Monday, December 10, 2018
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| CRISTINOS...that's Cafe Nuovo, btw |
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Christmas Scripture Count Down Tree
Made by Elder Muller's sister, Alyssa |
TUESDAY, December 4th:
So, we went to Caritas like always, and it was crazy busy. We went to visit our
friend F., and he brought us upstairs into his apartment, and there we found
like 18 Nigerian and Cameroonian university students......it was crazy. I
enjoyed rebuking them publicly every time they made a reference to a perversion
of the Law of Chastity, an eternal law that God the Father has ordained from
the beginning and will be ordained for the everlasting. It was quite fun, and
they all had a good time and invited us over to come talk about the Word with
them. That evening, we went caroling with the other elders and the Flemings to
some less-active members. It was great.
WEDNESDAY, December 5th: We had an
apartment inspection in the morning and once again passed with flying colors
#keepthatTajMahalniceboooois. I taught piano to our friend again, and we gave
him a Book of Mormon and taught him
more about it. He's a great kid: 17 and all alone in Cyprus, fleeing a war
where his family is still stuck. We went with Elder Fleming to visit D. and O.
We had a great spiritual lesson and invited them to be baptized. D. asked for three
days to pray; we also fasted with him, and O. said he has some things to sort out but will
decide before the 20th. They felt the Spirit very strongly.
THURSDAY, December 6th: We went to
go see F. up in the village, and we brought coats for him and the refugees he
has taken in! What a LAD!!!!! His place is small but spotless, and HE HAS
DREADS!!! He does it for the cold because he says his head hurts otherwise,
lol. He took us to go see our friends from Nigeria who live in the same
village. There are 11 of them total, but we were able to teach 5 of them. It
was great, and we brought four copies of the Book of Mormon and pamphlets for them to start reading. We had a good
Law of Chastity lesson with our friend G. We celebrated my one-year in Cyprus
by having lunch/dinner at TGI Friday's. I am now the longest-serving missionary
in Cyprus. GO TEAM!!! (Just not APOEL...anything but APOEL) [Editor’s note: This
is a football, aka soccer, team in Nicosia.]
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| TGI Friday's for lunch |
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| Elder H. TGI Friday's for lunch |
FRIDAY, December 7th: It was the day
of days. We went to Limassol (home) for Zone Training. The training was good. I
am the grandpa of the zone now, and I always enjoy welcoming Elder B. to the
island. ;) After Zone Training, Elder H. was a beast and was stopping everyone on the
way down to the bus stop. We even taught two lessons, by the way, one of which
was with a 20-something-year-old Greek kid who brought us to the nearby Greek
Orthodox church, and we kind of taught him on the steps.
Greeks have this thing
it seems that they only like to talk about God in a church or with apriest
present....#Alma31&32 and the guy was surprised when we asked him what he personally
believed about who God is, not what his church teaches. That seems to throw
people a lot. I encourage everyone to put in the work to know the answer to the
question, "Who is God?"
I saw Cypriot Brother,
C., and my friend K. as well. We passed by A. and said hi. It is always nice to
see him. At the bus stop, I got a talking to this girl, and we continued our
conversation on the bus. We ended up talking for almost two hours about
everything in life pretty much. It was super weird, like we knew each other or
something. And, it was all in Greek. I had been asking her for help with the
language because I felt like I was losing it. Halfway through the bus ride home,
I was able to speak to her about God and who he is and show her the Book of Mormon (unfortunately, we had
given out all our Greek copies already, so I only had it in English). As we
were about to get off at our stop, I asked her if we could meet up and give her
a copy of the Book of Mormon in
Greek. At first, she really didn't want to give me her phone number (Boyfriends
create a lot of problems for elders, guys), but after I bore my testimony and
promised her that she would find more peace and happiness if she would read the
book, she gave me her phone number!!!!
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Famous Nuovo Cafe
Elder Muller and his man, Cristinos
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After we got off at
our stop, we taught Squad 2 (P., D., J., and E.), and it went soooooo well. We
invited them to be baptized, and even though no one accepted the invitation,
every single heart was softened, and two of them told us that they know
everything we have been teaching is true. GUYS!!!! The Spirit is the real
teacher. Seriously, if we don't have the Spirit, we are nothing.
SATURDAY, December 8th: We had a
couple people flake on us but had a good family home evening with our Chinese
member and her friends! I made fried rice for the potluck on Sunday.
SUNDAY, December 9th: We had G., O.,
F., and D. in church, and our friends F. and R. came again for Sunday school
and the potluck! I helped Elder J. teach the Plan of Salvation to our Chinese
friend with our member translating. Her son wore my suit coat, and she wants
him to grow up and be a man like me.....#I'llMakeAManOutOfYou #DisneyMulan. We had a lesson with J.! She read the
introduction of the Book of Mormon
and the Restoration pamphlet!!!! We had an amazing time with R., L., and the
other elders at dinner. R. called us
later and said it was the best time he's ever had with the missionaries in six
years!!!
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| #I'llMakeAManOutOfYou |
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| #I'llMakeAManOutOfYou |
I love you all. Guys,
please, if you haven't in a while, or ever before, read the Book of Mormon. Just do it. Read it
every day for 15 minutes for one week. See what happens. Write down what
feelings you have. I love the quote about working on your dreams, but I like to
apply it to reading the Book of Mormon
and trying to know the truth about God:
"Most people
don't work on their dreams (or reading the Book
of Mormon). Why? First is because of fear—the fear of failure: what if
things don't work out (what if it's not true?)? What if they do, and I can't
handle it? (what does it mean if the Book
IS true?)"
Guys, don't let fear
rule your life. Step into the dark, and just like Indiana Jones...you will find
something there.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!!!
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