though.

TUESDAY: I don't have my journal today, so forgive me. We had a lesson with a former investigator and his family. We went to the address and were searching for 30 minutes (Cypriot house numbers are chaos) and were heading back to our bikes when a little girl rode up on her scooter and told us to follow her. Against probably our better judgment, we did. She would ride ahead of us and then wait until we caught up before riding a little more. Eventually, we came to this guy's house. Turns out, it was his daughter, and her mom had seen us and sent her out to get us.

We also got a call from a guy asking for his copy of the Book of Mormon, but his bus was leaving, so we needed to get there "NOW.” So, we threw proselyting clothes on and biked the fastest I ever have to give this guy and his friend a Book of Mormon each! They want to learn more as well.

WEDNESDAY: We had the APs (Assistants to the Mission President) from Greece and the Zone Leaders at district meeting to present yet another new initiative for members and missionaries to use. We then went to the beach to do the “Voice of the Lord” survey with everyone. It went okay, and we were able to get some phone numbers. We also had a good lesson with a less-active member who came to church on Sunday!

THURSDAY: Thursday, we finished up entering the survey data from Wednesday's proselyting and then had a short day exchange. Elder VE. and Elder F. went to Larnaca for a leadership meeting about self-reliance, and Elder AJ. stayed with me in Limassol. We caught a bus (Elder AJ. has a broken hand with a cast and can't ride) to visit the same family we met on Tuesday. We taught the Restoration, and it went well. I am just not sure how interested they really are since they were not very responsive during the lesson. 

FRIDAY: It was weekly planning; everyone's favorite thing...We also had a meet up with our friend from Pakistan. He is always trying to stay positive despite his troubles.

SATURDAY: We handed out a bunch more flyers for our English classes. We have done almost 300 now in a week or so.

SUNDAY: We had T. come to church! He showed up 30 minutes early and just wanted to read his Book of Mormon while we prepared the sacrament and got everything ready for the service. We had a lot of people in church that day, and Sister Riser and I spoke.

I had to do translation for the first time during Sister Riser's talk. But, she mostly used a talk from President Benson, and that meant hard language. I butchered the translation, and the poor guy probably didn't understand anything. What was interesting was to see that the grammar flowed, and I could speak eight times faster than normal; it was just the words that I didn't know that were the problem. That is evidence of the gift of tongues and how the Holy Ghost brings things to our remembrance if we put in the effort.

We were able to see a less-active member that we haven't been able to really talk to for a few weeks and her friend! We also did family history and had leftovers from the potluck after church with the Risers.

Thanks, guys! 

Elder Müller

Not many pictures this week:(

Elder VE., not sure what happened here!

Elder VE, Elder Muller's newest companion

Elder VE. Looks like they were enjoying some
Chinese food!