WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: THE NEW MISSIONARIES ARRIVE

Saturday, June 26, 2010

THE NEW MISSIONARIES ARRIVE

The new group of missionaries arrived on June 9th, 2010. We welcomed 1 sister and 8 elders. They arrived around 3:30 and the assistants and Pres. took them directly to the college campus to do a little street contacting. Break them in early. They arrived at the mission home around 5:00. We had a wonderful dinner of Mexican tortilla cassarole and all the extras to go with it

After dinner we have orientation meetings and show them a slide show of the mission and all the zones and interesting things about their new home. We have talks by Pres. Burton and Ward and their wifes which are always perfect. Then we have a testimony meeting with the new missionaries bearing their testimonies. We put them to bed around 10:00 since they have been up since about 3:00 Utah time.

The new group: front row: Pres. & Sis Albright,Elders Bodily, Peterson, Church, Dastrup and Sister Kohler, Back Row: Mower, Bramwell, Hanna, and Hiatt

Sis. Kohler

Elder Dastrup

ElderPeterson

Elder Church

Elder Hiatt

Elder Mower

Elder Bramwell

Elder Bodily

Elder Hanna

Elder Hanna, Transfer Board picture

Elder Bramwell, Transfer board

Elder Peterson

Elder Church

Elder Mower

Sis Kohler

Elder Dastrup

Elder Bodily

Elder Hanna

Breakfast on the 10th before we head to transfer meeting

Orientation

Welcome Dinner: Sis Kohler,Church, Ford, Wasden, Bodily, Bramwell, and Peterson.

Pres. Albright, Elder William, Elder Bryson, Julie and Kevin Christensen, Sis. Bryson, Elder Mower, Bell, and Hanna

Elders Hanna, Hiatt and Mower

Sis. Kohler, Elders Peterson, Church and Bodily

Elders Hanna, Hiatt, and Mower at the mission home

Bro and Sis. Bryson visiting with the new missionaries.

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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.