Glendale California:  Week 11

Hello all! 

I've made it to California, and the real mission adventure is finally getting started. I arrived on Tuesday and I've been exhausted ever since. 

I live with 3 other Armenian speaking elders, who are awesome. My companion Elder Bell and I are both fairly new, so it's definitely interesting. He is a great trainer though, and I am learning a lot. All the other companionships around us have cars, but we don't, so we rely on rides from other elders, walking, or biking.

The weather is nice here right now. I know it'll get a lot hotter in summer but for now feeling the cool breeze as we bike around is great.

Perhaps the hardest thing for me here is keeping up with the language. There are a lot of Armenians here, but we talk with plenty of non-Armenians too, plus  Armenians here speak English pretty well, so a big part of our speaking is in English. But I love the little Armenian group that gathers together after church. I met them for the first time Sunday and we spoke Armenian a lot.

We don't really have anyone we're consistently teaching right now, mostly looking for more interested people and talking with members. Church on Sunday was nice, I met lots of cool people and can't wait to get to know them better.

I hope everyone is doing well, and I will keep you posted on everything new that happens these next few weeks.

With love,

Elder Clayton