We Snorted WHAT?!?!

Monday, December 17, 2018

The Moon

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TUESDAY, December 11th: We had service at Caritas in the morning and then had to run to catch the bus. We had brought our proselyting clothes in a bag, but I was "that guy" who forgot to bring a white shirt. So, I ended up staying in service clothes during the entire district council. We organized area books as a district after the meeting.

WEDNESDAY, December 12th: We went to the Flemings’ for lunch because Elder F. gave Sister Fleming enchilada seasoning, and we use any excuse we have to eat Sister Fleming's enchiladas, haha! We had been planning on waiting until Christmas to do this next part, but it was too perfect to wait. Elder Fleming had told us a story about his sons. He once jokingly snorted Jell-O at the dinner table, and his sons immediately started doing it. It had made Sister Fleming very upset...so we decided to do the same thing, hehehehe.

We sneakily got Sister Fleming to make Jell-O, and all the elders and Elder Fleming were just glancing at each other as we reached the end of the enchiladas. Eventually, Elder Fleming broke and told Sister Fleming what the plan was. Then after we begged Sister Fleming for permission and to not kill Elder Fleming, he "ingested it through his nasal passage." Elder J. followed but failed miserably on his first attempt. One of the best moments of my mission was seeing Elder Fleming slowly throw his head back and burst out laughing at the attempt. For the next 20 minutes, Sister Fleming was almost crying from seeing four elders and her husband nasally ingesting Jell-O. So. So. Funny. 

THURSDAY, December 13th: We were inside planning for most of the day....but we had sushi at our favorite Koi Sushi Bar. Then, we had a lesson with two of our new friends from Zimbabwe, and when we went to the cafe to have the lesson, we ran into the other elders (we were just at sushi with them), and it turns out Elder F. knows a guy that our friends know. So, we all taught together about the Book of Mormon and started doing the 21 Day Challenge with them. Then, we had a lesson with Squad 1: D., O., and F. O. needed to go somewhere, so he missed most of the lesson, but we taught F. and D. more about the Great Apostasy and why there are so many churches. It went pretty well.

FRIDAY, December 14th: We had service with R. and did more plastering. We had a little bit of finding with the other elders and then a spiritual thought with squad 5 or 6 or whatever; I can't keep track anymore. We then got dropped by Squad 2. They spoke to their pastor, and their pastor pretty much told them not to listen to us. Funny enough, the planned lesson was on Quenching the Spirit. So, we bore testimony for an hour and then individually asked them if they would like to continue to learn and to read from both the Bible AND the Book of Mormon. All said no except for D. Then for the second week in a row, he came out and smashed his roommates in pure testimony and said that everything that WE have said will happen has happened and that the Spirit has been telling them that it's true. LEGEEEEEND!!!!!!!!!!!!

SATURDAY, December 15th: We had coordination meeting with everyone, and then we ate gyros with the other guys and had a doctrinal discussion as always. We went with Elder Fleming to G.’s new apartment and ran into B. (recent convert) and invited him to join us as well. The lesson was full of the Spirit, and B. and Elder Fleming bore powerful testimonies. We will see what G. does. He is becoming more and more happy, and it's amazing to see. I hope he will make the decision to know for himself if he should be baptized. We were supposed to have a lesson with D. about his baptism, but there had been another killing in Cameroon, and the atmosphere in the apartment was not good. We shared Alma 62:41 and gave them our love and support.

SUNDAY, December 16th: J. CAME TO CHURCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She was even early to Solomon's Square and sacrificed her only day off to be with us all morning. She even stayed after church and we taught her more about the Plan of Salvation. She is such a light!!! She always brightens our day with her smile and warm spirit. She is prepared for the gospel! We also had O., S., G., G., and S. in church. We broke the record with 38 people in church!!!! LEZ GOOOO BOIIIIS. We also received transfer calls...yeah, it was a surprise to us as well. Elder H. and I will be staying in Nicosia, and Elder J. will be joining us for a few weeks—trio time, lads. Elder F. will be training Elder I. (an American but who is Greek-speaking already from his parents) who is being transferred from the MTC early.

That's all for this week. Love you all. Keep Lighting the World!!!

- Elder Müller

How we learn Greek. I have lots and lots of these bad boys

New Flashcard/throwback to the MTC style

New Flashcard/throwback to the MTC style

When you are updating the area book for
almost 2 hours and you are just done...

When you are updating the area book for
almost 2 hours and you are just done...