General Conference

 General Conference in Armenia happens a week after the live sessions in Salt Lake City.  It takes a week to translate all sessions into Armenian.  We had a normal Sunday while the Conference was being held in Salt Lake City and this weekend was our General Conference weekend.  Each of the Branches had their own copies of the Conference in Armenian and their was also a copy in
English for the Missionaries to watch.  Most of the
Seniors in Yerevan got together at the CES building to watch it. It went really well except the Priesthood Session had some  technical problems, so Sister Rich and I went home and watched it on the computer.  The original plan was to have the Sisters all watch the Relief Society Session while the Elders watched the Priesthood Session.

As with any gathering of LDS faithful, food is a must.  We had a pot luck dinner.  We have some really good cooks with us. We had some real Jello from the States and Sister Rich made a couple of Jello salads, that were just like being back home.

 We got a chance to meet Elder and Sister Blunck, from Santa Clara, Ut.  As it turned out, they served on the Saturday late shift with Sister Rich, so it was old home week.  Elder Blunck and I looked at each other and realized that we recognized each other from the same shifts.  They are serving a couple of hours north of Yerevan in the town of Vandazor.  We are doing a couple of projects up there, so we will invite them to the closings.  They also know Jeana Rodgers really well.  Small world.

 These are obviously the better half's of the Missionary companionship's.

Two more of the faithful Elders.  These are all really great people and really good friends.







The Conference was a wonderful experience with a lot of the talks having a special meaning for each of us.  The Church is true and it is such a great privilege to be serving in this day and age, to be able to enjoy the Conference Sessions only a week after they happened on the other side of the world.