NIGHT AND DAY - DIFFERENT

RECENT E-MAIL from ARMENIA

Hello!
We are ten hours ahead now.

Armenia is totally different than Turkey.
It’s a Christian nation, it’s a lot smaller (1.5 million as opposed to 18 million, in the city,) and all the people are incredibly nice and friendly.
This city is a lot poorer.

We are still not sure what we are going to be doing yet. There are a lot of options.

The other team (which it was so nice to see by the way, I missed them) has been working with churches, orphans, a nursing home, and all sorts of other things. There is a lot that we could do, but we want to make sure we are doing what we are supposed to do (it only the third day here).

We've been praying pretty intensely, but so far all God has told us is that it will be really difficult and meticulous work.
God knows what He is doing though.

I honestly just love having time to just focus on seeking Him about this. He is AWESOME!

The culture is night and day different from Turkey.

The people are incredibly friendly and they are all Christian (at least by name.) With this comes the attitude that missionaries are not necessary here. They do need us though, because God called us here for a purpose.

Talk to you again soon.
DREW

EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THIS BLOG - AND
FOR CONTINUING TO HOLD DREW UP IN YOUR PRAYERS!
FLIGHT DETAILS
Returning Home March 20th (7-Weeks & 4-Days)

Depart Kiev, Ukraine 5:35 am (Kiev Time)
Arrive in Frankfurt, Germany 7:20am (Frankfurt Time)

Depart Frankfurt 10:05am (Frankfurt Time)
Arrive Newark, NJ 2:15pm (Newark Time)
. . .U S A !
Depart Newark 6:00pm (Newark Time)
Arrive Saint Louis, MO 7:45pm (StL TIME)

COUNTING DOWN UNTIL THAT DAY
DON'T FORGET TO ALWAYS PRAY

OFF TO ARMENIA! (...already...)

I wish we had another month in Turkey! It has been awesome! There are so many awesome things that have happened. Even in the last month I have grown a ton.

We leave on Wednesday morning (if everything goes according to plan.)

I can't even begin to describe all that's happened (not because I don't want to, but because there are strangers around.)

[ Armenian City beneath Mt. Ararat ]

I have officially lost 40 lbs since I started DTS (we found a scale.) Pretty Crazy.

Everyone on our team has been taking turns with a cold. Sickness sucks!

I am taking advantage of the washing Machine today (I might not get to use it again until I get to America. :) )

I have no idea what communication will be like when I get there. The other team is able to send e-mails and stuff so I am assuming that there is internet around somewhere. I will keep in touch the best I can.

Have fun as you all start school again! I'll be there in March (I like the countdown by the way.)

I want to hear all about the family and what is going on there in Cape.
I like your long e-mails (facebook messages) even if I can't send equally long ones.

Turkish Delight is AWESOME!
It's gooey and covered in coconut and so tasty. :)






I wish I could tell you more (I really do.) I hope to hear from you soon.

I love you guys.
DREW

CULTURE CHOCK GALORE!

Hello. Thıs ıs Drew. I'm stıll alıve. :)
I can't say much about what I've been doıng. Sorry. I wıll tell you ın March I suppose.

Every day so far has been a crazy adventure! Turkey ıs really dıfferent. CULTURE SHOCK GALORE! Its fun! Everythıng ıs so surreal. It's lıke lıvıng ın a fıctıon story. Thıs cıty ıs huge. Even from the plane we couldn't see the end of ıt. I wısh I could tell you more.

Thıs ıs one of the most stretchıng and ıntense thıngs I've ever done. Its awesome!

There are mosques on every corner almost.

There ıs so much to say I don't know how I'll ever even get close to explaınıng ıt even after I get back.

Say HELLO to everyone for me. Tell them I'm fıne.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I love you.

Be careful what you e-maıl back untıl I get to Armenıa. But tell me how everyone ıs doıng at home.

DREW