WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: ZONE PICTURES ASHBURN & CENTREVILLE

Friday, September 4, 2009

ZONE PICTURES ASHBURN & CENTREVILLE

The Ashburn and Centerville Zones

Singing "Called to Serve"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

The Brambleton Ward Sisters who fixed lunch

Sisters Carpenter, LeSueur,Sowby,Banks, Bennett, Albright

Elders Cortez, Yazzie, Wilkey,Metcalf, and Grundvig

Elders Ross, Redford, Logan, Randall, Clinger, and Lewis

Elders Perkins, Jones, Lee, Hunsaker, Bullock, and Thompson

Elders Fukui, Tye, Barnes, Porter, Hutchinson, Gillihan, and Giraud-Carrier

Elders Johnson, Loppe, Searcy, Walker, and Gifford

The Centreville Stake Center

The bike Elders-Giraud-Carrier, Fukui, Jones, and Perkins

Elders Wilkey, Gillihan, Laughren, Pres. Albright and Porter

Elders Lewis and Metcalf

Elders Tye, Redford, Lewis, and Ross

Elders Laughren and Jones

Elders Lewis, Ross and Wilkey

Elders Gannaway, Bullock, Yazzie, and Thompson

Elders Redford and Randall

Elders Porter, Ockler, Ross, and Gillihan

Elders Tye and Lewis

Elders Sowby and Smith

Elders Fukui, G-C, Tye and Gillihan

Elders Porter, Ockler, Cortez, Clinger, Fukui, and

Randall

Elders Barnes and Hutchinson

Elders Buie, Thompson, and Lee

Elders Johnson and Cortez

Elders Barnes, Giraud, and Logan

Elders Fukui, Bullock, Walker, and Lewis

Sisters Carpenter and Banks

Sisters LeSueur and Bennett

Our office elder and pianist Robbins

3 comments:

Amb & DevSeptember 7, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Karyn, Amber Cooper here, Devin & i LOVE reading your mission blog! Just the other morning Devin came in asking if I was jealous of you...I said why and he responded, "I Am!" Also he is curious why the zones were standing around the 3 point line? Any significance in that? Devin wants to know if it is symbolic of the 3 degrees of glory. :) You can email us if you get a sec at coopercito@juno.com Thanks Sis. Albright.
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Steve, Christy & RoscoeSeptember 9, 2009 at 5:33 AM
Thank you SO much for having this blog! I am Sister Carpenter's sister, Christy Carpenter-Horne. I love being able to see pics of my sister and hear all about the wonderful things going on in her mission! I appreciate the time and effort you are putting into keeping it updated! It is wonderful! Thanks again!
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deniseandjordanSeptember 13, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Make sure you have Sister Anisa Bennett Sing for you every time you see her :) she has a great voice- Tell her denise told you:)
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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.