Week of Spaghetti

So this week was the week that I think that I did my favorite service that I have ever done! We ended up 

making spaghetti for this person in our branch. She made all of the dough and it was a ton of work to 

get all the spaghetti strings all hung up so that it could dry so that it could be cooked. It started out 

with rolling then cutting and then running to go and hang it up. All the strings that you see in the 

picture are ones that we hung up so that she could have that spaghetti for the whole winter. 

We also started going out to a village called Spitak and apparently there has been some work done it the 

past. We went out with a member of our ward that knew everyone in the village and was just showing us 

all the people that lived in the village.  It seemed that almost all of them turned into investigators. It really 

goes to show that if you receive contacts then that is when they will become investigators. So when we 

went out there the work went really well and our branch president wants to start bringing the sacrament 

out there. He knows that it will be hard for them to come in to the city so that is why he wants to do that. 

I mean the that is the whole reason we go to church. His end goal would be to start a group out there. 

It would be so amazing, but we just have to find a male that can run the group there. 

In my studies and watching conference I really thought about the importance of repentance and what it 

means to repent. We just need to make sure that we are going through the proper steps of repentance 

and in the end we will meet our maker and be prepared for that day. The steps of repentance are...

1.  recognize it is a sin

2. Fell bad for that sin or sorrow

3. We must forsake our sin or stop the bad thing

4. Confess our sin to god through prayer 

5. Make restitution or make up for the wrong doing

6. Forgive others 

7. Promise to obey the commandments again

If we do these things we will make it to the celestial kingdom. No matter how many times we mess up 

He will always forgive us. Even if it is the same sin. Just always go through these steps. I ask you if there 

is something that you have not repented for talk to someone, you will feel better. Alma 5 is a good 

chapter on this, you should read that. 

I love you guys so much. I know that this church is true and remember to always read the Book of Mormon. 

There were so many talks this last week about how if we read it we will gain a testimony. Try it out and see 

for yourself. I have done it and know that it is true. Have an amazing week. I love you and keep you in my 

prayers as always!

Elder Sproul