Christmas Eve was a wonderful day and we got to share our testimonies with other in the form of Christmas carols on the street and we watch a movie called "Silent Night" about Joseph Moor who wrote the beloved carol. It was very sweet and nice time together with the other missionaries.
We had a great Christmas! On Christmas day we had a lunch (Curry Rice) with the members of the Branches here in Athens who don't have family with them. We enjoyed the company and had some great talks and experiences. Then we missionaries went to mars hill and shared our testimonies with each other as our gifts to each other. It was nice experience for all of us. In the evening we watched the Muppet Christmas story xD Which was hilarious and had a good message.
On Boxing day we wanted to do some service projects but in the end they didn't work out, sadly... So we gathered in church and we got to hear about patriarchal blessings from Elder Elks (who's a patriarch) and about Adam-ondi-Ahman from President Freestone (who lives right next to it). It was quite interesting and cool. On Boxing day we also watched a movie called "Front of the Class" about a guy who has Tourrette's syndrome and manages to become a teacher despite great opposition.
We had some great experiences this weekend that I'd like to share. I really saw the Lord working in these. I think the Lord led us in our decision to do our weekly planning session this week on Saturday. Because that day it was raining all the day and we avoided the great part of it and the Friday before we were able to effectively work and help many people. That was the first thing in which I saw the Lord's hand.
We decided to call a few Greek-speaking former investigators to come to church and two said yes. Then in the evening in YSA a young Greek-speaking Albanian joined us for YSA and we invited him for church. He accepted. So we had three people saying that they'd come to church. On Sunday morning, two of them came and we enjoyed the service with them and I hope to teach both and help them progress forward on the path to Salvation.
In the afternoon we had another 2 miracles. Henry, one of our new Ghanian friends surprisingly announced to us that he'd come to church. The others had been telling us that they couldn't come this week because of financial reasons even thought they would like to come. That was awesome to have him there, even if we had to go pick him up at the bus stop because he got lost and were thus a little late for the meetings. Heavenly Father wasn't done yet. Before the sacrament meeting concluded our dear friend Daniel walked into the church with Ernest. We've been teaching Daniel for a while and he always expresses lots of love for the gospel and the Book of Mormon but we've never managed to get him to church. So we'd dropped him the previous Friday and told him we couldn't help him if he didn't come to church.... Well, it worked and he showed his desire and did his part to come to church. That was the Lord's work I'm sure.
Now, let us turn to the new year 2013. I wish you all a very happy new year! I hope you've got your new year's resolutions ready. Otherwise you'd better get cranking, As there are only a few hours left.
No pictures this week as my camera is broken (again)... So hopefully next week.
Remember to leave a comment if you liked this week's report.
Coming up: New Year's, Delfi, and a new Assistant to the President. This and more...
We had a great Christmas! On Christmas day we had a lunch (Curry Rice) with the members of the Branches here in Athens who don't have family with them. We enjoyed the company and had some great talks and experiences. Then we missionaries went to mars hill and shared our testimonies with each other as our gifts to each other. It was nice experience for all of us. In the evening we watched the Muppet Christmas story xD Which was hilarious and had a good message.
On Boxing day we wanted to do some service projects but in the end they didn't work out, sadly... So we gathered in church and we got to hear about patriarchal blessings from Elder Elks (who's a patriarch) and about Adam-ondi-Ahman from President Freestone (who lives right next to it). It was quite interesting and cool. On Boxing day we also watched a movie called "Front of the Class" about a guy who has Tourrette's syndrome and manages to become a teacher despite great opposition.
We had some great experiences this weekend that I'd like to share. I really saw the Lord working in these. I think the Lord led us in our decision to do our weekly planning session this week on Saturday. Because that day it was raining all the day and we avoided the great part of it and the Friday before we were able to effectively work and help many people. That was the first thing in which I saw the Lord's hand.
We decided to call a few Greek-speaking former investigators to come to church and two said yes. Then in the evening in YSA a young Greek-speaking Albanian joined us for YSA and we invited him for church. He accepted. So we had three people saying that they'd come to church. On Sunday morning, two of them came and we enjoyed the service with them and I hope to teach both and help them progress forward on the path to Salvation.
In the afternoon we had another 2 miracles. Henry, one of our new Ghanian friends surprisingly announced to us that he'd come to church. The others had been telling us that they couldn't come this week because of financial reasons even thought they would like to come. That was awesome to have him there, even if we had to go pick him up at the bus stop because he got lost and were thus a little late for the meetings. Heavenly Father wasn't done yet. Before the sacrament meeting concluded our dear friend Daniel walked into the church with Ernest. We've been teaching Daniel for a while and he always expresses lots of love for the gospel and the Book of Mormon but we've never managed to get him to church. So we'd dropped him the previous Friday and told him we couldn't help him if he didn't come to church.... Well, it worked and he showed his desire and did his part to come to church. That was the Lord's work I'm sure.
Now, let us turn to the new year 2013. I wish you all a very happy new year! I hope you've got your new year's resolutions ready. Otherwise you'd better get cranking, As there are only a few hours left.
No pictures this week as my camera is broken (again)... So hopefully next week.
Remember to leave a comment if you liked this week's report.
Coming up: New Year's, Delfi, and a new Assistant to the President. This and more...
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