Splits with the District Leader

Hello everyone! This week I went on splits with the district leader and it was a pretty good time. Even though he is my missionary leader I was able to help him and teach him some things that would help him in his missionary work. I was able to learn some things from him too. One thing that was a miracle that happened during our time together was Elder Tenny (that's his name) said a prayer that these people would come to the church. These people are less active members that know the church is true, but it was just a miracle when they actually came to the church. We were able to share our testimonies with them. It was enough for them to say that they would come to church and start doing things to come back to activity. This was an amazing miracle and strengthened my testimony of prayer.  

Then we were able to meet with our investigator. His name is Minas and he knows the gospel is true and loves reading The Book of Mormon. His only problem is that he cannot quit smoking. We found out that he only smokes when his grand kids annoy him and then it just helps him to calm down. He said that he is only smoking one a day though and that he would stop smoking. We are just hoping that he is actually going to follow through so that he can reach his baptismal date of October 12. He has been reading the 12 step book which has been helping him. So I will keep you updated on that. We were also able to spend a lot of time with our branch president. We had a ton of branch things to do with him. The church leadership is improving. 

This was basically our week in a nutshell, but I just want to bear my testimony of prayer. It really is something that is real. God hears your prayers and will answer them. Just remember that he will not give us any answers if we are not going to follow through. So just pray with sincerity and God will answer.  

I love you and have a great week. Make good choices!

Elder Sproul