WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: CHRISTMAS CONFERENCE 2009 ON CAPITOL HILL

Monday, December 21, 2009

CHRISTMAS CONFERENCE 2009 ON CAPITOL HILL

Our Christmas Conference was truly unbelievable. We held it in the Cannon Caucus Room on Capitol Hill. It is considered the hardest room to get on the hill. And it is really spectacularly beautiful. We had 10 Congressmen visit and deliver Christmas greetings. There were 3 Senators and 7 Congressmen. We had a wonderful meal, and great musical numbers, 18 departing words of advice from our missionaries leaving in 2 days, and Santa and Mrs. Clause visited and each missionary sat on their laps . We took this wonderful picture on the steps of the capital. And we had a tour of the capitol building. It was a Remarkable Conference. Pres. and Sis. Nixon along with Mac Haddow, and Rep. Faleomavaega and his aid Lisa, were responsible for pulling this off and we thank them from the bottom of our hearts. (I will add more text and pictures after the holidays.)

5 comments:

lizDecember 24, 2009 at 5:02 AM
Love this blog. It is always nice to catch a glimpse of my missionary in some of the photos. Thanks for doing this.

Liz Strong
Mom to Elder Casey Strong
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bratcruDecember 25, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Thank you Sis. Albright for keeping us informed about what our kids are doing. The picture of the missionaries on the steps to Capitol Hill is great! Thanks for all you do for these great missionaries.

Debbie Gillihan
Mom to Elder Ryan Gillihan
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AnonymousDecember 29, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Thank you for updating this blog regularly. It is wonderful to see our missionary occasionally in the pictures and be able to see him and know that he is having the time of his life.

Thank you for all you do for our missionaries.

Sonya Wasden
Mom of Elder Chris Wasden
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mradfordJanuary 12, 2010 at 2:54 PM
We love your blog! My son is coming to the mission in April. Thanks for using blogspot. It is great.
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Stephanie Smith Fireside

Last Sunday evening we were privileged to attend a fireside in the mission. It was held at a beautiful old chapel in McLean. One of the pictures shows the inside of the chapel and the wood beams on the very steep-pitched ceiling of the room. The gym is under the chapel in the basement. I have never seen a floorplan like this one. Very unique. This fireside hosted Sister Stephanie Smith. Her story was in the Ensign sometime in the last year. She has a remarkable conversion story. She has held very high government positions and at one time was 5th in command at the CIA. She said something at the first of her talk that I wrote down: she said, "I've been on some remarkable adventures. But no adventure in my lifetime has been as extraordinary and life-changing as my path to conversion and baptism in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. She then told about her introduction to the church. She was at a time in her life with tremendous worldly success achieved after clawing her way to the top without any regard for others, and she felt her life was shattering into a million pieces. At this time she turned to a colleague she admired who was a member of the church. He told her two things. That her Heavenly Father knew her by name and loved her and that Heavenly Father had a plan for her success. The next day he sent her a map to the temple visitor center. She told how when the missionary sisters came to her door, she didn't think she could relate to these young women. The first thing they did was ask if they could sing to her. They sang,"I am a Child of God." That was the beginning of her conversion, a long a beautiful story. You can read it on the web at Meridian Magazine. Her testimony was a real inspiration to me. There were over 350 people there and she does a great missionary work speaking to investigators. What a blessing to have heard her and felt her spirit.

Chelsea Our recent Convert

We have met the sweetest young sister. Chelsea is amazing. She joined the church during the last year and has an incredible testimony also. She never misses any missionary function and we were able to take her with us to the Stephanie Smith Fireside. She also came to the mission home a few weeks ago and we had family night. She gave the lesson and is was unbelievable. She is hoping to go on a mission next year. What a great young woman. This is a picture of her with Elders Ganaway and Gifford.