Acropolis

Monday, March 4, 2019

TUESDAY, February 26th: We taught bunch of lessons. A recent convert invited his girlfriend/fiancé to take the lessons, and that is going very well. He and she are both amazing!!!! We got transfer calls, and Elder C. will be leaving me and heading to Nicosia, Cyprus. I will be with Elder C. here as co-district leaders. District council about eternal relationships went well, haha. 

WEDNESDAY, February 27th: We did service with the sisters at the Salvation Army and met with Elders Z. and B. and K. before performing a baptismal interview for K. A friend surprised us in Syntagma and tagged along to the interview. It was the first interview that I have performed for baptism, and it was an incredible experience. K. is getting baptized on the 5th of March. We had a lesson at a member's home and then saw D. and left our friend there before literally RUNNING for almost a kilometer to make it home on time for curfew. 

THURSDAY, February 28th: We taught at the Friendship Center and then were finally able to meet with a Greek man that referred himself over a month ago, but we weren't able to meet up with him. He had printed off the first bit of the Book of Mormon and talks with sister missionaries online, and they teach him sort of as well. He is 54 and lives with his mother but is sooo prepared and simply amazing. His very orthodox mother kicked us out of the house towards the end of our explanation about the Restoration, but he said he will meet us again this week.

We met up with K. in the evening because he called us and did not sound very good. He told us he needed to talk. Obviously, we were scared that his parents had decided not to let him get baptized after all [Editor’s note: minors (under 18) need parental permission for baptism.]. So, we sat down at a restaurant, and he started explaining that his dad had decided last minute not to allow the baptism and so he should return the baptismal record to us. He was totally serious, and we were devastated; then, he pulled out the record to hand back to us, and it was signed. This punk completely fooled us!!!!

FRIDAY, March 1st: We did service with Elders N. and N. at the soup kitchen and then had lunch with Sister Rounds, aka mom! We were celebrating a bunch of different things, lol. We had a lesson with our recent convert's girlfriend again, and it went very well. 

SATURDAY, March 2nd: We played football, and it was sooo hot. I even got a little sunburned, which is crazy because last week and at the beginning of this one, we were bundled up in full winter clothing and still cold. We did a very quick weekly planning session and went to church with our friend G. for Family Home Evening. He is a total legend, and he explained to a lady on the metro how we don't annoy people, lol. 

SUNDAY, March 3rd: A friend of the sisters who is going to be baptized in April bore his testimony and smashed it! It was so powerful!!!! Sunday School in the Greek branch was crazy, hahahaha. We went to lunch with the Sisters and K. at a less-active member's home, and then we went straight from there to another meal appointment with Elders N. and N. across the city. D., G., T., and I. had prepared a meal to say goodbye to Elders C. and N. We did some music finding and headed home.

MONDAY, March 4th: We went to the Acropolis!!!!

That's about it, guys. I love you all!!!

- Elder Müller


Lots of pictures of the Acropolis!

The following are pictures from another missionary in Athens: