The week of the village

This week we worked with members to be more self-reliant. The Armenian people have a hard time being 

self-reliant, at least the way I was taught.  We have been counseled to start these lessons where is would 

help them learn what they need. As missionaries we are now allowed to teach these people, but we can 

encourage them to attend these classes and stuff that can help them. I think it is a really cool concept 

because we are the ones that are seeing the members the most and they see us as examples.  We'll have 

to wait and see if we are making an impact on them.  

Then we went out to a village to see some of our members! I have not been out there for like 3 months 

to see these people because the sisters have been going out there.  It was a little hard remembering 

where everyone lived, but it was still super fun. There is this one person that got baptized out there 

that is blind and she has a super strong testimony! She has read the entire Bible in Aremenian Braile. 

It is super cool to see how strong of a testimony she has and she hasn't even read the Book of Mormon. 

I can not wait for the day that she gets to read the Book of Mormon in Armenian Braile. 

This week I have been studying in the Book of Mormon and I was reading Jacob 5 where is talks about 

grafting back the bad fruits. I was thinking about how converts are the same way. Let's say I have an 

investigator who is not obeying the commandments. If he starts obeying the commandments then 

that is when he will see the blessings. It isn't until you take away the bad that the good fruit can 

come into their lives. If you have something that is disrupting you from feeling the blessings, then 

stop it! I love you so much and have an amazing week! 

Elder Sproul