We met an "apostle"

This week I had the opportunity to meet an apostle. We went to the meeting not knowing that we were going to be meeting an apostle and then we got there we found out that it was a guy named Manvel and he was starting his own church. We found him by calling him in the area book. He kept on saying that one of our members that was in a wheel chair did not have the right to preach the gospel because he was handicapped. He brought up the Matthew 9 story and was like he was healed and then started preaching. It was really dumb, I thought because this guy was someone that was paralyzed and could not do anything, while the man in our branch is completely normal and can doing anything he wants, but just has no use of his legs. After all he is an "Apostle" and we need to listen to him, right? It was just super funny. The whole time we were just trying to testify of the truthfulness of the gospel, but he just wouldn't listen and would just try and teach us. So we don't think that we will meet with the apostle again, but it was a funny experience. 

My companion is the first counselor in the branch presidency. This week, he gave a calling to a member in our branch to close the door during sacrament and make sure that no one enters. It was super funny because people were trying to get in and he was just holding it shut. Sacrament went really well though and it was probably one of the better sacrament meetings that I have had in a long time. During the sacrament there was no noise and you could actually think about what the Savoir has done for you and then we learned from all the talks that were given. This branch has a lot of room to grow and I am excited to be able to work here for the next 22 weeks. 

I know that this church is true and it will never go away. I heard this week from someone that our church is crumbling in Armenia, but we have the promise from the Lord that it will never go away. It does not matter if there are 5 people in a meeting. As long as there are people in Armenia we will continue going forward and I know that. I love you so much and have an amazing week. 

Elder Sproul