ΙΚΕΑ!

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ!!

Well it was a great week!

So last Tuesday we had a good busy day we went to Karitas to volunteer and do service. The main guy wasn't there so we only had volunteers there. We were running around a lot so it was pretty crazy and we learned a lot. 

Wednesday we had a meeting with Godlove in the morning. We had a good lesson with him and then we went and had our district council. After we went up and met with some of our friends from Cameroon. It was a good night and they all 3 accepted to be baptized!!

Thursday we met up with a new friend named Tom he is a cool guy and has a lot of good questions. Hopefully he will start to progress.

Friday was pretty cool we did some service with a less-active member in the morning. We had a good discussion about Christ. In the evening we had some lessons one with our friend Austin about Families and Temples it was so cool the spirit was there and he wants to go to the temple and to be baptized so that was awesome!

Saturday we went and saw some of our friends in the evening, after doing some finding, we had a good time. There were a lot of distractions which made it tough but they came to church so I guess it went alright.

Sunday we had our branch conference for the branch. President and Sister Anderson came to visit it was a good Sunday and the spirit was there as we were talking about preparing for the dedication of the Rome temple in about 3 weeks! All of our friends were busy and so we ended up doing finding all day. It was crazy so much happened! It was so cool to see the hand of the lord, the funny thing was I gave out 3 copies of the Book of Mormon all in different languages it was pretty cool.

Today we had an adventure and we went to Ikea haha yup and it was awesome.

Well I love you all and hope that you have great weeks and never forget that all is in God's hands.

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p.s. some pics from the zone activity last week and our burger adventure.

Other Exciting news - Nikos and George were baptized this week in Athens!!

ΛΕΥΚΩΣΙΑ!

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ!!

Well what a week it has been, lots of rain this week again but amazing miracles! 

Monday night we met up with our new friend Austin, he is a student from Nigeria, we had a good lesson and then we were able to extend him a baptismal date. He is on for the 23rd and so it is awesome! 

Tuesday we went to Caritas again. It was super busy so that was good. We had lots to do. Then we had some meetings for the rest of the day. It was good day.

Wednesday we had another good day. Lots of appointments it was good because, at a couple, our investigators had found friends that wanted to hear the message that we had to share or just had friends along for the meetings. It was super cool to be able to have them help us share the message of the restoration with their friends because they already knew it.

Thursday we had another good day, a rainy day, but we were able to explore most of Nicosia before the rain. We went around in the old city a little bit and found some interesting people but it was good. We found some cool lookin roads.

Friday was a rainy day and in the morning we did some service for a less-active member who is going to be moving to the Philippines with his wife. So we helped him pack up some things and then had a meal with him. It was a good time. We hope soon he will be more open to coming back to church. We also had a good meeting with Godlove, and he was having some struggles and so we started a fast with him. It was really cool.

Saturday we had our branch correlation meeting. Then we went to a burger place and had burgers for Elder Ala-Jaaski's birthday, which was good probably the best burger I have had on my mission. Then we in the evening had a branch activity for the Rome temple dedication and watched some videos about the temple. It was good we had a good turn out and the spirit was there.

Sunday was crazy we had so many people come to sacrament meeting that by the end there were no chairs left. It was really cool to see that. Only about half of them were actually members it was awesome to see the blessings from the Lord and to see so many people come and enjoy the spirit.

Today was another great p-day we went out to a village with the whole zone and had a photo scavenger hunt and then we played ultimate Frisbee so it was a good day today! I also got to talk with my fam today that was pretty cool with all of the changes that have been made. It was cool.

Με αγάπη,

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ΒΡΟΧΗ PT.?

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ!!

Well it has been a pretty amazing week this week with lots of fun adventures!

Last Monday we went up to go to the Chinese restaurant that is owned by a member and it was Chinese New Years and so we got turned away and we got to go and meet up with some members that live in the same building and we organized to play some soccer on Saturday with all of their friends it was cool. 

Tuesday we got to go to Caritas again and we had a good time and were able to help lots of people it was cool.

Wednesday it RAINED ALL DAY. So yeah it was interesting. Oh yeah and we also got to go down the escape chute they added to the church so I got to go off the 5th floor and it was pretty fun.

Thursday was another rainy day but we had some appointments and stuff that kept us busy.

Friday was the same as Thursday but we were in in the morning doing studies and as soon as we step out the door it started to rain so we got creative and it was a fun day figuring things out.

Saturday we had a good soccer match with all of our friends we had a lot of friends come and some members and so it was really good and it was good to see everyone loosen up a bit.

Sunday was a good Sunday it was rainy in the morning and that didn't help our attendance very much but we had an awesome meeting and a potluck after and it was a good service. Then we had a meeting with a less active couple he is from England and she is from the Philippines and they were sick so we stopped by and it was a good meeting Roy the man doesn't really want to come to church but is happy to say he is a member and his wife works so it is a difficult situation for them.

Today was a good day it was fruit day so I spent the morning getting the smoothies ready for the week and chopping up our MOUNTAIN of fruit.

ΣΑΣ ΑΓΑΠΑΩ ΠΟΛΥ

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ΤΡΕΧΑΜΕ

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ!

Well it for sure has been a great week full of miracles and good times!

Last Tuesday we had a busy day in the morning. We went to Caritas, which is a place that helps take in the refugees and helps the refugees with the legal process. We help them register new people and you hear these stories. It made me super grateful for the circumstances that I have in my life. Because it is a pretty messed up world that we live in. Then we had a lesson after district council with Godlove. He is awesome. We talked about temples and how we have to be members. Without us even asking him to be baptized he says he knows that he needs to be baptized, and it will be warmer in February. That was awesome! So he will be baptized this month.

Wednesday another great day we had lessons most of the day and really got to see the Lord's hand in the day. 

Thursday we did weekly planning. Then we ran around the city handing out donation bags and having lessons. It was another great day.

Friday we went out to the village in the morning and taught our friend named Derrick. He is a stud. It was cool to drive out to the village. Cyprus is a pretty place and we got to drive through some "mountains", or at least that is what they called them, they were pretty small but it was still awesome. I took a selfie out in the village cause I thought it was a cool place.

Saturday wow we had some amazing miracles that day. My favorite was while we were doing finding I met this woman named Linda from Africa. I taught her most of the restoration. At the end she asked for the Book of Mormon in my hand so she could read it at home, then asked where and when church was so that she could come, and then she came! It was a really cool miracle.

Sunday we had a good day at church we filled the chapel! There were so many friends there is was cool. Afterwards we got to go and have a meal at the senior couple's house. it was our last one because they are leaving soon, then we will no longer have a senior couple in Nicosia which will be interesting. 

Today was a lazy day and guess what? They have Taco Bell here in Cyprus. They deliver so I decided that I was going to try it out.

Well that was my week and I am super grateful for how in the work of the Lord we are guided by the Holy Ghost cause without it nothing would happen! Hope you all have a great week!

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