Well what a great week!
I am sorry but I don't remember at all when happened on Tuesday it was a great day though for sure it just disappeared.
Wednesday we were going out in the morning to do some service. We starting talking to this guys and he starting asking lots of questions about the church. At the end he is like well I would love it if you guys could help me out cleaning up parks and stuff so we said yes! We ended the day by finishing off the painting at our neighbors house!
Thursday we went and helped out our new friend Nikos at the park and it was good. He even invited us to come to his house so that we could talk we are excited! Then we went up to Dimitris house with Elder Carroll and were able to have a good lesson it is cool to see the spirit work on him slowly slowly.
Friday we went up and helped out Dimitris at his house - or really we were able to help his mom with work in the yard. It was awesome. Then we went and visited Brother Matrapazis one last time I am going to miss my big guy. Then we had a meal at Brother Todi's house with Dimitris it went great!
Then Saturday we helped out our friends at the Laiki and then went and visited Vasilios in the evening it was great.
Sunday was a great fast Sunday. We had a great church service and we were able to meet up with the Stilos in the afternoon, it was great. Then we visited our neighbor Marina she is amazing. We were able to give her a book of Mormon and she will be coming to church next Sunday. It is so amazing to see how service can open hearts!
Today has been a good day, a lot of packing, but I also found a store that sells some American goods and so we had a good time exploring there!
I have loved my time here in Thessaloniki sad to be leaving but excited for the adventures ahead, God is really in our lives!
Love,
Elder Halverson(Sorry Greek keyboard broke)
Belief is the reason we go on a mission. It is the motive for preaching about Christ and sharing/Proclaiming his love. Faith is understanding we are children of God and our Heavenly Father. May this definition of faith bless you in your life. Faith is defined again and because faith has an inherent joy it gives us a solid foundation that we finally have the peace we have been searching for.
ReplyDelete"Many believer's feed themselves on what God hasn't done. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I create the atmosphere for the spirit of offense to arise and to thrive. When I dwell on what hasn't happened, I legitimize unbelief. I live with a sense of justification, for not believing God.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance. even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance
Heaven is a place where everyone is celebrated, some are more honored but everyone is celebrated. All men and all women shall be judged on the light which they have received. Heaven is a permissible culture. God's nature is eternally permissible. These statements protect us from credit.
Faith in the purest sense is the ceasing of resistance, even when there's no physical evidence, when the other evidence is present. Not feeding ourselves on what God hasn't done. Faith in it's purest form is the absence of resistance. Faith doesn't deny a problems existence, it denies it's influence. He or she was someone whom aridity and desolation never disturbed for he or she had a deeply rooted, and a vigorous faith.
Now we can act as we have always dreamed. Now we can act as we have always been. Now we can step into the light and gather the sunlight instead of blocking out our possibilities. Instead of blocking out our joy. Variety will bloom in/under the sun. We can show off our best, we can enjoy other people's gifts. We can blossom where we stand upon the joy that faith provides us. Upon the joy that faith inherently has, which blossoms the entire field of flowers"
.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDYaxabUfkA - The Definition of Faith