tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23615303221853035762024-02-07T21:45:54.400-08:00Elder TealWelcome to the record of Elder Teal's Mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Read all about the life of a Mormon Missionary preparing for and serving in Greece.John Tealhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14628846821916566454noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361530322185303576.post-34349824494604696022016-07-26T13:33:00.000-07:002016-07-26T13:33:55.564-07:00Week ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It's been a good week, and it's passed so quickly! We didn't have many lessons, all of our friends weren't available for different reasons, and we ended up having just the one lesson this week. But we made a lot of visits to less-active members that have had no contact with the church for years, trying to find it they still live at the same address. It turned out that most don't, but we did find one man who hasn't talked to missionaries for years, and he said that I look exactly like the missionary that taught and baptised him, and that I reminded him of him a lot. He's a nice guy, and hopefully Elder Reed and his new companion will be able to work with him and get him coming out to church again.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I'll fly down to Athens today (Monday 25.01.16) at 5pm, then I'll be with Elder Peel and Elder Dastrup until we fly out on Thursday. Tomorrow we'll have Mars Hill as Elder Potter will leave tomorrow afternoon, and on Wednesday we'll have leaving interviews as well as a meal at the mission home.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I had a talk at church on Sunday about humility, and it went really well. Lots of people came up to me after and told me how much it had touched them, it was a really nice last Sunday at church here. It was strange to say bye to everyone, but it's the third time I've said bye to all the members here, I'm almost used to it! And I'll see them again when I visit at some point, and if any of them come to the temple in England, so it wasn't too bad. I think it's been much easier to finish my mission this way after a short transfer than it would have been to come home immediately after 10/11months in the same area if I had stayed in Athens! And it was really nice for Thessaloniki to be a sort of bookend on my mission, at the beginning and end."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"S.'s baptism on Friday! She was taught by Elder Burton and Elder Shaner"</span></div>
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"Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full."</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"That sums up how I feel so well. It's impossible to sum up two years of amazing, life-changing experiences with an email, so I won't try. But I am so grateful for these two years and for everything that they've taught me. I've met wonderful people, seen beautiful places, and done amazing things! I think the most important thing I've learnt is how accessible Heavenly Father is to each one of us. He is not only able to bless us, but wants to, and all we have to do is ask. I'm grateful that I've been able to build and develop my relationship with Him and with my Saviour Jesus Christ.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I think another scripture that sums up well how I feel is Alma 26:16 - </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yea, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards the children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I can't wait to see you all on Thursday, and tell you all about these last two years! I think it's going to take a long time for me to share with you all of my experiences and the lessons that I've learnt, but that's okay because we have the rest of eternity!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We set off to meet a man called P that we had met on the street on Friday. He Was at the place we had scheduled to meet exactly on time which was impressive and we went to a nearby area with benches to sit and chat. He had known missionaries years aboard had attended church several times then had lost contact. He's very motivated to learn more and we had a lesson about The Restoration which went really well. We invited him to be baptised and he accepted so we set a baptismal date for August 27th. We then went straight from there to Js house (which is a stones throw away from where we were sitting) and had a lesson with him about The Plan of Salvation after reading from Mosiah 18 together. Again it was a really good lesson, he understood well and had great questions. After that we had half an hour left in the day so we went to a door that I had seen whilst we had a lesson the other day and it was across the street from where we had the lesson with P today. We got in and had a really good first meeting with a man called P and his young family. He has also known missionaries before. We had a really good chat where we read from the Book of Mormon and quoted from the New Testament which impressed him. It was amazing to have 3 lessons in one evening and all 3 in a 100m radius, it was like being a missionary in Brazil! I'm grateful for the amazing evening that we had today." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"As we got on the bus a lady called me over to sit with her and said I had talked to her last Saturday on a different bus. At first I couldn't remember her but as we chatted I remembered. She said she had read the pamphlet I gave her and in her house she had found a copy of The Book of Mormon that she doesn't remember how she got. She had some questions and was interested to learn more and said that she thinks it's not a coincidence that she met us on the bus two Saturday's in a row. I got her phone number and she said she'd like to come to church at some point. It was nice to have a confirmation that the short conversations we have with people on the bus actually make an impression on them." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"One of the most important things I've learnt during my mission is how accessible God really is to us, and how much he listens and cares when we pray, and how he is willing and ready to grant us our righteous desires." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Elder Dastrup came with me to the eye clinic and it was nice to chat with him about his plans for after his mission and how his last few weeks are going. At the clinic they did some measurements then a vision test and I saw the doctor briefly. Everything was fine, he said the problem has been completely fixed and will never be an issue again and said it would be nice to see me again in a years time. He said that if possible it would be good for me to go in a years time for another check-up, but when I said I'd be in England, he said if it's difficult to get there I can have a topography exam in England and send them the results to have a look at. We'll see what we end up doing, there's no rush, and the results are more just for their records as it's still an experimental procedure and they're building up a record bank."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It's been a good week! We had the open house on Saturday, and it went really well. We had rooms set up by the different companionship's, and for those that came it was a really good activity. We didn't have too many people, but it was good for a first time and next time we do it we'll hopefully be able to get even more people there. It was also a good week for lessons, we had six during the week again which we were happy about, and we have two scheduled for tonight, It's always great when you have a lesson on a Monday, it's a great start to the week, and it will be even better if both our appointments come through tonight!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"That's great that you went out with the sisters, they will have been so grateful. It makes such a big difference to have members in the lessons, and members who are willing to help teach quickly become missionaries' favourite people in the world! About the man with lots of questions, don't feel like it's your job to answer them! Missionaries study for two hours every single day and then teach several times a week answering those questions! It's way more important for members to share their personal experiences with the things that the missionaries talk about, and to help the investigator see how he/she can apply the things they're being taught in their life in a practical way. For example, don't worry about talking about what the Book of Mormon is, but think more abut what it does in your life! And it's the same with every question :)"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I got the postcard yeah, thanks for that! And don't worry too much about writing, I've been useless too, and in a couple of weeks I'll be home. About your questions, I'll write them down and think about them, and I'd prefer to explain the answers to you when I see you rather than writing them in an email, as I don't think I'd do them justice. And it's also a great way for me to organise my thoughts to start telling you all about my mission experiences, I'd been wondering how I'd possibly start to tell you about everything that has happened in the last two years!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"The most olives I've ever seen in one place, there are 4 tonnes of them! And they're good too! They're being stored at the warehouse where we do service ready to be taken to refugee camps near the city."</span></div>
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Over two years Mum and dad have had different roles in our emails. Mum being far better at detail has kept Elder Teal up to date on family life. Dad had the role of scripture discussions. I have decided to include we exchanged this week as a window into our email lives. This weeks email to him was inspired my comments shared by our Stake President.. </div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Scientists believe there are two reason for this flight. Firstly the lead bird creates , at its own expense, better flying conditions for the birds that follow. When tired the lead drops back to the end of the V and another takes over. It is this selfless pattern that allows the skien to travel such immense distances. The second reason is the formation allows all birds to be watched by the others, creating safety for all. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">What can we learn? Well there is a time and a season for all our service. You have been the lead in many ways in your missionary service. This last couple of weeks you have been obedient and dropped to the back of the V. As you prepare to come home you will again drop back as you leave the work to your companion. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Thanks for the thought about the V-formation, it describes well how I've been feeling! And I've really enjoyed dropping to the back of the V, it's a new perspective on the work which has been a refreshing change. It's also been really great to see this area be productive. I told Elder Reed how wherever he goes in his mission and however little is happening in an area when he arrives, if he just talks to lots of people about the Restoration, things will start to happen, as that's why we're here. I think too often missionaries overthink things, and it's so good to be able to just focus on helping as many people as possible to hear about the Restoration, which has happened, and then telling them about why it's important.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I remember telling Rachel the same thing in an email before Toby came home about how she shouldn't wait for him to get "back to normal", but rather help him to have his mission self become his new normal. I've seen myself change for the better in so many ways during my mission, and I have no intention of going backwards. I don't think I was a bad person before, but I'm a better person now! I have started to identify some things that we do in mission life that are not necessary for me to continue to maintain my current level of spirituality, and there are some things about "normal life" that I'm looking forward to, but the things that are beneficial to a part-time missionary I definitely intend to keep!"</span></div>
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The other one was the English word "Elder" written in Greek characters, this one is the actual Greek word for Elder. It's been good so far. And yeah, now they can actually know what it means! What we had before was as meaningful to them as this would be to you: "PRESBYTEROS TIL"</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> "We didn't have that many lessons but we did have a lesson from door-knocking which was good, and also a good lesson with D, who is scheduled to be baptised on the 23rd. He couldn't make it to church as he had work, but things are looking good for his baptism. We also got the bus out to a suburban area the other day with big houses and it was nice to change our demographic a little bit.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Elder Reed's great. We have so much fun together as we have similar senses of humour, and we have so many running jokes that we're laughing at constantly."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I don't think many of my clothes from my mission will fit anymore, the stuff I have with me is all really small. Although that may be in part due to accidents with dryers :P"</span></div>
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Its hard to believe that we have reached week ONE HUNDRED. Only 4 more blog posts left to write before Elder Teal comes home, then we can retire from blogging. Each week Elder Teals mum and I compare emails and pool information, I write and then she edits and publishes. </div>
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Blogging has been a fantastic way to feel involved in and also share, our sons missionary experiences. With the additional information posts, this week will be our 135th blog entry. </div>
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Along with getting excited about Elder Teals return in 30 days, we are also looking forward to flying to Greece with him in September, to visit some of the people and places we have often wrote about.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Hi! Yeah the weeks are rolling by so fast, not long to go now at all. I think these next few weeks will pass really quickly, as I'm already loving it back here in Thessaloniki."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Our week was great. The zone conferences and MLC with President Kearon were so good, and we learnt a lot. It was also really nice to travel with Elder Kearon from Cyprus to Athens and to be able to get to know him a little bit during the meantime. He's such a nice man, and really has an air about him that makes him seem like a leader. He had a really good teaching style, and I learnt both from what we discussed and the way he led the discussion. I had an interview with him on Friday as well which was nice."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Being back here in Thessaloniki is so good! I'm in the new apartment, which is on the other side of town, so although I've been over here a couple of times there's a lot that I'm not familiar with, so it's good to be looking around and finding things out. It was so nice to be in the branch on Sunday, and to see all of the members, and they were all really happy to see me too. We've had two lessons since I arrived and set two baptismal dates, so I think it's going to be an exciting few weeks. Elder Reed is great, he has a really good sense of humour and we get along really well, and he's also really willing to work and to get things done." </span></div>
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This coming Friday, after 38 weeks serving as an Assistant to President Heder, Elder Teal will be moving back to serve in Thessaloniki for a third time' and his last 6 weeks. It will be a great chance to focus fully on finding, teaching and working with his friends in the branch. Elder Teal is excited about a new challenge and has loved the opportunity to work so closely with the Heders for the best part of 10 months. </div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"President Kearon </span><span style="background-color: white;">(Europe Area President)</span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> will arrive in Cyprus tomorrow. We'll have Zone Conference there on Wednesday then fly back Wednesday night, and we will have conference here in Athens on Thursday. We'll then have MLC on Friday morning after which he will fly out. I will have a meeting with President Heder, Elder Mead and Elder Potter, after which I will fly up to Thessaloniki on Friday afternoon. It's going to be a busy week I think! I'm excited."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We had seminary graduation here too! We didn't go, but we were there for the end and the food afterwards! (We'd been working in the office and hadn't had chance to eat, and Sister Petchey is very generous). It was just Alinda graduating, but it seems that everyone enjoyed the night. It's great that Ruth graduated! You know, when the Americans that we have here apply for their visa, they have to have proof of religious training, and they have to send the original copy of their seminary certificate. Alinda said she's known people in the States who didn't finish seminary, and then couldn't get visas for their missions because they didn't have an official document to say that they'd been instructed in religion. So graduating from seminary is important! Even President and Sister Heder had to dig out their certificates in order to get their visas to come here."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Yeah it was my last week at Halandri. It was sad to say bye to everyone, but it's really nice to be able to tell them that we'll be coming to visit. It's also nice to be able to say goodbye in stages as I'm not yet leaving the mission for good. I've found that it's good to be packing in stages as well, as I've filled one suitcase with things that I won't need for the next 6 weeks, which I will leave here in Athens until I come to leave."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I will have to fly back down to Athens in mid July for my last check-up at the eye clinic, and President said there's no problem. So the flights continue. If everything goes to the plan by the time I get home I'll have made exactly 45 flights during my mission."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"As for extra space, I think I will be okay. If not, I can always pay for extra weight for the suitcases rather than posting things, but I don't think it will be necessary. All of the casual clothes I brought with me are really small for me now, so I think I'll basically have zero clothing when I get home! I'll have to wear a shirt and slacks for a couple of days until I can buy some new clothes! :P"</span></div>
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I often send quotes that I come across to Elder Teal. Last week I sent this snippet from Elder Holland, addressed to new Mission presidents originally ..</div>
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"Presidents, you'll have occasion to ask, and your missionaries will have many occasions to ask, why is this so hard? Why doesn't this go better? Why can't our success be more rapid? Why aren't there more people joining the church? It is the truth! We believe in angels! We trust in miracles! Why don't people just walk to the font? Why isn't the only risk in the mission field that of pneumonia? Just being soaking wet all day and all night in the baptismal font! Why isn't it easier president? Why do the people not understand president? Why do they reject us president? Can't they see this? These are things that a 19, and a 20, and a 21, and a 22¬year¬old will ask. They are things that I've asked! I thought about it a great deal. I offer this as my personal feeling. It's not church doctrine, per se, it's just my feeling, to you as you prepare to go into the mission field. I am convinced that Missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience! Salvation was never easy! We are the church of Jesus Christ! This is the truth! He is our great eternal head! Why would we believe, why would we think that it would be easy for us, when it was never easy for him?"</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"That's a nice quote, thanks for sending it! I think one of the biggest recurring problems with people is that they feel entitled to an easy life if there really is a God, and don't understand exactly that which Elder Holland talks about here. I've also thought a lot recently about how important it is for us to have trials so that we can learn and grow, and that the Atonement doesn't take those trials away from us but rather makes them mean something. If God were to simply take every difficult thing out of lives, there would be no point in living, as there would be no growth."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"You should read an article called "The Efficacy of Prayer" by C.S. Lewis. President Heder used extracts from it in a recent training and it was really interesting."</span></div>
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So I did read it and I recommend it to everyone ... You can find it <a href="http://www.fellowshipconway.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/C.S.-Lewis-Efficacy-of-Prayer.pdf">HERE</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I feel like the start of my mission was so long ago, and I definitely have a different feeling about my mission now than I did then. But I don't want to call it tiredness yet. I feel like I'm just coming round onto the home straight, and I want to hit the finish line so worn out that I can barely stand!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Our trip to Cyprus was good, we had good training and a really good exchange with the zone leaders there. It was strange weather whilst we were there, it was quite warm but during the training there was a thunderstorm outside! It had finished by the time we came to leave though, and the second day was nice weather. It was really good to see my friends in Larnaca and catch up with them. And yeah I think I'll be freezing when I come home!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"H. was out of Athens this week so we've not been able to meet up with him, hopefully we will be able to this week. M. was in the Ukraine as well, so between those two being out of town and us being in Cyprus for a couple of days, we only had one lesson this week with A, but it was a good one.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Mission life is good! This week on Friday we have a specialised training here in Athens like the one we just did in Cyprus. We have them about once a month in each of Athens, Cyprus and Thessaloniki, apart from when we have zone conference which is one every 3 months usually."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I forgot to tell you, I did some <a href="https://familysearch.org/">family history</a> work last week, and found some more details for names on the Teal line (Jonathon Teal who was born in 1758 for example). It has the option there to request more ordinances now, so if you have a look you'll see!"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Cyprus : In the evening we went to see someone who wasn't in so I suggested to Elder Scheltinga that we would door knock the whole building before going home. At the last door we met a lady from Russia who said we could come back for a lesson. On the way home I was so happy to be door knocking in Larnaca again and seeing results. It's so strange that it was my previous area! I'm grateful for friendly, accepting people" </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I've started reading the Book of Mormon from the beginning again during personal study on a program that will have me finish on the day that I leave the mission. I thought finishing the Book of Mormon on the plane on the way home would be a nice way to end my mission, so that's what I plan on doing." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We went to the <a href="http://www.praksis.gr/en/about-praksis">Praksis</a> warehouse where we would be doing service. We were putting together clothes and shoes for people who had just come in from a shipwrecked boat and only had the clothes they were wearing. We had specific people to gather things for by gender and age. It's good to be able to help so directly and to know that there are people like "boy aged 8" and others who now have clothes because we were able to put things together for them. I talked to another of the volunteers whilst we were there and invited her to the service project we will have at church next Friday." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I do have a few pictures to send though from this morning. My hair is so long, I need to get it cut, it looks pretty silly at the moment I think!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Yeah the word on Facebook is πρεσβύτερος which means elder, and it's the exact same as the English word elder in that it means both "older", and is also a church title. It's from the word πρεσβύτερος (Pres-vee-ter-os) that we have the words presbytery and Presbyterian in English. The ΕΛΝΤΕΡ that we have on our badges is just a Greek rendering of the English word, and has no meaning in Greek."</span></div>
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Only a couple of pictures this week so I have gone back through previous weeks. The one above is from <a href="http://elder-teal.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/week-75-christmas-week.html">Christmas 2015</a> It caught my eye, a "Tower of Power" Interestingly Elder teal has been companions with four out of the 5 other missionaries in this picture !</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It's been a really good week. We had the two zone conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a really busy day on Wednesday as we went to Cyprus in the morning and came back the same day in the evening. As usual we went to Panayiotis' house for dinner, and it was great to see him, Georgia and Pavlos, as well as Alexis and Sophia. They're all doing well." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"The flights were fine as usual, and this time it was more than ever just like getting on a bus, as we didn't have any luggage at all, just our normal bags with our scriptures and things in!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We have a new friend called H, who's not really a new friend, Elder Mead taught him in his first transfer. Anyway we had a lesson with him this week where we talked about faith in Jesus Christ, read from the Book of Mormon, and invited him to be baptised. He said yes, and we set a date for July 2nd! It was one of the most spiritual lessons of my whole mission, it was so simple and so focused on the Saviour. H. is great, he said he felt like something was missing in his life, and that he's seen a day where he's a baptised member and has brought all of his family into the church. It was amazing!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Yeah I had an email from Aaron, that's exciting! He'll do great."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Church was good too, I taught the joint Priesthood/Relief Society lesson as the teacher couldn't make it, and Heidi volunteered me (she said it;s because she has lots of confidence in me haha). It went well and it was fun to be able to share some of the things I've been studying recently in personal study. At the end Vassilis came up and said to President Karampoulas in front of me "He has a teacher in him! He has Jesus in him!". I took that as a compliment."</span></div>
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Missionaries generally take two occasions to Skype or call home. Christmas and Mothers Day. Although in the UK Mothers day was a few weeks ago. We had mutually decided to observe the American date, as it splits Christmas and his return home more equally.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee; text-align: start;">"Yeah it's always strange to do emails just after Skype! It was so nice to see you all yesterday, and to talk to Rachel and Toby for the first time as a married couple."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It's been a good week! We had a lesson on Facebook video chat with a man from the island Chios, and it was really good. He's learnt a lot about the church online and was very interested to chat with us. He had a couple of interesting questions (the usual, polygamy, blacks and the priesthood, the book of Abraham), but we were able to answer honestly, bear testimony and keep teaching, which was great! It was a really natural discussion and one of the best lessons I've taught on my mission, all through a webcam!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"A. went to his village for Easter, and then in the States visiting a friend, so hopefully this week we'll be able to have lessons with him again!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Today Elder Mead and I watched Lion King 2 in Greek which was fun, it got a bit tense towards the end, but it was a happy ending"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">Watching Disney movies in Greek is seen as a really good way to improve language vocabulary and expand it from just church connected word. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"And later on we'll be going to McDonald's with Elder Peel and Elder Pereira before FHE in the Acropoli chapel, so it will be a nice afternoon/evening. Yesterday we had Elder Gore and Elder Bramley at our apartment for lunch as they didn't have time to get home from Halandri to eat and then get back to the office again for their Skype. All 3 branches met together yesterday as there were some demonstrations planned in the city center, and it was really nice to have so many people at church."</span></div>
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Last week Elder Teal and Elder Mead had church staff from Frankfurt visit and train them to rebuild the official Greek LDS Website. So the assignment of has been extended from Social media to Web developer.</div>
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The Greek country website has been "a little" out date for a while, so it will be good to have current content for Greek speaking members.</div>
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Thanks to my new Greek Facebook friend for sending us the opening picture snapped at chapel on Monday afternoon.</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It's been a great week yeah, and another busy one! We had another new friend to teach this week, so soon we'll be very busy with lessons, things are already getting busy now! We're also aiming for another two new friends to teach this week, so we're going to be struggling to find time for all of the lessons soon, but there are much worse problems to have!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Church was interesting, due to there being no public transport and most people having left town to visit family, we only had one member at church! We were the four elders, President Heder, and a lady called Ourania, and that was it! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I conducted the meeting, and with President on the stand behind me and the other three elders doing the sacrament, I was stood talking to a congregation of one! However we had a really nice testimony meeting, and it was great to see how church still functions even with such small numbers! And it was a great reminder that the Atonement is for individuals."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"On Saturday we had permission to go to the midnight Easter service for the resurrection of Christ. There is a candle light which is brought all the way from Jerusalem and to every church in Greece, and then at 12:00 midnight they pass it out to the people who light each other's candles and take the light to their homes to burn for 40 days, until the Ascension. It was a really interesting experience, and it was nice to be part of something which is so important to most Greeks. We went with friends, and we had such a fun evening."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Kipselli is an area with lots of immigrants especially from Africa and in the square they had a big celebration for Palm Sunday where they were singing gospel music and dancing, it was great. There were so many people there and it was great to see them expressing their their love and appreciation for the Saviour in such an expressive way, and I kind of wanted to join in. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">We had our lesson with A. He had read about the church online and is a big fan of famous Mormons. He's never been able to find the church here in Greece until he found the Facebook page, so it was great to see that it's having a positive effect. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">We got the bus to the Praksis warehouse where we have set up for us to do service every Thursday. Elder Mead and I were assigned to put duvets and duvet covers into black bags in groups of 3 and 4. It's surprising how heavy and cumbersome things like pillows can be when you have to carry a huge pack of 50 or something and it was tiring work. We all worked well though and we got an awful lot done during our 4 hours there." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Hi! It's been a great week, we had 6 lessons which was fantastic. We have a new friend who is someone that Athanasios found on the bus on his way to FHE at church! We had three lessons with him, and we've also started teaching M. again after a short break."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"On Thursday we spent a large section of the day with Austin Heder which was a lot of fun, we got lunch with him then had him with us for two lessons. He's a really nice guy, and it was nice to hear about his mission in Quebec and how it compares with the mission here. (Although the truth is that no mission compares to this one really! ;) ) On the way back to the mission home we had a minor car accident where a guy on a scooter hit the back corner of our car as he went past in the middle of the two lanes, which dinted the car a bit. He fell and hurt his hand a bit, but no one was seriously injured. It also popped the tire and Austin and I put the new one on while Elder Mead directed the traffic around us! It was an exciting end to a great day. The car will have to go to the garage, so we'll have to take care of that at some point this week."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It's been a really good week! We went to Thessaloniki Friday to Saturday where we had training with the missionaries, visits with members, and then on the Saturday a trip to Edessa which I think is the most beautiful place I've been to in Greece! When we visit Greece after my mission we'll have to go there, it's not far from Thessaloniki and it was amazing, I'll send you some pictures."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We weren't able to have any lessons this week between the trip to Thessaloniki, a service project that we did earlier in the week and our new friends all being busy, but M. was at church on Sunday which was great. And the weather is amazing now, it got up to 33 degrees at one point in the week. It's really strange to be in the car in the evening, it can get past 9 o'clock and still be around 25 degrees, and I'm sure it will get even warmer! I'm much more informed about the temperature now that we have the car which tells us, whereas last summer in Cyprus all I knew is that it was ridiculously warm!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"The training was really good. We did something similar to what we had done in Cyprus last week but adjusted it a little and it went really well. We again focused on seeking and obtaining revelation for our areas and our responsibility to do so, and we had a big focus on the scriptures. Over the last couple of weeks I've really enjoyed studying <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne?lang=eng">1 Nephi</a> from the perspective of finding the evidences of Nephi's study of the Old Testament, it's been really interesting. And yeah it was really good to see Brother Todi and President Tanto."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I've done 34 flights during my mission now I think, it's as normal as getting on a bus at this point! You'll be fine! Just remember that any shakiness or noises you hear are supposed to be there, it's that that makes the plane work at all! And if you have a choice try to sit towards the back, you don't hear as much from the engine and mechanical noises."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"This week we have an orientation meeting at a day center for homeless people that we're hoping to start volunteering at, and then later in the week we have training here in Athens as well as a meeting for the missionaries that are coming to the end of their 12-week training program. Hopefully we'll be able to have a few lessons as well! And today is Athanasios' birthday, so tonight we're going to have cake for him at FHE at church. I'm going to make banana bread, I'm really good at it now!"</span></div>
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In other News.... Elder Teal comes home in 100 days !!! Not that we are counting !</div>
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There can't be too many missions in the world that drive on different sides of the road, depending on which Zone you are in! The Greece Athens Mission's two Zones are Cyprus and Greece. Cypriots drive on the left, Greeks drive on the right!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It's been a great week! Our flight on Thursday was cancelled! We found out on Wednesday morning and quickly changed the flights, so we left Wednesday afternoon instead! It was a bit hectic but we got there with no problems. And yeah it's getting much warmer now, we're back to wearing short-sleeve shirts, I've missed it! I think I'm definitely going to miss the sun when I get home, especially as I'll be coming from a Greek July!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We watched the general women's session and the Saturday morning session, and they were both good. I especially liked the talk about the hymn Be Though Humble <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/04/be-thou-humble?lang=eng">(Elder Snow)</a> , and <a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/04/where-are-the-keys-and-authority-of-the-priesthood?lang=eng">Elder Stevenson's </a>talk about how a car needs keys. Also I liked the talk about how we have to forgive (<a href="https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/04/the-healing-ointment-of-forgiveness?lang=eng">Elder Duncan</a>), and that doesn't mean that the person who wronged us will have no consequences. It made me think about the repentance process and how if we don't forgive people straight away, it's like we're putting ourselves in the Saviour's position like it's up to us to decide, when really it's not!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It was also strange to watch all of the talks in Greek and to have absolutely no problem understanding, like watching in English. I've watched General Conference in Greek every time whilst I've been in the mission, and it's been great to see my progress with the language every 6 months."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I haven't seen Elder Kearon's talk no, which session is it in? We won't see the Sunday afternoon session in church until the end of April, so I'll probably watch it in the office before then."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">We had specifically asked Elder Teal if he had seen this conference talk as he met Elder Kearon when he visited Athens, along with Elder Ballard, to see first hand the refugee crisis. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">(That was way back in <a href="http://elder-teal.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/week-69.html">week 69</a>) </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We received an email from President Heder about absentee voting, as he had received directions from higher up telling him to encourage missionaries to take part in postal ballots if they can. I know there's a couple of votes coming up, including the EU referendum? I was hoping you'd be able to have a look at it for me and register me if possible? And then you'll need to send me some information about the things that I can vote for so that I can make a decision. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"And we won't get new missionaries now until my group leaves, so we might be a bit down on numbers for a while again! I know my release date is July 28th, but I don't have any info about flights yet "</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Elder Mead and I are doing great. It's been good to have three companions in the same area as I've got to see different ways of doing the same job, and it's kept me from settling in to the routine of doing things in a certain way just because that's the way we did it before." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Elder Mead and I designed posters for the Restoration and for the Gospel of Jesus Christ that match the one we made for the Plan of Salvation." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I caught up on my journal and started the new one. It was strange to realise that less than half of this book will be used during my mission and the rest will be when I'm home and in university."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"President Jacobsen did really good training for his last time as they will go home next week. He has a great knowledge of the scriptures. I'm sure that the last training he gave will stay with the missionaries for a long time, as he spoke powerfully about about the importance of prayer and fasting." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"In the evening we went to Panayiotis's and Georgia's house for dinner and Pavlos was there with us. It was nice as always to be in their company, they really are some of my best friends." </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"This is a picture from McDonald's, it says <span style="font-size: large;">McSarakosti</span>, which means<span style="font-size: large;"> McLent</span>. Lots of Orthodox people don't eat meat as part of the Lent fast so they have special "fasting menus" in most of the restaurants! I thought this was funny, so I took a picture!"</span></div>
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The use of Latin Characters for writing Greek, know as Greeklish, has been around for a long time particularly when other nations and faiths were predominant in Greece. But in modern times Greeklish has come into its own, because many computers and smartphones do't have Greek character sets. Greeklish has become an informal, quick and easy modern communication method. </div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">It's been such a busy week! The time has flown by because we have so much to do, and we were only in the office for one day as well! We have lots of new friends that we're working with at the moment so we have a lot to do, and it's great. This week on Thursday and Friday we'll be going to Cyprus for training, and we're looking forward to that too.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I've not seen any of General conference yet, we'll be watching it throughout the month of April, as each Sunday we'll have the sacrament and then a session of conference. So we'll get to see all of it eventually!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">We had a couple of really good lessons this week which were probably the highlight, and the whole day on Saturday was really good as we were going from appointment to appointment literally all day, it was amazing! We played football with A.s' grandchildren which was fun as well!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">We have 3 or 4 new friends that we're working with at the moment and it's great to be teaching almost every day. Elder Mead and I are doing great together and are getting along really well too! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Elder Peel has gone to serve in the new area Glyfada with Elder Deighton. My new companion is Elder Mead, who is now my third companion in the office! We're excited to be serving together and we're looking forward to it!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We had a good week, with the transfer, the week seems to have passed so quickly, but at the same time it feels like an age since we went on the zone trip last week! We also had a really good service project which you probably saw the video from, and then on Saturday we played football with some of A's grandchildren which was great. Yesterday all of the Athens missionaries were at the mission home for a meal together and we had a great time, the Heders are wonderful hosts and Sister Heder is in her element with a house full of people!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We've already had a guy phone us and say that he wanted to learn more about the church having seen the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mormonoiellada/?fref=nf">Facebook page</a>! He lives nearby to us so it couldn't be better! And we've had other referrals from <a href="http://mormon.org/">mormon.org</a> which may have been from people that found the website through the page too.</span>"</div>
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On Saturday our daughter, Elder Teal's older Sister, got married. The opening picture is of Elder Teal and Elder Peel wearing ties that we sent out to match those worn at the wedding. </div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Elder Peel and I had our last companionship study together where we drew up a draft training plan for the mission." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We had a really good zone trip yesterday, where we went to Mystras and Corinth. I'll send you some pictures. I've been to Corinth before as you know, but it was my first time at Mystras and I really liked it. It's an old town that has loads of churches and monasteries, and it is in a really beautiful location. I drove our car and we took Elder Deighton and Elder Tornar, and we had a lot of fun. I really enjoyed driving there and back through the Greek countryside. Mystras is way down near Sparta so we drove almost the whole length of the Peloponnese. Greece is such a beautiful country, and it would have been worth the journey just to drive there and straight back again enjoying the views!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It was lovely! And I'm so excited to bring you over and show you things, you'll absolutely love it! Greece is your dream holiday place, it has beautiful scenery, good food, and such friendly people. And you'll even have a tour guide who speaks the language and drives like a Greek! Haha I think it will take some adjustment to drive in England after my mission, and not just for which side of the road!"</span></div>
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This coming Saturday Elder Teals big sister, our eldest daughter is getting married. It will be a little strange not having Elder Teal here, but it is a testament to his conviction that he knows he has a work to do where he is. Families can be together forever, so we are happy to let Greece keep him a little longer </div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I'll be thinking about you all too! I think it will be a little bit strange not to be there, but I'm happy that it's happening now! Make sure you take lots of pictures and videos to send to me on Monday! Elder Peel and I will both wear our wedding ties and send a picture over :)"</span></div>
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Elder Peel, Elder Teal and The Heders flew to Cyprus for Zone Conference this week. </div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"At Panayiotis's home we had a meal with him and Georgia and the food was really good as usual. It was also really nice to catch up with them and talk about the changes that have taken place since I was last here. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">As we walked home it seemed strange to think about all of the months that I spent in the area and to remember all of the good times with Elder Dixon. I miss serving here in Larnaca, it was one of the best periods of my mission and although I love the area I'm in now it will always have a special place in my heart. And it's strange to think that it was my previous area as it feels like such a long time ago." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Our district meeting was really good. It was about revelation through prayer. Elder Peel and I had a role play where we taught Elder Petchey about prayer and right at the beginning he asked if we used The Lords Prayer in our church. We then showed him how we use it as a model for our prayers by going through and talking about the parts." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It started to rain and there was thunder and lightning and it was absolutely pouring down. When you see the lightning storms here, it's easy to understand why the people used to believe in a God of thunder and lightning." </span></div>
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I've really enjoyed looking for types of Christ since you sent me the email about Zoram, and I think there are so many in first Nephi! I really like where it says about <a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/1-ne/16.6?lang=eng#5">Lehi dwelling in a tent</a> in the valley of Lemuel. I think in part it represents Christ's condescension to live in a mortal body (which he was way above) with Lehi's living in a tent (a rich man in poor circumstances), but also "in the valley of Lemuel" which Lehi named to represent obedience to the commandments, which is the way in which Jesus lived his life.</div>
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Πιστεύουμε στο Θεό, τον Αιώνιο Πατέρα, και στον Υιό Του, </div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.</span></div>
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Πιστεύουμε ότι ο άνθρωπος πρέπει να κληθεί από το Θεό, με προφητεία,</div>
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και με τη χειροθεσία εκείνων που έχουν εξουσία, για να κηρύττει το </div>
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Ευαγγέλιο και να τελεί τις διατάξεις του.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">laying on of hands by </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">those who are in authority, to preach the </span></div>
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Πιστεύουμε στην ίδια οργάνωση η οποία υφίστατο στην Πρωταρχική </div>
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Εκκλησία, δηλαδή, αποστόλους, προφήτες, ποιμένες, </div>
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διδασκάλους, ευαγγελιστές και λοιπά.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, </span></div>
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Πιστεύουμε στο χάρισμα των γλωσσών, της προφητείας, της αποκάλυψης, </div>
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των οραμάτων, της θεράπευσης, της ερμηνείας γλωσσών και λοιπά.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, </span></div>
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Πιστεύουμε ότι η Βίβλος είναι ο λόγος του Θεού εφόσον είναι σωστά μεταφρασμένη. </div>
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Επίσης πιστεύουμε ότι το Βιβλίο του Μόρμον είναι ο λόγος του Θεού.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; </span></div>
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Πιστεύουμε όλα όσα ο Θεός έχει αποκαλύψει, όλα όσα τώρα αποκαλύπτει, </div>
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και πιστεύουμε ότι θα αποκαλύψει ακόμη και άλλα πολλά μεγάλα και </div>
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σημαντικά πράγματα που αφορούν τη Βασιλεία του Θεού.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that </span></div>
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Πιστεύουμε στην κυριολεκτική συνάθροιση του Ισραήλ και στην αποκατάσταση </div>
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των Δέκα Φυλών, ότι η Σιών (η Νέα Ιερουσαλήμ) θα χτιστεί επάνω στην </div>
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αμερικανική ήπειρο, ότι ο Χριστός θα βασιλεύσει αυτοπροσώπως </div>
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επάνω στη γη, και ότι η γη θα ανανεωθεί και θα λάβει την παραδεισιακή της δόξα.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">(the New Jerusalem) </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">will be built upon the American continent; </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth </span></div>
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Αξιούμε το προνόμιο να λατρεύουμε τον Παντοδύναμο </div>
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Θεό σύμφωνα με τις υπαγορεύσεις της δικής μας συνείδησης, </div>
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και αναγνωρίζουμε το ίδιο προνόμιο σε όλους τους ανθρώπους, </div>
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ας λατρεύουν όπως, όπου και ό,τι μπορούν.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">let them worship how, where, or what they may.</span></div>
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Πιστεύουμε στο να υποτασσόμαστε σε βασιλιάδες, προέδρους,</div>
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κυβερνήτες και ηγεμόνες, στο να υπακούμε, </div>
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να σεβόμαστε και να υποστηρίζουμε το νόμο.</div>
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Πιστεύουμε στο να είμαστε τίμιοι, ειλικρινείς, αγνοί, φιλάνθρωποι, </div>
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ενάρετοι, και στο να κάνουμε καλό σε όλους τους ανθρώπους. </div>
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Πράγματι, μπορούμε να πούμε ότι ακολουθούμε την παρότρυνση του Παύλου -- </div>
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Τα πάντα πιστεύουμε, τα πάντα ελπίζουμε, έχουμε υπομείνει πολλά, και ελπίζουμε </div>
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να μπορέσουμε να υπομείνουμε τα πάντα. </div>
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Αν κάτι είναι ενάρετο, ωραίο, είτε καλής φήμης είτε αξιέπαινο, τα αναζητούμε όλα αυτά.</div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul-We believe all things, we hope all things, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-small;">If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.</span></div>
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Lots happening in the Greece Athens Mission this week.<br />
Not least Elder Peel and Elder teal deciding to turn up at the office as twins !!<br />
(The glasses are not Elder Teals, just borrowed)</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"The meeting was good, it's always nice when we have meetings at the mission home, it's a really nice atmosphere. And we had the leaders from Cyprus and Thessaloniki on Skype too which was good!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">We've been trying out a few new things with Facebook! We've not quite decided exactly what our protocol will be, but we're excited to see if we can reach a new audience with it. We also had a night when we went out with Elder Deighton and Elder Tornar and took pictures with people in the street, where they had written on our whiteboards what they believe about Jesus Christ. It was a really fun night and we met lots of great people! We're going to post the pictures to our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mormonoiellada/">Facebook page</a>, and we've added a few of the people as friends on Facebook too!"</span></div>
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The picture project is now online as part of an album called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1066890946665969.1073741829.709990925689308&type=3">1000martyries HERE</a> and the aim is to collect 1000 pictures, build bridges with other Christians and open opportunities to talk.</div>
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Elder Teal has a new assignment as the "Social Media Web Developer" for Greece. He has been liaising with church headquarters and is now the admin for a new official LDS Facebook page. The plan is to get other missionaries online as quickly as possible, but they are currently ensuring all plans will be rolled out in accordance with General mission social media guidelines.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It's been a great week, and the weather is amazing. </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The weather is so nice here, so bright and sunny! It would be nice to see some snow though, I like that too!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Today we're going to go into the centre of town so that I can get some photos printed and pick up a couple of bits and pieces. And I'm going to try and write you a letter this afternoon too. It might not be that long but I haven't written for ages and I want to do better with that!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">«Και αν πιστέψετε στο Χριστό θα πιστέψετε σε αυτά τα λόγια, γιατί είναι τα λόγια τού Χριστού… και αυτά λοιπόν διδάσκουν όλους τους ανθρώπους ότι πρέπει να κάνουν το καλό».</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Νεφί Β΄ 33:10</span><br />
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Ιεραπόστολοι διανέμουν αντίτυπα από το Βιβλίο του Μόρμον σε όλον τον κόσμο, ακόμη και καθώς διαβάζετε αυτό. Επομένως, τι είναι αυτό το βιβλίο; Αν δίδεται δωρεάν, γιατί τόσα πολλά μέλη της Εκκλησίας του Ιησού Χριστού των Αγίων των Τελευταίων Ημερών απαριθμούν το Βιβλίο του Μόρμον τους ως ένα από τα πιο πολύτιμα αποκτήματά τους; Τι είδους βιβλίο μπορεί να κάνει τόσους πολλούς αναγνώστες να αλλάξουν τη ζωή, την σκέψη και τα συναισθήματά τους; Τι είδους βιβλίο μπορεί να απαντήσει στα φαινομενικώς αναπάντητα ερωτήματα της ζωής;<br />
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Το Βιβλίο του Μόρμον είναι ο λόγος του Θεού, όπως και η Βίβλος. Είναι Αγία Γραφή, με ύφος και περιεχόμενο παρόμοια με εκείνα της Βίβλου. Αμφότερα τα βιβλία περιέχουν την καθοδήγηση του Θεού όπως απεκαλύφθη σε προφήτες καθώς επίσης και θρησκευτικές ιστορίες διαφορετικών πολιτισμών. Ενώ η Βίβλος έχει γραφεί από τους ανθρώπους στη χώρα του Ισραήλ και τις γύρω περιοχές και περί αυτών, και λαμβάνει χώρα από τη δημιουργία του κόσμου έως σχεδόν μετά τον θάνατο του Ιησού Χριστού, το Βιβλίο του Μόρμον περιέχει την ιστορία και την επικοινωνία του Θεού με τους ανθρώπους που έζησαν στην αμερικανική ήπειρο μεταξύ περίπου 600 π.Χ. και 400 μ.Χ. Οι προφήτες στο Βιβλίο του Μόρμον κατέγραψαν την επικοινωνία του Θεού με τον λαό Του, η οποία συντάχθηκε από έναν προφήτη ονόματι Μόρμον επάνω σε χρυσές πλάκες.<br />
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Προτού αφανισθούν αυτοί οι πιστοί χριστιανοί, το χρονικό τους κρύφθηκε με ασφάλεια. Ο Τζόζεφ Σμιθ απέκτησε αυτά τα αρχαία χρονικά το 1827 και με τη δωρεά και τη δύναμη του Θεού ο Τζόζεφ μπόρεσε να μεταφράσει τα αρχαία γραπτά σε αυτό που έχουμε σήμερα. Το Βιβλίο του Μόρμον, μαζί με τη Βίβλο, καταθέτει μαρτυρία ότι ο Ιησούς Χριστός είναι ο θείος Λυτρωτής μας και ότι ζώντας σύμφωνα με το Ευαγγέλιό Του μπορούμε να βρούμε γαλήνη σε αυτήν τη ζωή και αιώνια ευτυχία στην επόμενη.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"It's been another great week, and a busy one! You can read all about it in my journal as to be honest off the top of my head I can't even remember what happened. And you'll be able to read about the confirmation too, it was really good. It was nice to be there in the Athens 1st branch, I have lots of friends there and it was good to see them all! That's one of the best things about us not having many areas, you don't just get to know people for a couple of months (maybe 6 if you're in the same area for a while), but you get to know them over 2 years and they become really good friends, who I'll miss when I go home!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"We didn't have any new investigators this week, but we did have two lessons with M. and we have one planned with T. (we had a first lesson with him before Christmas) for tonight that we're looking forward to. We also have a few people that will hopefully become investigators soon, and we're excited about that!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"Great that you got to go out to the temple, it's made me appreciate how blessed we are to have one so close whilst I've been out on my mission!"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"I think I'll Skype in May if you don't mind, since I think it will be good to space it out a little bit more and not talk to you now where we've talked recently and I don't have that much new stuff to tell you!" </span><span style="background-color: white;">( There was an option of English or American Mothers day)</span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">They skype call with Dr. James Holt (Uncle Jimmy) went really well yeah, and was very useful!" </span><span style="background-color: white;">(the call was to discuss ways to help bring the church in Greece "Out of Obscurity")</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">"The zone leaders had planned a service activity where we wore the Helping Hands bibs and tidied up all of the rubbish on Mars Hill. We were there for about an hour and half and we got a lot done. There were also a lot of people around so it was good to have people be interested in who we are and what we're doing. It was a really good activity and it was a lovely day, so with the views that you have up there there's no better place to do service. It also reminded us how lucky we are to be serving in such a beautiful place that is so steeped in history.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361530322185303576.post-51983580173213094122016-02-24T13:25:00.000-08:002016-02-24T13:25:11.717-08:00Μόρφωση και παιδεία - Διά βίου μάθησηΔιά βίου μάθηση<br />
«Οτιδήποτε στοιχείο διάνοιας αποκτήσουμε σε τούτη τη ζωή, θα αναστηθεί μαζί μας κατά την ανάσταση».<br />
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<article style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><aside class="summary" itemprop="description" style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #8d8f95; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 20.5px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: initial !important; vertical-align: baseline;">Η εκπλήρωση του καθήκοντός μας να μάθουμε όσο το δυνατόν περισσότερα θα μας επιτρέψει να συνεισφέρουμε στον κόσμο γύρω μας και θα μας προετοιμάσει καλύτερα να συναντήσουμε τον Επουράνιο Πατέρα μας.</aside><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit; line-height: 15px;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border-style: initial; display: inline-block; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; text-transform: initial !important;"><img alt="Σημασία της μάθησης μέσω της εκπαιδεύσεως" class="hero lazy lazyLoadDone" height="347" itemprop="contentURL" src="https://edge.mormoncdn.org/bc/content/assets/img/full/lessons/values/lifelong_learning/studying.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 15px 0px 15px 30px; opacity: 1; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: initial !important; vertical-align: baseline;" width="277" /></span></span><div style="border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: initial !important; vertical-align: baseline;">
Η παιδεία είναι θεμελιώδης για την κατανόηση των του Θεού και των του κόσμου. Πρέπει να ξέρουμε τα πράγματα στις γραφές και άλλα καλά βιβλία, διότι προοδεύουμε πιο γρήγορα, τόσο στα κοσμικά όσο και στα πνευματικά, όσο είμαστε καλύτερα μορφωμένοι. Τα κέντρα παιδείας είναι μία από τις πολλές υπηρεσίες που προσφέρει η Εκκλησία του Ιησού Χριστού των Αγίων των Τελευταίων και επίσης δωρίζει χρήματα για να προαγάγει άλλες διεθνείς πρωτοβουλίες για την παιδεία.</div>
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Η καλή μόρφωση και η ικανότητα να διαβάζουμε μάς βοηθά να αποκτήσουμε γνώση και σοφία, οι οποίες μας δίδουν τη δυνατότητα να διακρίνουμε την αλήθεια από το σφάλμα και να κάνουμε καλές επιλογές. Η μόρφωση και η παιδεία αποτελούν επίσης κλειδιά της προσωπικής αναπτύξεως, της προετοιμασίας για κατάλληλη απασχόληση, της οικοδόμησης δυνατών οικογενειών, της υπηρέτησης στην Εκκλησία και της σημαίνουσας συνεισφοράς στην κοινωνία στην οποία ζούμε. Η ικανότητα να διαβάζουμε και η ευκαιρία να πηγαίνουμε στο σχολείο μάς βοηθούν να γίνουμε καλύτεροι πολίτες, καλύτερα μέλη της οικογένειας, καλύτεροι υπάλληλοι και καλύτερα τέκνα του Θεού. Ο Πρόεδρος Ντίτερ Ούχτντορφ από την Πρώτη Προεδρία της Εκκλησίας είπε: <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: initial !important; vertical-align: baseline;">«Παρακαλώ παροτρύνετε την οικογένειά σας… να μάθει και να μορφωθεί καλύτερα. Αν δεν είναι διαθέσιμη η επίσημη εκπαίδευση, μην επιτρέψετε σε αυτό να σας αποτρέψει από το αποκτήσετε όλη τη γνώση που μπορείτε. Υπό τέτοιες συνθήκες ζωής, τα καλύτερα βιβλία, υπό μία έννοια, μπορούν να γίνουν το “πανεπιστήμιό" σας -- μία αίθουσα που είναι πάντοτε ανοικτή και δέχεται όλους όσοι κάνουν αίτηση»</em> Ο Τζόζεφ Σμιθ δίδαξε <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-transform: initial !important; vertical-align: baseline;">«Είναι αδύνατο ένας άνθρωπος να σωθεί μέσα σε άγνοια»</em> (<a href="https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/greek/pdf/language-materials/33386_ell.pdf?lang=ell#page=256" style="border: 0px; color: #006dc0; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: initial !important; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Διδαχή και Διαθήκες 131:6</a>). Η εκπλήρωση του καθήκοντός μας να μάθουμε όσο το δυνατόν περισσότερα θα μας επιτρέψει να συνεισφέρουμε στον κόσμο γύρω μας και θα μας προετοιμάσει να συναντήσουμε τον Επουράνιο Πατέρα μας.</div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 29px; line-height: 36px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.mormon.org/ell/values/learning">διαβάστε περισσότερα εδώ</a> </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 36px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.mormon.org/values/learning">or in English</a></span></div>
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