Hello, everyone! I just wanted to let you know that me and my fellow Mercer Service Scholars have safely arrived in Vanadzor after stopping at the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, for a a day. It has been quite the experience, thus far! We have toured Etchmiastin, the Armenian Church's equivalent to Vatican City, a museum that houses over 17,000 religious manuscripts, and the genocide museum in rememberence of the Armenian Genocide that happened in the late 19th century. We have setttled into our hotel in Vanadzor, toured the city, shopped at local vendors and corner shops, and we have completed two days of our work with the Fuller Center for Housing, thus far. I have mainly been distributing poured concrete to the people who are finishing the roof. It is hard work, especially in this heat, but it is all worth it. All I have to do is look at the family and their smiles for my motivation. The family we are working with is comprised of two parents and their three children---two girls and one little boy. All of the children are precious, and we have been teaching them English words and numbers in our spare time. We have also been teaching them jump rope, which they seem to be especially fond of doing on a regular basis. :) Tomorrow, we will be sight-seeing in a neighboring town before going back to work on Saturday. Please keep us in all of your prayers, and make sure to check back to this blog and the Mercer On Mission blog, which can be found as links on my Facebook page! Take care, and God's blessings!
Love,
Ashley
Haha, sounds like fun Ashley! Well, it sounds much better than studying for finals at any rate. Sounds like you visited lots of neat and interesting historical places. Hopefully any history lessons about those places will mean that much more to you! =)
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