John Bickley

Have you seen any effect so far?

That's a really high number you just gave.

And there's a lot of conflicting reports because we don't know, but that's what you're hearing.

60 to 80,000.

The presence of J.D.

Vance in Armenia, that's symbolically, I think it probably means a lot, right, to that region.

Have you seen renewed confidence that the U.S.

has the back of

those people who are fighting against tyranny in the region.

Have you seen that effect?

I don't know if this is too complicated of a question to answer, but

the flavor of Christianity in the region.

I mean, I imagine it's very diverse, very diverse backgrounds in terms of traditions, et cetera.

How do you deal with that in terms of your ministries?

How do you make it open enough that it's flexible enough in terms of traditions?

What does that look like?

Obviously, the relationship between the U.S.

and Syria has been very complicated, and particularly Armenia and Syria's relationship.

What elements of your ministry bleed over into that?

I mean, how much does Syria impact what you do?