September 14, 2021
In early July, Tom Langley led a small team of teachers to Yerevan, Armenia and conducted a reception for WEI Internet students in that city of one million residents.
After the reception, Tom wrote, “The reception was well attended by a room full of smiling and grateful students. Almost all of them signed up for subsequent, one to one, private Bible classes. All the students who came were so excited. Most of them stayed and visited for a full two hours.”
Tom confessed that he and the four teachers were “immersed” in the culture. Unknowingly, the reception had been scheduled on a religious holiday called “Varvadar” which somehow commemorated Noah and the flood. On that day, young people walked around the city dumping buckets of water on pedestrians. Tom said, “The 5 of us did not escape the madness as we walked around the city today. Lots of laughter!” Tom said, “Several students wrote to me in advance saying they could not come because they did not want to get soaking wet walking to the reception.”
Tom reported: “One sweet lady did not delay becoming a member of God’s kingdom even though she would be alone, hopefully for a short time. She was immersed in the waters of baptism by her teacher, Brother Gary Argon. Other students were very interested in becoming Christians as well.”
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Upon returning home, Tom reports: “We are planning to host another WEI reception and to study with more WEI students in November because there is a permanent presence of the church there. The same team [Adam Dollen, Gary Argon, Ryan Campbell, and Paula Rosa] will return.”
God is at work in Yerevan, Armenia. He is using WEI to spread the good news about Jesus and to plant a New Testament church in that city.
