Armenia Yerevan Mission

I feel like the mission is really good at telling you what to pack and telling you not what or what not to pack. There's a Facebook page with our mission and a lot of people go on and post like what should I pack for my mission so there's a lot of information about it but I just say don't pack like super expensive things. Armenia is a pretty poor country so being there with like really fancy clothing you would kind of stick out and it might just not be the best place for you as you're walking around getting super sweaty and you might not want to bring super expensive clothes with you there but bring I don't know like it says like you can buy winter coats or winter shoes there usually or have like your parents send them to you or something because it's kind of cheap to get stuff there so just listen to what the mission tells you to bring and you'll probably be good.

So the case with most international flights in Armenia is no exception for missionaries is you'll get two like of your you know your normal 50 pound checked bags and you'll get a carry-on and a personal item but on international flights that carry-on is limited to like 18 pounds I think in the the hand the personal item supposedly has a really low limit too but they don't always check it. Bottom line is you want to pack pretty light and a lot of things you can get there like it is good to have winter clothing like gloves and hats and and a coat and boots and things but a lot of that stuff you can get there a coat wouldn't be a bad idea to bring from the states if you have a good one and just in general I mean there's a lot of things you can buy there I would say medicine if you want to bring any like over-the-counter you know basic painkillers that things like that bring those with you it's harder to get them there they're not as good but other than that yeah just pack light and plan on buying a lot of clothing there

You'll want to pack things that you're okay giving away at the end of your mission. I pretty much didn't come home with anything except things that I bought there. I mean, you just want to give everything to the people. Your ties, your sweaters, your shirts, your shoes, you know, anything. You'll see members wearing, you know, BYU clothes because everyone has given them clothes from BYU. Um, yeah, packing advice though, um, you know, I'd bring a really warm like outer shell, lots of stuff to layer, like a coat. I'm talking like waterproof, something on the outside, um, you know, sweaters, tons of sweaters to bundle up and layer up so that you can spend the day outside and in members' houses where it's cold. Um, but also like a light jacket or a light, uh, waterproof jacket, you know, stuff like that so that you can go kind of throughout really hot to really cold, you know, that's how the seasons are going to be.