Involved in the work

This week was a really good week. This is the 3rd week in a row that K and E came to church, and this week E came with her family to church. K and E both gave really strong testimonies in the meeting. We are hoping soon that A who is K's wife can come back to church. She said that she found her peace from her daughter passing away in Christ finally and is not taking pills anymore to help her sleep. She is finally starting to realize that through Christ she can find her peace. She told us that she did not want to let him take her pain, and she realized that when she went to an Armenian church to pray and she ended up talking to the priest a little too. The priest ended up telling her that she was on the right path and that she is a strong believer in Christ and that she needed to stay on that path. It just helped her to realize that again and turn her to Christ for her peace and that she had just forgotten that a little bit. I think within the next couple of weeks we will see her back at church again. One step at a time. We can see the growth in Ashtarak and we are excited to work in this area. 

This week we picked up a lady that was half Syrian and Armenian. She was super excited to meet with us. She has been to church 2 times before when she was here 2 years ago and liked it. She has a problem with her eyes right now, but at the end of the month she is going to get surgery for her cataract to be taken out. We want to bring her some conference talks to listen to in Arabic. Then she said at the end of the month. Her family will be coming to Armenia and her grandchildren want a place to learn about Christ. They do not know a ton and I am sure we can teach the parents at the same time. It just feels like the work is moving forward in Ashtarak. I am super excited to work here and it is just really cool to see some progress with people and feel like I am helping the good in other peoples life.

I know that the Lord has His hand in everything and that when we put out trust in Him and do the best we can everything will work out according to His will. I have learned that we don't get to choose whether the Lord blesses us, but the blessings will flow upon us as we are doing what is right and following Him. I love all of you - try to trust the Lord andHis ways and your life will turn out way better that you ever imagined.

Elder Sproul