Wow well it was been a while and times have been crazy so sorry this will probably be a long email.
I will go all the way back to the 18th which was two weeks ago, that night a member Heidi took out me, Elder Gaskill and some other missionaries to dinner for my birthday it was really cool.
On the 19th we had district meeting and then we had our first lesson with George a guy that we found out on the street it went really well and he is now an investigator! That was really awesome, I have a hard time understanding him though because he mumbles but he is a funny guy and loves Jesus so it all works out in the end.
On the 20th we all went caroling at Syntagma. It was interesting we had a crazy homeless guy sit there and talk to one of us or yell at us pretty much the whole time. It was pretty fun.
The 21st we were just sitting at home eating our lunch and we get a call from President Heder. He told us that one Elder from Athens was going home and that me and Elder Gaskill would be moving the next day to Pireas, which is by the ports. So we had to pack and be there the next day by lunch time.
The 22nd we moved to Pireas and took the Elder that was leaving to the church. The rest of the day we basically just moved in. A pretty boring day. Oh yeah we were in a Threesome with Elder Shinasi.
On the 23rd we had a Christmas party with the Greek branch. It was good. They had the youth do an activity for the Saviors birth and they read the Narration out of the Book of Mormon. It was a good night.
On the 24th we went to Presidents house and had a Christmas dinner and just had a good time with the missionaries. President and Sister Heder did a good spiritual presentation for us and man my mission President can sing wow.
Christmas day it was probably my best Christmas yet, in the morning we just hung out and that night we went to a members house. I was able to skype with my family and it was awesome. After we had an awesome dinner it was a good day.
Tuesday, was another good day we had an activity at the church. It all started with a 1000 meter race which was awesome! I may be a little out of shape but it was still really fun to race again none the less. I won! The rest of the day we just played games, and had a talent show. It was really fun being with the other missionaries. Here is a picture.
Wednesday we had Zone conference which was really good.
Thursday we did all of our shopping. This was the first time we were able to Since Christmas was Monday and we moved.
Friday we went and walked around our new area for 8 hours. None of us in the threesome knew the area so we walked around visiting members and getting to know the area. It was fun. The ocean is super cool in my new area.
Saturday we got to go to a meal with all of the other missionaries at the church and some of the members. Then we also got news that day that one of the Elders from Cyprus had to go home for medical reasons. So Elder Shinasi would be leaving us and I am now whitewashing and training so fun stuff.
New Years eve was a good day, we had a good meeting at church. Then we went to a members house in the afternoon with all of the other missionaries. It was fun. I got up and celebrated New Years at 9 this morning cause I was asleep for new years here.
Today we dropped off Elder Shinasi with his new companion and cleaned our apartment that probably hasn't been cleaned for years.
It was a great two weeks. This past week I was able to finish the Book of Mormon again. It was so awesome and I read President Nelsons talk from last conference on the BoM. I really like the story about the African leader, it poses a great question for us. We must decide would we rather have the BoM or the riches of the world. The Book of Mormon is my choice because it is so awesome, if you are unsure about your answer I would invite you to read and pray.
Thank you guys for all being awesome!
Love,
Elder Halverson
P.S. Some ocean pictures
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