Surf's Up

Hey Everyone!

All is well here in Armenia! We're coming up on our 4 month mark in quarantine so that's big time. About a month ago, we created a Facebook page to push our online teaching efforts and it has BLOWN UP. We actually had too many people reaching out to us to learn about the gospel, so we had to stop running advertisements for a little while. I can't think of a better problem to have haha. Now we're giving trainings to missions all around the world about how to grow their online presence. The Lord has really been helping us and it is so cool to see everyone's efforts paying off right before our eyes. I think if we continue to implement the right strategies online, this will change the church in Armenia. I can't wait to see what the future holds. On top of all the office work, Elder Van and I are also transforming our mission office into a visitor's center. We have been in the design process for a couple weeks now and I think we are about ready to begin putting things together. It's going to be awesome! Anyways, we had a monsoon the other day so us 4 elders had no choice but to run outside and go swimming in the street. Elder Mandla is from Australia so we tried surfing using some drift wood. It wasn't quite Hawaii but you gotta work with what you got (:

Some Highlights:

• Witnessing a street crowbar fight

• Designing the new visitor's center

• Buying a Russian gas mask

• Taking the boys through my old football workouts

SPIRITUAL THOUGHT

“The mind in itself and in its own place can make a hell out of heaven or a heaven out of hell.”

I love this quote. It is never sufficient to believe in ourselves only when we feel enthusiastic or life is going well for us. It is never adequate to have FAITH sporadically. Tough times never last, but tough (faithful) people do.

Elder Brennan Larsen

Vratsakan # 5

0051 Yerevan

Armenia