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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Last Day #8-WOODBRIDGE ZONE

The last day of inspections. Woodbridge Zone is a little smaller and we only visited 5 places. 1st stop: Elders Knowles, Ockler, Peterson, and Bazzle serve in the Potomac River A and Woodbridge wards. They live in the Misty Ridge Apartments.
Misty River Apartments
Misty River complex
Sisters Nichols and Alvarado also live in the Misty Ridge Apts. and serve in the Potomac River B ward
3rd Stop: Elders Mower, Strong, Wasden and Lee. Another very clean apt. in Woodbridge . The Orchard Mills Apts. These elders serve in the Bristow and Prince Williams and Dale City wards.4th stop: Elders Gubeli, Pres. Taufoou, Whipple and Rex live at the Climenhaga Apts. and serve in the Bristow, Prince Williams and Potomac River C wards
The Climenhaga Apartment
Last Stop: Elders Bluemel, Averett, Odenwalder, and Forsberg At Middleridge Apartments. They serve in the Lake Ridge2/ Occoquan Singles and Lake Ridge 1 wards
This is Elder Forsbergs Fire Alarm that is displayed on his wall.

DAY 7 -MCLEAN INSPECTIONS

The McLean Inspections were on day 7. They were so fun. Lots of super clean places. This first stop was at the Munson Hill Towers.
These four elders had cleaned for MANY DAYS. They had spot cleaned all the carpets and it looked incredible. Way to go Elders.
They all wore white ties and look quite Celestial. Elders Bullock, McGill,Jeppesen, and Hancock. With their Exalted Celestial Award.
There beds look great
Perfect beds.
2nd stop: Sisters Henderson and Larson. Serve in the Belle Vista B ward.
3rd stop: Elders Peterson, Khishig-Erdene, Kelley, and Kotyk live in the Cherry hill apts. They serve in the Arlington 2A and B Wards
4th stop: Elders Giraud-Carrier and Sackett live with a member at the Robinson Home in Arlington. These elders serve in the Arlington 1A ward.
Outside the member home, Elders G-D, Sackett, and Pres.
5th stop: Elders Hoffer,Dastrup, Pres. Bramwell, and Pomeroy in front of their weight machines. Lots of the apts. have nice weight sets.
The Commons of Mclean apartment unit.
Had to take a picture of this sign. In the west we call them SPEED BUMPs, Here the signs are SPEED HUMPS. Interesting. which do thing sounds better?
And here is the SPEED HUMP
stop 6: Sisters Bolosaikhan and Bagley live with Elder and Sister Davis. These wonderful members are the sweetest people in the world. Elder Davis is Pres. Albright Ex. Sec.

Outside of the Davis home with Elder Davis and President Albright
The Davis' home is set deep in the woods and nestled among lots of trees.

Last Stop #7: Elders Campbell and Franzwa live with members in Vienna. They serve in the Great Falls Ward.
This is the home where the Elders live. This is a quaint little neighborhood with dollhouse homes.
One of the homes in the neighborhood. Isn't this so cute?

FREDERICKSBURG INSPECTIONS- DAY # 6

The pictures for this zone are coming. I had a Sisters luncheon this day and missed inspections. Pres. Albright went with the assistants and they have the pictures. I will be getting them posted.

Inspection day 5-ANNANDALE

This is our easiest day of inspections. We live in the Annandale Zone which includes our office elders and Assistants and all of the office staff. It requires only 5 stops and they are close to our place. We started with the Office elders and Assistants place. It looked wonderful. They know they have to be an example to everyone. Pictured are Elders Williams, Bell, Pres. Ford and Stockham who live in Springfield at the West Springfield Terrace. They serve in the Burke and
Springfield wards
2nd stop: Elders Tejada and Stuart live with the O'Mara family. Again wonderful members with big hearts. They serve in the Rolling Valley ward
3rd stop: Elders Staples and Tovar also live with members--the Butcher family. They serve in the Little River A ward.
Stop 4: Sisters Barrero and Frandsen live with the Evans in Annandale and serve in the Little River B ward. This is a goegeous home and our girls are lucky to live here.
5th stop: Elders Rothman and Johnson live in Fairfax at the Wakefield apts. They serve in the Wakefield apts.
This is the Wakefield Apt complex. Very nice.

Day 4- Mt Vernon Apartment Inspections

This was a long day, with lots of stops. But lots of fun and great missionaries who worked really hard to make their places long spic and span. Lots of Celestial awards. great job!1st stop: Elders Smallcomb, Skousen, Wilkenson, and Reeves.

opposite side of the room. These elders serve in the Potomac/Kingstowne and Mt. Vernon wards. They live in the Abbotts Run Apartments
2nd stop: Elders Holmstead and Jones live in the Bell Haven apts. and serve in the Belle Haven ward in Alexandria.
3rd stop: Elders Carter and Rusk live in the Aspen Highrise Apt. in Alexandria and serve in the Alexandria 1 ward
TheAspen Balcony with a pigeon on the chair
The entrance

The Aspen
4th stop in Arlington, Va. at the Park at Arlington Ridge. Elders Bates and Tamir serve in the Crystal City A/Colonial Singles 1A wards
Elders Bates and Rusk with Pres. Albright. This apt was beautiful. New and top-grade. Lucky elders
5th stop: Elders Keefer, Yancey, Clinger and Brazzle at the Stoneridge apts. in Alexandria.
These elders serve in the Alexandria 2A and 2B wards. This apartment complex was gorgeous. Even had a gated entrance.
We visited sisters next. Had to take a picture of this momentum. This is the shovel Sis. Bennett used to shovel snow during the winter storms.
Sister Bennett shows her treasure.
6th stop: Sisters Aulava, Bennett, Gwynn and Funch live at the Stoneridge at the Mark Center in Alexandria. They serve in the Crystal CityB/ Colonial Singles 1B and Old Towne B wards.
7th stop: Elders Barnes, Stewart, Barraza and Morrill at the Founders Hill apts. in Alexandria.
They serve in the Franconia and Old Towne A wards. This is a condo that a member owns and shares with our elders.
Beautiful apartment condo complex.
Our last stop, #8: Sisters Garbrick and LeSueur in Alexandria at the Huntington Apartments.
They serve in the Colonial Singles 2 ward.