#lighttheworld

This week was a really good week. I really did love all the ideas that our Mission president gave us for #lighttheworld. We really did try to do those everyday and it made us feel a lot better. It just made me feel like I was doing good in the world. Even though sometimes we did not get a whole lot done throughout the day we were still able to help someone out and do something good each and everyday. 

I was super happy that some less actives came to church this week. Elder Millett and I were both trying really hard to get them to church. This week we are going to keep a focus on them and we are going to try and reactivate Yura who is the elder's quorum and his family. That is what we are going to do this week. We are going to keep the lighttheworld going.  

Elder Tenny showed us a really cool thing in district meeting where we can have everyday contact with people. Whether it be less actives or investigators, you just have a member contact them everyday and you can only visit them once a week. If you can help missionaries fellowship with their investigators do it. It means so much more when it comes from members. I am super excited to try it this week.

Merry Christmas!

Elder Sproul 

Patience

We had a less active come to the church this week and introduce us to his friend. That was really cool. Although the friend said that he is very busy right now. I was just impressed with the testimony that this less active had. You knew that he still knew it was true and we are going to stay in touch with him. He was not able to come to church this week because he was in Yerevan, but I think that he is gong to come back soon. 

Then we meet with Yura who is our less active Elder's quorum president and could tell that he just felt neglected. I realized that when we meet with each other that I had some repenting to do. I was judging him for something that he did in the past and I always thought that he was going to be that way. Then he called us in front of the church and I realized that he still does have a testimony and I think that he will come back to church shortly. He was just sick this week. 

We are seeing a lot of blessings in our branch coming from the Lord. You don't know when they will come, but they always will come if it is in line with the Lord's will. Some times we don't realize when they will come. There is a great Mormon message on this. The Lord will always bless us and never give up. 

https://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/mormon-messages/continue-in-patience-1 

I love all of you and have an amazing week. Just keep moving forward and everything will be okay. The Lord is there to provide for us we just have to be patient and wait for him to provide because if we are being obedient he will provide. I know that this work is true and our only goal is to reach God and say that I am ready to enter into your kingdom. How sad would it be if you reached that day and he said " I do not know you." Do everything you can to get to know him and to get to know his kingdom.

Elder Sproul  

Christmas Presents

This week was a pretty productive week. I really have been enjoying my mission so much more this past week. Some things that happened was we were able to pick up some investigators who we were able to meet with with Manuk. I don't know what will come of it as of now, but I know for a fact that if Manuk was not there I know that it would not have turned out the way it did if it was just us. As I think back on the most successful times in my mission it was when I was going to meetings with members all the time. Even to members houses I would bring another member. This past week we were able to do that a couple times. We visited Rima and Rafik with some members on Sunday too they wanted us to come with them so we did. You can just tell that they cared that other members cared about them. I really like the recent convert Hasmik and how much she thinks about all the other members. She is always calling us and asking us how the other members are doing because she does not have minutes in her phone. So in short if you can go and visit a less active or a non member with missionaries go and do it. If all you can do is share your testimony do that. It will bring a ton of power into the meeting when it does not come from the missionaries. This will help them and it will help you a whole ton too. 

I love you all and have a great week. Use Christ's atonement in your life. It really is the biggest blessing that anyone can ever could give to you. I learned this week that there are two parts of the atonement. 1 the forgiving power or the power we use to repent and 2 just power in general. He can give us power to do anything we want through his atonement we just have to tap into that energy through prayer and asking him for what we want. I love all of you and this Christmas season #lighttheworld.

Elder Sproul

#lighttheworld

This week was a pretty normal week. I have realized that Anush who is the branch president's wife, is a very good missionary and tries a lot to bring people to the gospel. She talked to us about all the people that she tries to talk to and then she talked about all her relatives. She really wants us to meet with one of them, but he is just not answering our calls. We are going to try again next week. I really want to meet with this guy because he is a 20 year old male and I know that he could be a big strength to this branch. I have met him a couple times at church, but never had an official visit with him. We are still going to try and meet with him this week. 

We had a good district meeting this week on the power of introducing the Book of Mormon. I saw a bunch of different ways that we can introduce the Book of Mormon and showed me some different ways all with the Bible being introduced first and then the Book of Mormon. I really did like that and it helped me to realize the importance of the Bible in the work. 

Then this week we watched the light the world videos and I am prepared to make it a big thing in Armenia. Last year it was not that big of a thing, but this year it is going to be a lot bigger. It just promotes doing good everyday. If you do not know what it is then you can look it up on mormon.org and find out everything about it. It is just all about just being more like Christ everyday. 

I love all of you and I know that this gospel is true do everything you can to retain your testimony.  

Elder Sproul