I'm the F to the E, R, G the I the E ... and cant no other missionary put it down like me ... (its a song... and yes I'm that dorky

Hey fam how’s life been this week? I know for Eileen it has been good! :) Congratulations!!!!!! on the engagement If there is anything I can do to help let me know! This will be so exciting for you all!

This week has been really different. We have been trying to find more of our in-actives and walking around allot trying to find them they have old and new addresses so our map works 1/2 the time but be don't know which half that is... I love the random ppl we find when were out on the street it makes it all worth it!!!

We got a new branch president and 1st counselor not too long ago and yesterday they called a Ward mission leader... My wonderful friend Sticks. Then that night he called me to tell me that he's going to be serving a Mini mission in Gyumri :( so sad I really don't want Sticks to go. (We call him sticks his name is Arman) He's like one of my best friends here.

Well I got this book on how some of the churches here got started.

This is how Tsitsenavank got its start... I can’t read most the names so good luck! and I am going to do the whole thing like they did it... next week I'll send you the English that is on the washer lol its awesome!!!!!!!!!

Tuman, the price (melik) of Hrchas, constantly offended the priest of the village. To get rid of the price, the priest wrote a damnation on a paper, left it in the prince's room and fled. By the damnations of that paper, the prince lost his wife, sons and his whole wealth. Realizing that the the priest’s damnation is cause of all his misfortunes, the price went to find him to beg his pardon. The price passed several cities and reaching Rome, found out that the priest had died.Deserate, he stayed at one of the monasteries as an attendant and kept on prying for the salvation of his soul.
Time was passing. One day , the prince bit the little finger of apostle Peter and held it in his mouth. Next minute, all the icons of the monastery fell down. The priests rushed to the prince trying to take the relic out of his mouth and to kill him. And suddenly a voice coming out from the table, said: "Don't approach the prince". After that, the prince returned to his country and built there a monastery in the place where a cult plum-tree grew. There he buried the finger (tsitsern) of apostle Peter. Since then the monastery has been called Tsitsernavank.

I didn’t change anything!

I laughed so hard!!! I love the translations here! And this story is just funny. All I could think was ... could you fathom if the Bibble Peter would have been AHHH some crazy prince just bit off my finger! that my have made me laugh way to hard. My washer is good to not as good as fingers being bit off. I believe that is says something like "the spin results in no good."

Well Love all you so much. I’ll have to keep you updated on my investigator Anaheat she will be baptized in June don't know what day but some time around my birthday. I'm getting so old!!! Almost 22 I really didn't plan on being 22 ever when I thought about life as a kid. lol but better late than never.

Did I tell you that Elder Scott is coming to our mission June 12th and 13th the 12 is just with us 40 missionaries and the 13th is the whole two countries this mission covers. Were really hoping to get 800 ppl to come.

I've been doing the counting in my ward and we got 40ish ppl in our branch that number had held for 3 weeks now!!! When we first got here the number was 15. I have really high hopes for Armenian I really pray that they'll get a temple some day. The ppl here are so cool!!

I can really see how much the Lord has been blessing me in my life here. I may get sick a lot but I get so much done! I know that its only through him that anything happens. When the spirit is strong I can talk and they understand and I understand them. When I'm not doing what I need to, too have the spirit I can't talk; no one understands me and I don't even have a clue what there saying to me. I love how I can see my Heavenly Father in everything that I do here. I cant believe how much more I'm learning about the gospel there is so much more than just reading your scriptures everyday and going to church on Sunday. Its so much more!!! Really studying the scriptures, holy cow my life seems so easy compared to Alma and Nephi! PS thanks to my brothers for not trying to kill me I really appreciate that. just to let you know. :) :) :)

well now that I'm letting the missionary dorky-ness out I should go. Nothing good is going to come from me staying on longer lol later

Fergie ferg :)

Armenian love sent your way

Well I've hit another Monday this time I'm in Ararat! I really like it down here. My comp and I came for our P-day. We went to this old church I would say its name but... I don't know it lol. But anyway when your at the church and look out ya can see MT. Ararat really well (where they say Noah landed). we were about 6 miles away from it and 1/2 mile away from the Turkey border! The mt. is in Turkey; we could see there watch towers and all. So much fun! Sister Christensen and I came with the Elders down here Elders Recce and Gardner. Both are from Utah.

I'm am so excited for Rebecca!!! I be home not to long after she has the baby. Its weird to think that life still happens in Utah. I get so busy here I forget that you all are having your own adventurers there. Its not to bad though it wont take long for me to get in the hang of everything when I get home. I hit my half way mark in about a transfer.

My investigators are doing really well. Anaheat she has a baptism date for the 4th of June. She is doing so good! Fina we were able to meet with her finally!! She finally found a job. It brakes my heart she works from 9 am to 11 pm for 1500 drom a day that's less than $4 a day. Even here that's a really bad job! Normally ok so lets say you work in the city at a place like Berger king you work 12 hrs a day everyday for about 2000 maybe 3000 drom a day. this job of Fina's is just so bad!!! I really hope she can find a new job. She's a stud!!! When we teach her she is a power house for the spirit and I love going over to her house.

The people here are so good! I can't tell you how much I love them. Everyday it just grows stronger and stronger. I really wish I could just live here forever. If you watch the movie pride and prejudice the feel of that movie is how it feels here some times. like in the small villages that's the feel and its so cool to see all the old buildings and talk to the people about this and that.

We took the train here and this lady all but adopted us into her family! She was a way cool lady she gave us candy. (Don't tell Mom but I did take candy from a stranger and I did eat it!) We try to get 12 gospel conversations every day and we got all 12 and some contacts of ppl to go see in that train. It was a really good train ride for us!


Well happy to say all is well. I'm doing allot better staying healthy, I really am so grateful for all your help hope that week goes by wonderful for you!


Mom -I'm staying way safe no worries!

Picture time!

Lets see there is a pic of all the Queers serving in Armenia there is a pic of me by a water fountain by our house. The pic of the horse is a huge statue that is here they have a lot of thoughts here. This one looked way cool!

I hope all is going good on your side of the world! I'm having a lot of fun over here. Khachek is doing so good he's coming to church and liking it. We have a investigator that will get baptized on the 28th. I really feel blessed by all that God is giving us and letting us help with.

Lets see what happened this week... I got Lori and Eileen's boxes they were way good thank you so much for that!!!

My camera died so I'll be looking for a new one here or trying to get this one fixed. It wont turn on and that zoom-er is stuck out... so really I don't know if they can fix it.. but what the hey I'm willing to try.

Fisher went home this last week and now is in Idaho.

OK so I got proposed to again it was really funny! That whole day was really funny we went to Avan this neighboring part of the city that is also in our area. We were walking down the street and we start seeing thees cloths pins falling all around us LOL then I saw that it was not on accident that they were falling all around us. We were being Cloths pined!!!! I laughed so hard I couldn't breath it was so funny. they were like 5 levels up from us! All I could think about was this game that Eileen and I would play at my old apt. We would try to get a Pennie into a golf hole from the second and third floor. Their game had to have been a lot funner! I can't blame them ... after all if you can see your self doing the same thing. ya really cant get mad at someone doing it to you. I thought it was so funny. I wanted to teach them that if you sit your car out on the road and wait for ppl to walk by you can push the panic button and watch them jump :) ... not that I would do that ....(cough)
After we left that place we were walking around and I saw a really cute puppy and I wasn't going to pet it ... maybe but I did want to look at it and to my dismay the boy that was holding the puppy left. Sadly this is not where that story ends his friend saw me and followed us around like a lost puppy for like 20 min. He was determined to help us find our next appt. He wanted to help us cross the street and kept grabbing my hand to hold it .... I had to take it way a few times before he got the hint that I wasn't going to let that slide. At the end of it all he kept asking my age and if I would stay with him and his family... Don't worry Mom I said NO. He really looked like a 12 year old but he was 24 trapped in a 12 year old's body! He was a good kid he gave us his number. I think I'll have the Elders stop by and teach him the first lesson :) I love doing that you have no idea! He ended up putting us on the wrong van and we ended up in Center... Elder Wainrights area not my area. We had to hurry and try to get back in our own area. I really had a lot of fun that day it was one weird thing after another after another.

The work is going really good despite the puppy's that try to follow us home or have us come live at there home. lol it so much fun here and I'm way glad to hear that your all doing so good

love love!!!
Sister Fergie

Fun day Batman!!!

(Video is of my ROCKIN investigator!)

This is the view from the church window

Me really bored by the church window...

sky from the 6th floor of my investigator's Apartment building

My Rock-en investigator that is getting baptized this week!!!! and his Grandma

One of my other way cool Investigators! He’s Russian and a good football player... (well Soccer in America.)

more of my area

Grandma me and Christensen

Hakob and I

Hakob is the "grounds keeper of the church"

My awesome Comp Sister Christensen! I love her to death!!! By the end of this transfer well will have been together for 18 weeks (I'm so glad we get along!!!)

Rafiek one of the coolest old members of our branch. He told us Every Friday at 6 the missionaries come to teach him and his family. Who are we to mess with a old man routine. We go and he always finds new family members for us to teach. He's a stud and helps the work along so much!

the Bailey Sisters Christensen, Crego, Elder Recce, Me, Sister Fisher(my trainer), Elder Chennie, Sisters Cornwell and Davice.

...this is what happens to toes on a mission... I'm so getting a pedicure when I get home!

Alright well hopefully this week the letter won’t get deleted before I send it to you! Holy good week Batman!

So we took a shorter P-day last week so that we could go to the Russian Ballet this week. So so so good!!! We went with all but two of the Sisters in the mission ... so there were 7 Queers and then Elder Reece and Elder Chennie ... (Elder Chennie's mom grew up in the Lehi 2nd with Dad. Don't remember her first name but her maiden name is Gray. She remembers Dad and Sherrie.) The Ballet was so good! I really almost cried at one point. It’s amzing what they can convey in dance!

So this week my comp and I were trying to find a house that we have gone to three times before, we have never had any problems finding it. This time was different. We could not for the life of us find this house! We got on the right road but after that nothing looked familiar. We found the outside of her window at one point but we couldn't find the door to get to her house... it was the weirdest thing ever! After we walked up and down the apartment complex trying to find a way to get to her house we gave up and just counted it as were not meant to go to her house today... A man stops us and asks where were from I said American and he looks us over and was like “well will you come to my house right now and teach me about whatever your church is?” I asked him if he lived with anyone. (We can’t go into an apartment if there is only one boy in there) He said that he lives with his friend. I'm the scaredy cat of my companionship. I don't even know how it happened but I said yes. And just went with him right then to go to his Apt. I can’t even tell you how odd it was. I NEVER go to the men's apt when they invite us to go and teach them like that. But I just felt so peaceful about going I couldn't say no. It was a hard lesson. Him and his Friend are really smart and KNOW their history. They wanted us to come back again so the second time we went we took Tamara, a girl in our ward (she speaks near perfect English). She was a life saver! They said they would come to our stake conference (it’s really District conference... we don't have stakes) Two of them Loved it!!!! one of the men was on the brink of tears. He kept moving closer and closer so he could see the speakers better. He found us after and was way excited asked when we could come back to his house and teach him more. They were all like "We really felt something different... this is good!"
My Queer and I were on cloud 9 last night!!!! After the conference yesterday we were way excited We also found out about transfers we get another 6 weeks together in NORK!!! we were so happy we really didn't want to be transferred! We have build up Nork from nothing to one of the best areas in the south in only 6 weeks and so much will happen in the next few weeks to come we didn't want to miss it. But in the end we know it’s not us at all that is doing anything it’s all the Lord just letting us sit front seat on the ride. And I am so thankful that he lets me see his work!!! My District leader told us last night that the whole South Zone only got 5 new investigators the week before. This week my queer and I got 4. I really have never had such a strong testimony of it really is not me!!! It’s all Heavenly Father. He helps me so much every day! Sometimes I feel like a needy girl but he's there to listen to me all the time, It's so wonderful.

So I got another marriage proposal this makes 6 REALLY bold proposals in the 5 weeks I've been here. This was my first member that did it. He tried to go through Elder Reece to marry me. Luckily for me Elder Reece said no. But he still follows me around at District conferences....JOY! LOL I really will come home with a complex. You all still have to love me!

I most likely won’t email next week were going to Ararat to see the old Pagan Church. But I will have just talked to you the day before. Have fun love you lots!!! Can’t wait for Mothers day!

not much time....

So I typed a letter to you and it got deleted so this is going to have to be shorter today sorry.

Life is going really good here my comp and I got a little sick with a virus this week but we were able to go and do a lot more than I thought we were going to get done.

But no worries we are both doing really well. We were inside a lot this week so the only pictures I took were really weird so no pictures this week. I’ll try to think of something to send a picture of this week.

Our investigators are doing so good!!! Khackik is getting baptized this week and our investigator Lusea has a baptismal date for the 1^st part of May! The work is really taking off here in Nork and I love it!

I also really love my Companion we get along so well, we will defiantly be best friends for life! It really is cool to be how close we get in so short of time.

1. What is your apartment like? Do you have a normal bathroom now?

Yes I have a normal bathroom now. We have one of the best apartments in the mission right now its like were in a America! Infack this is a way better apartment then what I was living when I moved out.

2. Do you have running water all the time?

Its always on J and hot!!

3. Can you buy fresh veggies?

More now than before it’s whatever is in season that we get a lot of.

I make Book of Mormon jokes and almost beat myself up :)

The first few pics is Food that I made in the microwave lol I found out this week that you can make almost anything in that beautiful thing!. Like pie crust, brownies, pancakes.... really anything nuked, cheese on bread.... it’s great. (And by the way, keep reading to the end of this post and you will find a lovely surprise! A video!!!)

So we went to Zone Conference and I saw my MTC companions, it was way fun to see everyone in the mission. I think we have like 48 missionaries now.

I burned my Panty hose like a good little missionary!!! Can you believe it’s already been 6 months! Where does the time go!!

After we got done burning the panty hose it smelled really bad so we went back inside and ate some pie!!! Jennie really is so cool she sent me pudding and so we eat it for special times, like my 6 month mark!

This week has gone by really fast! ... I was sleeping for most of it but that's ok ... right lol. I got sick again but not too bad, I had a fever but was able to go out for a meeting or two. My comp thought I was funny so she took a pic while I was sleeping. Then my comp got it so we were in for the good part of two days, And to top it off we had Zone Conference, that makes ya loses a day in its self. So we tried to make up for lost time when we did go out. We’re really happy to be out now.


I really have started to love the people in Nork just as much as the people in Gyumri. I was really scared at first to come here but it has been such a growing experience. I really like the ward out here, the Branch President is really good to work with us. I feel bad that I call him so much but he is so much help! He came with us to an appointment and has helped a lot!

My investigators are doing really good. We have one, he's about 17 and a really good kid, he will get baptized on the 29th if all goes well. Fina we are still working on helping her quit smoking. She wants to be baptized so bad I really hope that we can help here! Fina is so strong the spirit is so good when we go over to her house.

We have another Russian investigator, this makes 1/2 of our investigators Russian... it’s hard but makes me feel better when I don't know what they are saying.
If you wanted to know the world thinks I'm Russian, it’s really funny they all talk to me first in Russian and don't believe me when I say I'm American.

Its crazy how much I can feel the Lord right by my side in everything I do. Like this week I gave a talk in church and I only have like a 2 min warning but I didn't get scared! that's one blessing. I get scared when it’s in English but I was able to just go up and I totally KILLED their language for 15- 20 min. They seemed to like it, they told me I was cute and my Language is getting better... If they caught I was talking about prophets or not I don't know but it was good. lol I started by telling them that it's hard for me to talk but not as hard as it will be for them to try to figure out what I'm trying to say. Then I got started; I wrote the word for boat on my finger so I could talk about Noah lol it worked well till I got to the word rain so I had to pantomime it :) they seemed to really like that.

Well I got to be going but know I love you so much have a good week :)

I'm a real missionary now!!

Admit it. You miss me :)

The rug is my Easter egg hunt I did for my self lol I don't eat the candies they give me so I slip it in my bag and give it to kids later, so I pulled it out along with an egg Rafiek gave me. (a old grandpa in my ward) and did my own Easter egg hunt lol I made a video to lol it was fun.

there are all so some pics of what ppl wrote on the walls. It was funny to me that one said B.F.F. and Hip hop never dies... There was English and Russian but no Armenian ... Am I the only one that finds that odd?

There is a pic from out side my door looking at maybe I'll need an umbrella maybe not ... I took the umbrella.

My book that I found a way good pic when I teach about the Atonement

Christensen and I went to a church that's in our area it was way beautiful its cool how they keep all there old Churches

So the pics this week are kind of random that puppy was the one I tried to pet

Well I may be crazy but your stuck with me for life so take it as it comes lol.

So this week has gone by so good I really had a lot of fun! Nork is so great I finally feel like I’m really a missionary. A lot of time I do the work but I don’t feel like much is happening. I know I’m doing good I just don’t know where. But here at Nork I can see the need is so great for the missionaries and they just love us so much.

I did some research and found out more about missionaries in Nork. Back in 06 there were sisters that had part of this area but they lived in Arabger which is about 20 min away from here. Then they split the ward 3 or 4 years ago and gave the Elders that part of the area and the rest of Nork… then like I said in my last letter they had to close it down for a while. Now I’m here, so for most of the area my comp and I are in we are the first Sister missionaries here.

So I want to tell you we have awesome people here, our first few days were hard! We did like 6 hrs of walking straight for the first few days because we had no investigators. And didn’t know any of the members or less actives. So we got out our ward list and would pick one and go try to find their house. We spent a full hr. trying to find the 12^th dorm, they don’t order them in order it’s all crazy and really hard but we found it… God found it and showed us where to go. That’s really how it went down.

The members here love us and keep giving us referrals. It’s so nice that they trust us and want to have us teach their friends. It makes the work a lot smoother when the members help ya out. We also have a way good Branch President and that helps a lot.

So we found investigators!!!! Yay!!! Well I just can’t tell you how much my testimony of how much this is not anything I’m doing its all the Lord at work I just get to come along for the ride. We have way good investigators really they are bomb! Luisa has decided to be baptized on May first. And Fina was trying to figure out if she wanted to wait for her son (Degron) or not and she came to the decision that she should get baptized now and not wait!!!! I could have cried I was so happy. Most people here put it off, and then it doesn’t happen, but she really wants it and I’m so happy for her! Oh so fun world Fina and Degron are Russian so My American companion and I are teaching in our second language and they’re learning in their second language. And somehow they know this church is true and keep coming back for more. I’m so grateful that the Holy Ghost only has one language!

So after writing you last week I found a puppy and decided that I didn’t care I was GOING TO PET IT!!! That was until it TRIED TO BITE ME!!! AND RAN ME OUT OF THE PARK!!! I had no idea puppies could be anything but friendly lol. So I saw it and was going to it and it came to me and right as I was like yay a puppy… it started to make biting noses and charging me lol then it called its attacker killer puppy friends and the 3 of them chased me out… But it’s ok when we were leaving our apartment I saw them again and gave them some bread and after that we were friends but I didn’t end up petting them… It did try to bite me… We also found a bear in that park! … ok so it turned out to be a massive dog but still I thought it was a small bear!

How has the weather been there it’s been really rainy here but it’s warm for the most part. Whats going on with the family? How is Grandma and all of them? I need an informant that keeps me updated on whats going on with the family.

Hey what are the chances of me getting a hand written letter from home? You don’t have to … lol

Well love you all so much hope all is well. Love your Favorite missionary Queer Fergie