ΑΝΤΕ ΛΕΥΚΩΣΙΑ!!

Γεια σας!!!

Well it was another crazy week this week!

So last Tuesday was the usual day of service at Caritas and then we did English class after and had some lessons.

Wednesday was another good day we had district Council and we had calls! I will be going back to Athens and be a new area with with Elders Balser and Zizzi and we are going to have the special assignment to work with the youth and with the members of the Greek branch so it is going to amazing!

Thursday was another great day we ran around all day meeting with people and getting things ready, that night we had the baptismal interview for Eugene and it was awesome to see his willingness to be baptized and his desire to change.

Friday in the morning we went to do some service at Roy's and he gave us some weird jumpsuits to just wear and so that was weird but it was a good time.

Saturday was a great day we had Eugene's Baptism! It was a bit of a stressful situation the bus left at 11 and they showed up at the station at 11:05 and so we thought we had missed it but turns out they had some special student buses and we were able to squeeze our friends onto the bus it was a huge miracle and it all went well. Then we after went and played some soccer with them for my last time I am going to miss all of the guys from Nicosia it was a good time.

Sunday was good we had the confirmation and a short sacrament service and then watched the afternoon sessions of General Conference it was amazing the talks were awesome I especially liked President Bednar's and how he reminded us just to keep it simple it was really good.

Then today was a good day just cleaning and packing and then we went after and did an escape room it was super fun actually and we made it in the nick of time it was close but we had a good time.

Σας αγαπάω,

Πρεσβύτερος Χάλβερσον

Some pics from the escape room, soccer, baptism, with roy and ezekiel and then us in our weird suits from roy.

ΠΑΦΟΣ Χ2

Γεια σας!!! 

Well it has been an amazing week, you know the say April showers bring may flowers well it is true here in Nicosia it rained the first 6 days of April but it wasn't to bad and we saw some pretty cool miracles.

So last Tuesday we had our service day again and went to Caritas it was good we had a lot of volunteers so it wasn't to busy. We also got to organize to meet up with some of the volunteers outside and it was pretty neat.

Wednesday we went to Larnaca again for district council so that was fun and in the evening we had lessons with our friends. It was a good successful day.

Thursday was the same we were busy all day meeting up we actually went out this day to meet up with our friend Gavin and it looked like it was going to rain. We were sitting outside and he said the opening prayer and in the prayer he asked that the rain not come until we finished discussing. So no sooner did we finish the plan of salvation that it started to pour it was crazy but really cool to see and then going home we got really wet.

Friday we met up with our friends from Caritas and we had a good time with them and were also able to give them copies of the family proclamation. They were grateful so that was nice.

Saturday was another busy day of work. In the evening we had general conference!! All the messages were amazing and perfect it was so awesome to see how the messages were lead by the spirit.

Sunday was a good Sabbath we had quite a scare at church we started the sacrament meeting with 3 other people outside of the missionaries but by the time we started the sacrament we had 20 people so that was a relief haha. Then in the evening more General Conference!!!

Today we had a zone activity in Paphos and we played a lot of beach volleyball it was an amazing day!!! 

Με αγάπη,

Πρεσβύτερος Χάλβερσον

ΒΡΟΧΗ ΣΤΗ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ!

Γεια σας παιδιά!

Well this week was a really good week!

Last Tuesday we went and did service again at Caritas it was a good time more and more people are coming into Cyprus and it seems like we just keep getting busier but it is good to be able to help out even if it is only filling out their papers it is something. Then we after went back and had lunch we did taco Tuesday and I made some taco shells for the first time. Thanks Mom! Then we in the evening had English class and a couple lessons it was a good day.

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday were great days I don't remember exactly what happened on which day but I know that we had some pretty awesome lessons, one we had that I really remember we were planning on teaching the plan of salvation and we go in and our friend Desmond had already been taught that and we asked about his weekly studies and he said that he had thought about the plan this last week and accepted it as his beliefs and then we were able to go through and answer more questions and it was just awesome to see the spirit lead the lesson and at the end one of those present who hadn't read the book of Mormon for a long time just said "my heart tells me I need to read this book" and so he is going to read and probably start learning again which would be so awesome! The book of Mormon answered the questions they had when the bible couldn't and so it was a great lesson for them and their testimony of the book of Mormon! 

Saturday, we had a baptism! It was awesome everything went well Morisso really enjoyed it but it was a bit too cold for him but all went well so that was good. Then it rained all weekend and so in the evening we had scheduled to play soccer with some friends and they still wanted to play so we went but turns out me and Elder Celestini didn't do much playing cause we made friends with a security guard over by the field and were able to have a good/interesting discussion with him, he had probably been spending to much of his time with google but hey what can we do.

Sunday was daylight savings here and so we struggled a little bit in church but we had some members there and friends and were still able to have a good service and to start to kick off the ministering program for the branch! Oh yeah and Morisso got to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and the spirit was really strong which was awesome!

Today is another national holiday so we are having a lazy day and cleaning up our apartment oh and I also got to run a 5k this morning for the first time in a long time and I still got it! Ran a 16:14 so not to shabby for the first one in like 2 years. 

Things are going well and the work of the Lord just keeps progressing! Well love you all have a great week!

Σας αγαπώ,

Πρεσβύτερος Χάλβερσον

ΑΓΙΑ ΝΑΠΑ

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ!

Well this week was yet another week full of miracles!

Tuesday we had a good day we helped at Caritas in the morning and did service which was good and then after we had lessons and it was a good day.

Wednesday we went out to Larnaka for district council and then we after had a lesson with out friend Gavin and it went really well he accepted baptism and will be baptized on the 13th of April! Then that night we had a lesson with our friends Snavel, Giles, Eugene and Bens, we talked with them about the people of Alma in Mosiah 24 and how they were helped because of the covenant they made with God and talked how baptism is only something that would help them and they accepted to be baptized no the 13th of April which was awesome and a HUGE miracle!

Thursday we had a good day weekly planning and then we had lessons and we just sat at the church for 6 hours and had lessons all day it was pretty cool I have never had that happen before in my mission but it was cool.

Friday we went out to Palachori to see our friend Derick and it went really well and he accepted to be baptized the 13th of April as well! Then in the evening we went and visited all of our friends who live the the Chinese restaurant building and it went well there were some tough lessons, but there were really good ones as well!

Saturday was great we did some finding and had lessons with some good friends and were also able to help Godlove to prepare his talk for Sunday which was really fun.

Sunday was a great Sunday I got to conduct my first sacrament meeting and then gave a talk, and oh man Godlove gave a really great talk it was amazing! Then we had a good day with some lessons and some good finding, I met a guy from Cyprus who told me his life story and then turns out he also met President Bush at the white house and so tomorrow he is going to take us to his house tomorrow to see pictures so hopefully things will go well!

Then today we went to Aghia Napa with the district it was cool and we got to see the ocean and have a good time seeing things out there and it was the closest missionaries can get right now to Jerusalem so that was also pretty cool.

Well things are going well and the Lord is definitely moving things along! Keep doing great things!

Με αγάπη,

Πρεσβύτεροσ Χάλβερσον

ΘΑΥΜΑ!

Well it was an amazing week!

So last Tuesday we went out to Caritas again and did service Elder Celestini is extra help there because he can speak French and so we are a lot busier now and more useful which is good. Then we also had an English from French class after and I got to meet this guy who was a famous singer in the Congo and wants to learn better English and it was sick and he took a Book of Mormon at the end so that was even better!

Wednesday we had a pretty normal day something cool that happened is we were leaving to go and meet with one of our friends he called and said well I won't be there but my brother is there so go and teach him he want to hear what you have to say, and we went and he really did want to learn and so it was awesome we now are teaching two brothers which is cool there is also a third that we haven't met yet but hopefully soon we will. 

Thursday we had a lot of meetings and then the best was with Godlove we met up and read D&C 20 together in preparation for him to receive the priesthood and so that was really cool and he was excited and then after we got him and Charity together and they are now good friends which is really awesome!

Friday we had another good day lots of meetings and just the spirit while sharing your testimony is something truly amazing I would say if you haven't done it in a while to do it this week! Also we got stuck at our friends house and it started raining and so we got to walk in the rain and so I took a pic in a cool lookin' place.

Saturday was great we played soccer with our friends and we got an investigator out who hadn't been out with us in a while so it was good. After we had a lesson with Borah and he brought a friend along so we watched the restoration video and after he asked us how he could become a member so that was awesome!

Sunday was really awesome we did a whiteboard! It was the first time I have done one since leaving Athens and it was awesome and the best part was I got to speak a ton of Greek and I missed it a lot so that was really awesome.

So yeah that was my week nothing to exciting but it was good and the Lord lead the way which was the best part!

σας αγαπώ 

Πρεσβύτερος Χάλβερσον

ΝΟΑΣ ΤΗΣ ΡΩΜΗΣ!

Γεια σας παιδιά!

Well it was a great week! So many good things are happening so lets get to it.

Tuesday was transfer days! We had a lot of meetings and went around and saw a couple less active members. We had some good experiences and got to know some people I hadn't met before so that was cool. Then Elder Celestini came and we had a meeting with Godlove. It was so cool to see how he has changed with the gift of the Holy Ghost. I didn't think that it would be to much different but he has changed so much. It is awesome. 

Wednesday, we had a good busy day we got to meet with Borah, the other recent convert, and he taught us how he was going to get the new convert lessons. It was pretty awesome and then he took us to see all his friends!

Thursday was a good day we headed to Larnaka for interviews and then after we got driving training. We now have a car in Nicosia which is pretty cool. It is weird to drive again especially on the wrong side of the road. Then we got to meet with another of our investigators you came from the other area that shut down named Uchenna. It went well with him he just straight up addressed with us his main concerns with the message the missionaries had shared. We were able to help him out that was really cool. 

Friday was Zone Conference! I drove all the way to Limassol it was pretty cool. We had an awesome Zone Conference with some great training I really enjoyed it. That night we saw Charity again. He told us that he had received an answer and was ready to be baptized the next day!

Saturday we had a baptism! It was such a great day full of miracles and it was so cool to see Charity so happy. He also had special permission to get the gift of the holy ghost that day so that he could attend the temple dedication the next day!

Sunday we had the temple dedication! It was super awesome, just going and being in there. It just felt like home I miss the temple and am excited to go again someday! Then we had a meeting in the evening. Some kids we knew invited us to go smoke. We told them we don't smoke but would like to meet and they said ok. We met and got to teach the plan of salvation it was actually a pretty cool experience and took a whole 180 haha.

It was a good week! So many miracles! 

Αγάπη μόνο,

Πρεσβύτερος Χάλβερσον

ΣΤΗΝ ΘΑΛΛΑΣΑ!

ΓΕΙΑ ΣΑΣ!!

Well what a week it has been.

Tuesday was a great day we had a party for Richard who is a recent convert and it was his birthday we got some pizza for his birthday and it was the first time that he had pizza in his life that was pretty crazy he liked it though which was good.

Wednesday we had a good busy day we did our district council and a couple of lessons then we played soccer with our friends it was good, then that night we had English class.

Thursday we had a good day we had training at Karitas and then we had the baptismal interview for Godlove for his baptism and it went really good he was so happy which was awesome to see.

Friday we had a good day we went to see some of our friends and then got ready for Saturday. 

Saturday, we got the church ready for Sunday and then we headed to Limassol on the bus with everyone for the baptism. Then we had a great baptismal service in Limassol, Godlove was baptized as well as Borah and they both bore amazing testimonies. But then we finished the service and then we had to change back really quick and re-baptize Borah because they forgot to say his name the first time but he was just as happy the 2nd time it was cool.

It is a bit darker the 2nd time

Godlove 

Sunday we had a great day a good sacrament meeting and we were able to confirm both Godlove and Borah it was good, Godlove showed up a bit late and gave me a good scare but luckily it all went well. 

Then today was a good day we got ready for transfers, oh yeah we got transfer calls I will be staying and Elder Celestini is coming to be with me. And then we went with the other Elders to taco bell and then I played scrabble for the first time in my life it was a good day.

Well that was my week hope you all have great weeks

Με αγάπη,

Πρεσβύτερος Χάλβερσον