It’s really neat to see how much God loves the people of Armenia. As I serve them I can feel the deepest love I’ve ever felt and I know that it’s not just the love I have for them its coming form a much higher place.
I really love my mini I’m so lucky to have Sarahnosh as my mini she is like an American that doesn’t speak English but that stops nothing she is my best friend here by far! Sometimes when were talking I forget she doesn’t speak English and I slip into English its funny when I happens in the coolest Armenian ascent ever she says “What the Heck Queer Jon” in English its really funny! I just drop every time.
Sister Christensen is so amazing she lived in Paris and was a Jr. high English teacher there. She brings out some much good in me as I see how much she loves and all the good things she does. I just want to be more like both of my comps.
I am seeing a lot of weaknesses that I have this week but it’s like in Jacob 4: 7 I think it is where it says God gives us weaknesses so that we can lean on him and see how he has blessed us. It is really cool to see how much he is in my live. I really have been humbled this week, I can see where I couldn’t do a lot of things last week and this week I’ve had to do them and it works out way better than I thought it could. And I know it’s not me, it’s all him. There is 2 rules that have been passed down. 1. Don’t stand on a street corner to long and 2. don’t take credit for anything! If it’s good it wasn’t you and if it’s bad you don’t want the credit anyway. This is so true!!!!!
My new companions and I are getting along really well and it totally shows on our work. We are both so new on the mission so we have learned what the phrase do or die means I do or WE die… you would be surprised what can be done. I don’t think my mouth has ever been this opened in my life! I know that’s saying a lot.
Sister Christensen and I haven’t really had comps that liked taking finding Hr’s but we went and did that the other day holy crap. I had no idea how much fun it was!!! I could just do that my whole mission and be way overly happy it’s nice to find something I’m good at. I can teach ok it’s not beautiful by any means but I can say what I need to. But on the street its fun and you get to talk to so many people most of the time they try to get me to talk to them so when I do in Armenian it totally floors them its SO MUCH FUN!!! I really wish we could open proselyte but that does add to the fun. I just have to prompt them to ask about me and I’m a cute American so it’s really not hard at all. (Still have a way to go with humility in all things.)
From dad’s email-
Do you have a refrigerator? – yes its one of the small ones you find in a hotel
How do you heat your apartment? -- We have a box that heats our water (when we have it) and it works like a radiator taking hot water to different parts of the house to heat it.
Do you eat normal foods or is it kind of different?—I don’t even remember what real food is any more we eat bred with EVERY thing. Ranch packets, Peanut Butter and Brown sugar is like gold here.
They have been cracking down really hard on all the gas appliances that we have I’m sure you all heard about the missionaries that died in Romania there are close to the we have the same area prez. as them so they have checked out appt to make sure its all safe. I think one of them was from Highland.
My tummy has even started to play nice with me. That’s one of many blessings I can see from God, I can now hold down most of the food here.
Did you watch the Olympics? My trainer’s brother was in them. It was his first year, Eric Fisher. Down hill skiing.
Love you all have a good week. your crazy missionary
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