The Email With No Title

Monday, December 3, 2018

Elder Muller ran into two members from Limassol!

MONDAY, November 26th: After emailing, we did some finding and met a guy I met a little bit ago, and he invited us into his sushi shop. It's brand new, and he and this really chill Cypriot lad just started making us sushi—like 50 euros worth of sushi—and they gave it to us all for free! 

TUESDAY, November 27th: We went to Caritas, and I needed to do some translation again. The guy there started to teach me how to say “hello” in Arabic but with proper pronunciation. It is hard! We had a great District Council about listening and had a good lesson that night.

WEDNESDAY, November 28th: We did service at L.’s, fixing his roof. I think there were pictures that Elder Fleming sent, but they were in last week's blog. We brought the other elders back to our apartment and ate food. As they were leaving, I looked at the time, and it was 3:05. We had a very important appointment at 3:00. We were still in our service clothes and covered in cement as well. We called Elder Fleming, and as per usual, he was willing and ready to help us out. We had a great lesson with our friend, and the Spirit was there. Elder Fleming bore great testimony and was such an amazing teacher. We had Greek class, and it went well. 

Doing some kind of rope game on L.'s roof!

THURSDAY, November 29th: I told Elder H. on Wednesday night that Thursday would be a miraculous day. Well, we had a boring morning inside doing studies and planning. We had lunch with the other elders: FRIIIIIIED CHICKEN from the Great Dane and Greek salad from the Portuguese Princess. We had a lesson with G. and had B. as a member present, and it went really well!!! I taught C. piano after that, and then we were waiting for our friend DL. when these two guys walked up to us and said, "Hey, you guys tried to talk to us a few weeks ago, but we were in a rush. We have time now. What's up?" These two legends are from Zimbabwe and are soooo chill. We gave them a Book of Mormon and invited them to church. DL. came, and we had another lesson with him as well, lol. So, it was a full day of teaching.

FRIDAY, November 30th: We had service with R. in the morning, and L. had made her cheesecake. This cheesecake will always get a shout-out in my emails. It might be the greatest thing I have ever eaten. We had a lesson with an 18-year-old kid from India named B. That went really well. Then, we had the lesson of all lessons. One of the best moments of my mission happened: the best lesson ever with Squad 2. We presented the Plan of Salvation, and J. had great questions and concerns, which we were able to resolve.

Then, P. started "rebuking us," talking about how anything that is not in the Bible is wrong, etc. We sat there and took it for a good ten minutes without saying anything. J. started going back on the bandwagon, and the Spirit prompts me to ask, "Do you feel the Spirit of the Lord right now?" As soon as P. had started speaking, the palpable presence of the Spirit, which had been there as we taught and testified, fled the room. The Spirit was with Elder H. and me.

They all mumbled “no,” and we explained that the truth is the truth, and it doesn't matter what book it comes from or who says it; the Spirit will testify of the eternal truth that has been stated. The lesson ended with D. rebuking P. and bearing testimony that the Spirit is the tool God gives us to find if something is true, not the Bible (though the Bible does help). J. told us he wants to be like us and be able to tell his friends that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. And P. asked, "How do I feel the Spirit?" I sat there smiling for a solid minute at that one. I was so dumb. P. just simply doesn't know how to identify truth. We are excited for our next lesson with them.

SATURDAY, December 1st: We tried to go see my old investigator (now a member) F. out in the village he lives in. He had forgotten to tell us that he had work in Larnaca, so we weren't able to see him. We returned to Nicosia and immediately went to the Hope for Children's shelter to do our service for the Worldwide Day of Service. We organized a big room that was the "dump everything in here room." We were with the entire District and the Grovers and Flemings. It was loads of fun!

World Wide Day of Service
Photo Credit: Elder Fleming

We came home and ate and did calls, and I started baking cookies. I was baking cookies while we did Weekly Planning (yeah, we've been too busy to actually do it, lol) #alittleapostatebutnottoomuch, and then we went to our Movie Night. We watched Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration with a bunch of new people we have been talking to. After the movie, we answered questions and ended up teaching all about the temple. It was an awesome night! And, people liked my cookies! #vinerite4lyfe

SUNDAY, December 2nd: We had people in church again! Elder F. and I got to teach their Chinese investigator, and she asked such good questions. This lady reads the Book of Mormon in Chinese and English and marks it all up and has a gospel words dictionary she is creating at the front of her Book of Mormon. Our friend F. couldn't attend sacrament meeting because his pastor had driven him and his brothers to church, lol, but this legend snuck out with his friend (turns out I know him as well) and came to Sunday school!!!! We have body snatchin’ like nobody's business out here! ;) We had three appointments bail on us after church, but one came an hour late, and we taught her and her two friends. We are meeting them next week and bringing another Book of Mormon for her friend. We had a mini belated Thanksgiving dinner with the Flemings, other elders, and the G. family. It was awesome and soooo good. After that, we headed with the other elders to Squad 1's house to bring them dinner. They have been going through some challenges and needed a pick me up. It was amazing.

Love you, guys!

Before I get off, shout out to Sister Coponen who reads my blog faithfully every week...but isn't coming to see me and Elder F. in Nicosia but sees everyone else on the island.... if she somehow reads this and makes a surprise visit here, she would be highly rewarded with another shout-out, lol!

- Elder Müller

Doing planning in some interesting places while it rains!

"Industrial Standard" τι μου λες hahaha
Wet shoes from the rain