Glendale, California:  Week 16

Wow, this morning we got an email from the mission president telling us to buy 2 weeks of food in case a particular area goes on lockdown from the corona virus. I guess the virus is spreading into some missions in California and could easily get into ours. 

Also, when I went to 6 week training, I found out we got a new batch of missionaries previously serving in China, who had to come over here instead.

Due to my lack of information, it's hard to know just how bad it is. But it's obviously affecting some other missions pretty severely. My heart goes out to everyone who's being affected, I hope the other missionaries are staying safe, and I'll be sure to keep everyone in my prayers.

But all that scary stuff aside, this was a great week! We're teaching several awesome people, including some really promising Armenian investigators.

I got to lead an exchange in my area for the first time on Friday, with 2 fairly new Elders, one from Chile and one from Mexico. We went and visited one of our investigators who also happens to speak Spanish, so I was the only non-Spanish speaker. Good thing they all spoke English too, or I would've been completely lost. 

Then on Saturday, an amazing Armenian member (who I met in a TRC at the MTC), took us out for dinner at a place called Old Gyumery, and it was sooo cool. Armenian food, music, language, and everything else is just the coolest.

Then we went back to the apartment, and the Filipino Elders fed us balut, which is basically a cooked unborn duck that you eat out of the egg. It was neat to try, tasted disgusting though.

Elder Bell and I have been really blessed this week. When I first got here, we had basically nobody to teach, but this week we had a sudden explosion of new people.  And we didn't change the way we're doing anything, I guess the Lord just decided that these people are ready to hear about the gospel now. It's amazing how that works.

I love you all, and have a great week!

Elder Clayton

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Pictures (Old Gyumery, balut, me with the Spanish Elders, gave out our first Russian Book of Mormon)