BY ZAVEN KHANJIAN It was not planned this way. But we know, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways” (Isaiah 55:8). The year 2020 was the 25th Anniversary of AMAA’s entry to Artsakh. A thoughtful celebration was planned in Shushi and Stepanakert for September 2020. A few good people made early reservations to join the AMAA’s family in special worship services, an official inauguration at Camp Bedrosian, cultural events, a theatrical presentation and a formal banquet in none other than Shushi. God had other plans for my people. A year of unprecedented affliction is behind us, the memory of which brings chills to the soul of every Armenian around the globe. COVID-19, crisis in Syria and Lebanon, the horrendous destructive August 4 explosions in Beirut, are painful memories which will haunt us for a long time.