ΕΥΡΕΣΗ!!!!!!!!!

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ!

Well my week was just amazing and just so full of good stuff.

So last Tuesday we started an exchange and me and Elder Gaskill were able to go back to Piraeus with Elder Nueundorf it brought back lots of memories and not much has changed since we left which is kinda funny. But what was crazy is we went to do finding on this road that we had walked so many times before trying to do finding and this time we have some great success and were able to give out some Books of Mormon which was so cool.

Wednesday we got back together and had a lesson with Ellis who is just our stud of an investigator who wants to do good in his life. Then we did a whiteboard afterwords with some other missionaries because our lesson fell through. It was going so well until the police showed up and lied to us telling us it was illegal for us to proselyte in Greece, which we can they just kicked us out anyways which was fun.

Thursday was a good day that night we headed out and did music finding and it went really well we had a lot of good conversations and it was cool.

Friday we did service at the soup kitchen. It was pretty fun we were able to make friends with someone who has started to work there and will come every week which was cool. They are going to read from the Book of Mormon! 

Saturday was a great day. All of our lessons canceled but that night we got a call and were able to go and watch the game of a member in the branch who was playing. We were able to sit with his dad it was super cool to be able to get to know him better. He is such a good guy and does everything for his kids it is super awesome. In the evening we had a whiteboard that went really well. I don't know just recently we have been very blessed. I have been able to share the gospel and my testimony so much more than usual which I just love!

Sunday was a great Sabbath we were able to have a very short sacrament service and watch both of the afternoon sessions of General Conference. Oh man it was awesome to see I really love conference. Then we were able to go and do more finding! I don't know this week was just awesome and filled with blessings we were able to do a good amount of teaching and also finding and talking with people. Over the past couple of weeks things have been happening here in Greece and it is amazing to see the hand of the Lord in His work!

Today we had a good lazy day, we came to the church today and played some ping-pong. We played a lot of around the world just reminded me of the good 'ole times with the boyz playing sting pong. It was just fun.

I love you all have a great week!

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Us doing email

The game on Saturday night (it was the best track I have seen since leaving home)

ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΣΥΝΕΛΕΥΣΗ!!!!!!

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ!!!

Well it was just a great week so lets get to it.

Last Tuesday we started our exchange with Elders Amoz and Ala-Jaaski. Elder Gaskill and I stayed in our area with Elder Ala-Jaaski who is from Finland. It was a good day and we got to teach English Class that night which went pretty well.

Wednesday we got to go out to the Friendship Center for the refugees and to again teach English this time it went really well. We then switched back and got to teach Awesome a lesson. It was super cool we had taught him the same lesson before and he was very skeptical and did really like it but this time we were able to teach him and he accepted it and agreed to ponder and pray about our message which was just awesome. That night it was Elder Gaskill's year mark and for our dinner we bought gyros and went and sat on Mars Hill looking out over the city at night. It was super cool. Then we asked this guy to take our picture and so he did and as we are leaving I told him to have a good vacation turns out he actually lives here and was from Latvia. His name was Remus (and he looks just like a blonde version of Remus Lupin from Harry Potter) We got talking he was cool then he let us know he moved to Greece from England for some "health reason" haha too funny, but he was super nice and had a nice camera and offered at the end to take our picture with that and to send them to us it was awesome!

Thursday was a great day we got to go out in the morning and help out in the park and to talk with one of our investigators about coming to church which went well. That night we went and did some Voice of the Lord survey finding and it was just a good time.

Friday we went and helped out at the Soup Kitchen for a good chunk of the day. That night we went and did a whiteboard and asked people what the world needs. It was a good question. Then we ran into a member that night he was just a sweet old man and it was awesome we ended up taking him with us to General Conference the next night it was a cool experience.

Saturday we did a whiteboard in the middle of the day that went surprisingly well and then that night we were able to go and watch General Conference it was awesome I loved being able to hear from those inspired. One of my favorites was David A. Bednar's talk about just being united in Christ it was really awesome!

Sunday was a good day of church. After church we were able to go as missionaries of Athens to do a music finding activity in the center and it went really well and we ran into some members right before we left for conference who took our picture.

We were able to watch the Sunday morning session of conference and I loved President Nelsons talk especial his response to "are you a mormon?" haha.

Today was good we went again up to the hill above the city to celebrate with Elder Gaskil's group for hitting 1 year it was really cool it is super pretty.

Just overall a great week! I love you all have a great week!

ΑΓΑΠΗ ΜΟΝΟ 

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ΒΡΟΧΗ;?;

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ!!

Well it was just a great week and I hope that I haven't forgotten everything that happened.

Tuesday was a good day we were able to again head out to Mati to clean up the fires it was good and we were able to finish cleaning up our 3rd house.

Wednesday we just had a good solid day of work.

Thursday we had a lot of lessons we had one in the morning with our friend in the park and I got to use the jack-hammer again it was fun. Then we met up with Prince and Awesome and we had great lessons with both and the Spirit was really strong. 

Friday we went in the evening to do Family Home evening with Jessie-Anna and her sister who is going to be baptized at the end of the month, but we showed up on time and she said she would be 20 minutes late so we went out to do some finding and just down the street we started talking to this guy from Albania, so we are up on the curb and he is down in the street and we are talking and he wanted a book of Mormon so as I step down to give him one the car right next to me just starts going off and I didn't even touch it but luckily he still took the book of Mormon and a card but we couldn't get his number cause the car went off but oh well hopefully he will read it and give us a call.

Saturday the rain started to come down really hard this day and so we almost remade our plans of going out to the market but instead we just decided to go for it. And we went to the market and the first person that we talk with is just a great guy wanted the book of Mormon and we will be meeting up with him tomorrow! Awesome blessings!

Then we had a great Sabbath day we had a talk from a recent convert who had no preparation before hand and he gave the best talk that I have ever heard in Greek, he talked about Charity and how it is something that we need and something that Jesus Christ showed us so perfectly. Then afterwords we had a lunch at the church and it was great I love being part of the branch family here in Greece! So then after that Elder Gaskill came to our companionship as his companion was transferred so we are now in a trio. Then that night we were able to meet up with Jack the magician and we showed us some tricks we talked about the church and then at the end he shared with us that he really enjoyed our talks and learning about the church which is really awesome!

Well that was my week we were blessed today as the rain finally stopped. But I hope that you all have a great week!

ΣΑΣ ΑΓΑΠΑΩ

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Sorry no new pictures this week but I have some more for last week

ΣΥΝΕΛΕΥΣΗ ΖΩΝΗΣ

ΓΕΙΑ!!!

Λοιπόν κοιλίας ξέρετε πως πήγε η εβδομάδα μου, αλλά να σας πω, είχα μια υπεροχή εβδομάδα!!

So Tuesday we again were able to go out and to help with the fires and do some clean up so that was fun, and then we taught a HUGE English class which was just awesome and that was the start of a great week!

Wednesday we again went to the friendship center and I taught English again and this time the class had doubled in size which was crazy but really fun. Then that night we went to the center and did the Voice of the Lord which was again more fun!

Thursday we did some weekly planning and t hen in the evening we went out and did a whiteboard!

Friday we did some studies and some preparation for Zone Conference and then we met up with the Thessaloniki missionaries and did some small exchanges with them it was good to see them all again!

Saturday we had Zone Conference and it was great! Me and Elder Balser were able to have a super good presentation about finding joy in the journey and especially in missionary work if you want to look up President Nelson's talk "Joy Cometh in the Morning" we just talked about how important the relationships with our Companions, Ourselves, and with God really are and how they help us find joy. Then that night we went out and did some music finding and it went really well it was some of the best finding that I have done in my mission and we are definitely going to be doing it again but it was really cool. 

Sunday, a great Sabbath day that we were able to end in the best way with another great whiteboard with a ton of success finding people to teach!

Today was awesome! We went out with a lot of missionaries because the old office couple came to visit so we went to Mars Hill and then went out exploring the center together it was really fun a ton of people stopped us and we ran into a lot of members. 

Well I love you all have a great week!

ΑΓΑΠΗ ΜΟΝΟ

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ΘΑΥΜΑΤΑ!! (ΠΑΝΤΟΥ ΕΙΝΑΙ)

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ!!!!

Well this week was pretty great! 

Tuesday, we went out again to Mati to help clean up the fires and we had a good time and were able to finish clearing out one person's house so they now just have to scrub it up and then start to rebuild which is cool. Then that night we were able to teach English class which went really well and we got a few people to come out. 

Wednesday I got to teach another English class at the Friendship center to Refugees who didn't speak English or Greek so that was a bit interesting but I think it went well I couldn't really communicate with them so to be honest I couldn't really tell ya.

On Thursday we in the morning got to help out at the park and we made friends with the guy we were working with and his name is Jimmy and he said he would like to come to church sometime which is really cool.

Friday was then yet another great day, we met up with a guy from Africa named Prince and he wants to learn about the church and is super enthusiastic about hearing the word of God so it is pretty cool and we hope that everything goes well for him.

Then Saturday, we in the morning went to the street market to do some service and we talked with one of our friends who owns a shop and we gave her a book of Mormon and she wants to meet up and talk about it which is awesome! Then on our way back we ran into another friend at the park who we hadn't seen since we gave him a Book of Mormon but he told us that he had been reading it and that he loved it which is super awesome and we now have his phone number so we can meet up with him this week!

Sunday was then a great Sabbath day and we were surprised by the members with a big meal for everyone in the branches and it was super awesome and we had a member who was baptized a little bit ago who received the Aaronic Priesthood and that was super awesome to be able to see that and the things that change!

Today was a good day we got to walk around a bit because the metro wasn't working right but it was a really nice time and then we met up with Elders Gaskill and Albertson and headed over to a Mexican place and then a little bit later two more Elders and the Sisters showed up at the same place and then just a bit later the other 4 Elders in Athens showed up at the same place, all unplanned showing up in the same restaurant at the same time it was really funny so we decided to take a pic.

Well that is it for the day, just always remember as my sister has told me before "God is good" and he really is!

ΣΑΣ ΑΓΑΠΑΩ!

ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΕΡΟΣ ΧΑΛΒΕΡΣΟΝ

ΛΙΚΑΒΙΤΟΣ

ΓΕΙΑ!!!

Well it was such an amazing week!

Tuesday we again went out to the fires and were able to help out, it was awesome! Then that night we started an exchange with Elders Gaskill and Albertson I was able to head out with Elder Gaskill into their area.

Wednesday we had our exchange and that night we taught our first self-reliance class it went pretty well. At the end we ask the guy that was there if he wanted to find a job and he said "no". So we asked him why he wanted to come and he said he just likes the missionaries so that was pretty cool. 

Thursday was a good day we did our planning for the week and then that night we went out and did the Voice of the Lord survey. It went pretty well as a group we did awesome!

On Friday we had a lesson with one of our friends from the Voice of the Lord he is 19 and Greek! and interested! man it is crazy but we are super excited to continue to meet up with him his name is Giannis.

Saturday we had another awesome lesson with yet another Greek that was 19 and wants to learn and agrees with what we said! It was so awesome to have these two days and to see the hand of the Lord in the work!

Sunday we had a great meeting and a good day. That night we had a whiteboard and it was crazy! We just had so many good conversations it was so awesome! 

Then today we went out with some missionaries and had a good time watching them switch the guards at the capital and then going up to one of the coolest views in Athens!

(yes they do hame pom-poms on their feet)

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A Whiteboard!

One night just walking home and stumbled upon the track!

Rafina Service

"Οταν είστε στην υπηρεσία των συνανθρώπων σας απλώς είστε στην υπηρεσία του Θεού σας."

ΓΕΙΑ

λοιπόν, δεν ξέρω τι να πω απλά να ξέρετε ότι πέρασε μια χαρά η εβδομάδα αυτή!

On Monday we went and had Family home evening with a member and her two younger siblings. Her parents decided to sit in the other room and not join us but we had a good time. Her younger brother who is 14 wants to meet up with us sometime and has the best questions which is awesome!

Tuesday, we had a good day we got to go out and do some service at a place in Greece that was affected by some fires. We helped clean up, it was pretty fun, and it was great to be able to help out.

Wednesday, we had a lesson with Kosta and then to be honest I don't remember what else happened this day. 

Thursday was a great day we got going and had two lessons in the morning with Kosta and Johnny in the park. Then we headed to the church for a Facebook meeting. Then we started an exchange with the APs I got to go with Elder Goodwin and that night we just went out and smashed the finding. We were able to make a lot of friends at Syntagma Square it was super awesome!

Friday we finished off our exchange. In the evening we had a lesson with our friend Athanasios. He is a good guy just a little confused about what religion actually is.

Saturday we had a good finding activity in the evening with the Voice of the Lord survey.

Sunday we had a great Sabbath day I love it every week we are able to have the opportunity to take the sacrament every Sunday and just feel of the spirit. 

Well that was my week. Also this week we got something called the Book of Mormon Challenge here in Europe. It is for 21 days to read the book of Mormon or just a section each day to answer a question. It is great here is the link to check it out and I would invite you all to give it a try! 

https://www.lds.org.uk/the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng-gb

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