Week 63

This week we had a few lessons with an investigator that the sisters taught 2years ago. Her name is Maria. In case you havent found out already Maria is a very common name in Greece. Almost every woman is named Maria. haha:)

Anyway, she is sweet. We are trying to help her learn more about Christ and be closer to Him.

We also had another lesson with a lady named, charitini. I had taught her inThess! So that was cool! She now lives here in Athens. She also invited a friend to a lesson with us which was so fun! He became a new investigator of ours! And she invited him to church!! But unfortunately he wasnt able to come and she was a little sad about that, but it was really neat to see how much she valued the importance of church attendance.

This week we also had a Specialized Training. It was so good! It was about "our call" as missionaries. And how we need to be bold about our calling, like Peter was. In Acts 5:29-42 It talks about Peter and John and how they were bold in their calling as representatives of Jesus Christ! I really like the last verse. It says they, "Ceased not to teach and preach of Jesus Christ." I love that because they werent afraid of their calling. Even if they were imprisoned or mocked for it. They stood by their testimonies! And so can we! I love this quote that says, "We need to be fearless in proclaiming the truth!"

In the Training President Heder also talked about Courage and he shared a quote by C.S Lewis, "Courage is the form of every virtue at the testing point."

He then shared the story about the strippling warriors and how they grew up as farmers. And so they had no experience with swords and fighting. So, it must have taken a lot of courage to go to battle. But what a blessing they were to their families and example they were to all of the people around them. As you read about the story you can see the true commitment they had with God and what they valued more than anything else. And its the same for us. We have been called here to preach and as we remember that commitment we made with God to share the gospel we are blessed with more blessings than we can imagine!

I hope you all have a wonderful coming week! Especially with Thanksgiving coming up:)

I love you all!

Αδελφή Ράμση

Week 62

This week we did a lot of contacting and finding. So, we went and started talking to people at a really big square. And we usually go with another set of elders and bring a banner, which is a picture of Christ. But one time it started to rain really bad. And another time we went to the square and an insurance company advertized with a massive vissual effect...(see picture below).

And so we just kept on trying and we really did end up seeing little miracles here and there. We met a lady named Dora (which means gift in Greek) in the metro and she was so sweet and wanting to know more about the gospel of Jesus Christ! It was so wonderful. We also visited some members this week! They are the best! And Carmen came to church this week! She really loved being there:) She had a smile on her face the whole time. And the members really took her in and reminded her of the family she has there! It was beautiful!

We also now teach Young Womens, which is so fun! We love being with them and supporting them.

Something really cool - One of the investigators I had in Thess moved to Athens and she came to church this sunday and wants to start back up with lessons. So, that was really neat!

I love Athens and the people here! I know the Gospel is true! And that we need Christ in our life!

I love you all!!

Have a great week!

Love,

Sister Ramsay

Week 61 Kostas

This week was really amazing! We had a lot of little miracles! Kostas was having a hard week, but it was so wonderful to see his determination to be baptized. He really wanted the blessings of baptsim! And on Saturday he was baptized! The heater broke and so the water to fill the font was really cold, so we had to try to boil water and fill it with hot water! It was kinda funny. It was really a very spiritual and touching moment. He really loved the baptism and was so happy afterwards! The following day on Sunday he recieved the Holy Ghost! He had been so excited! It was just so wonderful to see! It is hard to explain in words how I felt seeing all of this. He really changed and wanted to start a new life with Christ. It was something so beautiful! I was really honored to be apart of that! I know that God is our Father and that Jesus Christ is our Savior. And that Christ atoned for our Sins. I love being here and sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ!

We also had a lot of people (potential investigators that we met on the metro) come to church! It was really fun seeing them all there!

Well,  I hope you all have a fantastic week! And enjoy the snow....cuz out here we dont have that;)

Love you all,

Sister Ramsay

Boiling hot water for the baptism!

All the missionaries with Sister Sankoh:)

Week 60

How is everyone?

Happy Halloween!!

This week went really well! We had a few lessons with Kostas preparing him for Baptism. He is really excite about being baptized! We also went to see a few less-actives this week. And one of them came to church this sunday!! It was so nice to see her there! She was so happy there and enjoyed being there! The members here are the best!! I love them sooo much!!  

We also saw Betty again this week with her family! She accepted the invitation to be baptized! And wants to continue having lessons:)

We also went to a baptism this week! It was Nadia's baptism!! She turned 8! We taught her some lessons before her baptism to prepare her. She is a very sweet girl!

We also had a couple, who came to visit and see family. They are from Brazil but live right now in Bonstetten. So, that was really cool!! I got to talk to them about Switzerland. 

Well, Have a great week!! 

Love you all!

pics:

Sister Cigolini super cold! Our landlord hasnt turned the heating on yet.

Puppy.

Halloween!Thanks mom!

Week 59

This week was amazing!!

We went last week on Monday to the Zoo! The zoo was sooo fun! We got to see a dolphine show, pet a cheetah, and hold lemurs! It was so fun!!!

We also had two baptisms this week from the elders. For one of them we helped a member give a talk for the baptism and she did so well! Mary is so cute! It was her first talk.

We also had two lessons with Kostas this week. And he is progressing! He had a difficult day with his friends asking him why he felt he needed to get baptized. But what was really cool was that night he went home and read from the Book of Mormon and felt the spirit. He called me on the phone and started to describe his feeelings but couldnt. He said he felt God's love! It was wonderful to see him really desire the blessings of baptism!

This week we got a new sister from Italy!! She is soooo sweet!! We love her so much!! She has really good Greek already and puts her heart in the work! She is wonderful:)

We also met a man named Fernado this week on the bus. And he called us that night to meet up and talk about the church. It was so cool. It is always so neat to see how the Lord works with us!

We also had a lot of rain this week! 

It was a really good week! 

I love you all!
Sister Ramsay

Week 58

This week we had three lessons with Kostas and it went really well! He is progressing and we changed his baptismal date to the 5th of November. And he fells really good about the date. It was really sweet to see him at church and a member came up to him and asked him when he was getting baptized and he proudly said the 5th of November.

We also had Sisters Conference this week and so all the sisters got together and we had a conference with Sister Heder. It was really wonderful! We discussed what we had learned so far on our mission and how we could apply it after our mission. It was really neat to be able to think how much this mission has prepared me for my life back home.

We had Zone Conference the next day and the theme was the Holy Ghost. It was so refreshing to hear about the Spirit. I am grateful for the guidance of the Spirit and how it has testified to me of the truthfulness of the gospel.

This week we also had a  training for when the new misionaries come. We will be receiving 9 new missionaries and so I will be training with my companion Sister Leuzinger.We are both really excited for this opportunity! The new sister is from Italy. And its cool because we bith were trained by the same sister that was from Italy and now we both get to train together a sister from Italy. hah

We also went to our investigators wedding this saturday. We were her missionary bridesmaids! It was really fun going and seeing an African style wedding. In the church they had drums and loud singing. She was realy happy about us being there to support her. And it was fun to be able to talk to all the people about us being missionaries.

 I hope you all have a great week! 

Love you all,

Sister Ramsay

Week 57

This week was really great! We had two lessons witth Kostas! He even came to church on Sunday! On the way to church he was talking to us about wanting his baptism sooner. It was cool, because we had planned to talk to him about changing the baptism date to an earlier date. He loved being at church and watching Conference! Kostas is awesome!! This Sunday Nathaneal came to church too! He loved Conference and will come again next Sunday. He has read a lot of the Book of Mormon and is almost finished. We also saw Joseph this week! He thought the video of Jopseph Smith was inspiring. He really felt the spirit in the lesson. Overall it was a really good week! Conference really was uplifting and inspiring to watch! I love the gospel of Jesus Christ! I know it is true!

In two weeks we will be getting three new sisters:) and Sister Jansson will be going home. Time is going by so fast! :) 

 Have a great week!!

I love you all,

Sister Ramsay

So sorry!!! I will have to send pictures next time!

Love you all :)