Hey Everyone!
Well I hit my year mark last week! Pretty crazy. Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers over this past year. I can feel them every day and I'm so grateful for the support system in my life. We have been in quarantine for the past 6 months but I have never been busier as a missionary. A lot of my time is spent doing assignments that I never thought I would be doing on my mission (e.g. working with the US embassy, meeting with Armenian lawyers, closing church branches), but I definitely find the most fulfillment in those moments I am able to teach and serve others. Something cool that happened this week was we had a visit from one of the Church's apostles, Elder David A. Bednar. HE IS THE MAN. I didn't write down a lot of the things that he said, but I remember the feelings that I had. I remember feeling like he was a man inspired by God-- a man I could follow. It made me even more excited to hear from our prophet, President Nelson, in a couple of weeks at General Conference. Now, since it has been a year, I'll give you all a quick language update: It's still hard! I am pretty comfortable with Armenian now, but there are definitely times when the Lord feels like I need a little humility check. Sometimes that humility comes in the form of Russian... like last week when I tried to ask a man about a word I heard. He immediately pointed at me and Elder Stratford and yelled at us in the middle of a busy street, "SOVIET UNION!!". I'm not sure what his deal was, but we sure got out of there fast!
Some Highlights:
• Morning workouts with the boys
• Area-wide Zoom meeting with Elder Bednar
• Road trip up to Gyumri
• Campfires outside of our apartment
SPIRITUAL THOUGHT
"Sometimes we can be so impatient with our progress that we mess up our progress."
- Elder David A. Bednar
Elder Brennan Larsen
Vratsakan # 5
0051 Yerevan
Armenia
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