Today Hagop Bedrossian (from LA) dropped by the office to say his good byes, it was so funny how we met in the first place. We were both at the Sardarabad concert, I was with my group of my friends and he was walking by in his shorts, and since I knew he was visiting Armenia I figured it was him in person. When I called out his name and he turned around I realized it was definitely the same Hagop. It was a real pleasure meeting a young energetic person, it was his third trip and he promised to come back soon.

Also tonight we�re having a big party with the new volunteers from AVC. They had a field trip to the open market this afternoon and bought fruits and vegies to get a feel for the bargaining that goes on in the �shouga�. I can�t wait to eat the salads that they�re preparing and of course we�ll be having falafels.

Tomorrow while the new volunteers visit a children�s campsite at Tsaghgadzor, I�ll be busy helping an Aussie Armenian who�s volunteering for Mission Armenia for 3 months, find a place to rent most probably with a host family. I have a feeling this weekend is going to be rather busy, I still want to squeeze in my power walks with Gohar.