Yesterday was our first full day here in Armenia. We started the morning with a breakfast of fresh bread, peach jam, and some assorted fruit juices. Then, we were taken over to National Leadership Institute (NLI) to meet the staff. We are going to be helping out with some English classes and photography classes with them.
We then traveled to Kor Virap, which is the place where Christianity started in ARmenia. It was pretty amazing to be in a place that is so old. It just really opens your eyes as to how "young" our own nation is. I was in a building that existed before our nation was founded. It was just really amazing.
After that, we helped out with a beginners English class. That was a pretty interesting experience. When the class started, everyone was pretty quiet as the language barrier was pretty evident. We started out by introducing ourselves and telling a little bit about each of us. However, that wasn't really helping out too much and they were still pretty quiet. So, we decided to teach them some American phrases if they would teach us the equivalent phrases in Armenian. This brouch about a good amount of laughter that really opened up the communication and before we knew it they were singing their national anthem. It was pretty amazing to see how God opened up the communication.
Oh, I almost forgot one of the best parts of yesterday. Tommy is a celebrity here. Yes, his hair is attracting a lot of attention (it is funny to walk behind him and see the reaction of other people walking by). He's had multiple people (yes, even young women) come up to him and ask if they can touch his hair or take pictures with him. It is pretty funny.
We'll keep you updated. The Celtics/Pistons game is almost over and it's getting pretty close so I'm going to bring this post to a close. We'll continue to keep you updated.
1 comment:
That's too funny! Tommy's hair would attract people.
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