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Elders Muller, S. VE, and Z.
Elders S. and VE are headed home after
faithfully serving a 24 month mission! |
Monday, October 22, 2018
So,
the title is dedicated to my amazing friend Elder V. ;) Είσαι πολύ
αυθάδικος.
WEDNESDAY, October 17th: We went to J.
and said goodbye to him. He called me Clements Jr. (This doesn't make sense
unless you know him, but it pretty much means I'm his favorite!). We had
District Council in the Kato Paphos apartment (insert an Elder Z. face here)
and then did Voice of the Lord survey on the boardwalk.
THURSDAY, October 18th: We had
service with V. for the last time and had lunch with the Risers. I ate waaaay
too much, and we got ice cream afterwards too. We had Weekly Planning and then
said goodbye to A. from the shop. We had dinner with N. in the sketchiest place
ever...and it was tiny and full of cigarette smoke and beer, haha. But, the
food was decent. Basically, it was a day full of food.
FRIDAY, October 19th: We went in the
morning and said goodbye to our Chinese member (Auntie E., lol). We then
changed clothes and went to see M. (Cypriot Member) and her dog. We gave the
dog a bath, lol, and then went home. I dug through the area books while Elder VE.
packed. We had studies and lunch, and then he left with Elder S., and I stayed
with Elder Z. We went finding on the boardwalk and saw this guy like fall onto
the side walk and then just lay there. There was a crowd, and it looked like he
was either overdosing or going through a withdrawal. So, it was an interesting
start to our few days together.
SATURDAY, October 20th: This was one
of the craziest days of my mission. We did service in the morning with V. and
then went home for companionship study [Editor’s note: the elders study the scriptures together for companionship study].
We then went to a banquet lunch we were invited to by the charity organization
we help at the charity shop. After not being able to find the restaurant,
we were then moved around (our seats) four times before ending up being seated
in front of the Head of the Anti-Cancer Foundation of Cyprus (Friends for Life)
and also the head of the Limassol Branch.
After an incredible lunch,
which included a magical arm that magically refilled my glass of water over 15
times, we were asked a lot about what we do and why we are here in Cyprus. At
the end of the meal we gave the head of the Foundation a Book of Mormon and promised her blessings if she read it. It was
pretty cool.
Then that evening, we
did a whiteboard, after the first rain of the season, and met the Prophet of
Cyprus. We were talking to this very Greek Orthodox guy for like 20 minutes,
and he wasn't very accepting and pretty hesitant to read the Book of Mormon. Then, this random
Cypriot guy who was looking at the whiteboard turned to him and started
testifying in PURE Cypriot about the truthfulness of the Book. It was going well for ten minutes, and then they started
really arguing (by the way, the guy testifying of the Book of Mormon spoke of ten minutes using pure church doctrine,
including quoting verses from the Book of
Mormon and the Pearl of Great Price).
After 30 minutes, they were just mad at each other, haha.
I figured out almost
immediately that the guy testifying was a former investigator who has read and
knows all of our doctrine but said he didn't receive an answer about being
baptized, and he now believes he is a prophet. He combines "all"
religions: "like MMA, man, you can't just use karate or judo; you must
have them together." But I must say, this guy spoke for 30 minutes and
only said two things that were not doctrine. He wrecked the other guy.
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| Elder Z. "wrecked" |
SUNDAY, October 21st: For Church, we
watched General Conference, Sunday Afternoon Session. We had a new member show
up, lol. I needed to be in church almost the entire day preparing for our
whitewash [Editor’s note: This is missionary slang for having two new
missionaries come to an area; normally, one missionary will be transferred out
while the other one stays in the area, so “whitewashing” is when both
missionaries are transferred to a new area at the same time, which is not as
common.]. Oh, I forgot...on Friday, we received transfer calls while with
Cypriot mom. I am going to Nicosia Strovolos with Elder H. We are
whitewashing/reopening the area. Limassol is being whitewashed by Elder G. and
Elder A. After that, we gave a blessing to a member, in Greek.
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Me with some of the members of Limassol
featuring Sister Brown from Paphos Branch |
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Me with some of the members of Limassol
featuring Sister Brown from Paphos Branch |
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Me with some of the members of Limassol
featuring Sister Brown from Paphos Branch |
Alright, guys, I love
you all, and I'm looking forward to a new adventure as I return to Nicosia!
Have a great week!
- Elder Müller
[Editor's note: Pictures are a little random this week because some that Elder Muller could not get to upload last week came through this week.]
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| Elder VE |
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| Elder VE |
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| Saying Goodbye to A. |
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Dinner with family in the mountains
Member, Elder and Sister Riser, Elder VE |
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| Dinner in the mountains |
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| Saying goodbye |
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| Elder VE |
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| Elder VE and members in the mountains |
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| Sister Riser and member in the mountains |
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| Elder VE and A. |
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Elders loading up to head to Athens
for their flights home.
Elders S. and VE |
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| Elders S., VE and Z. |
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Well done, thy good and faithful servants
Elders S. and VE heading home after 24 months |
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| Elders S. and VE |
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| Elders Muller, S., VE., and Z. |
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| Elders Muller, S., VE., and Z. |
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