WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: ZONE CONFERENCE WOODBRIDGE Jan 11,2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

ZONE CONFERENCE WOODBRIDGE Jan 11,2010

The Woodbridge Zone Conference was held on Monday the 11th. We are into our 2nd week. The Zone leaders in this zone are Elders Wilkes and Williams. The exciting news we got to share at the first of this conference is that we had 16 baptisms this weekend. all 16 of the 16 scheduled took place. That is rare as something usually happens and only part of them actually take place. And here is Woodbridge a family of 6 was baptized this weekend. That is the best.

During Pres. Albright's talks he told about how much Nephi loved Isaiah. 433 verses of Isaiah are found in the BoM which is 1/3 of Isaish and 391 verses are about Christ. 352 of the verses of Isaish are found in 1 & 2 Nephi. They read through Isaiah 53 and how it gives prophecies of Christ. They missionaries really enjoy digging into the scriptures together and discussing their meanings.

When talking about Breaking Barriers the Assistants said "Many of lifes barriers come from within--set by our own beliefs. " Barriers to mission work can be overcome by believing what we can accomplish". The Zone Leaders emphasized Prayer when talking about finding the "one". They had different Missionaries tell about example of times when prayer had led them to finding.

Front row: Pres. Albright, Elders Ross, Hill, Simmons, Sisters Albright, Funch, Johnson, Wilkey, Johnson, Buie, Lee, Jones, Morill, Bell and Back row: Elders Scoble, Barnes, Stewart, Tovar,Willaims, Tamir, Wilkes, Rex, Coleman, Stockham, Beal, Bullock, Lawson, and Hunt.

Posing for the camera.

Elder Wilkey--thumbs up!

Birthday celebrations--Elders Wilkey, Bell, Barnes, Sis Johnson and Funch, and Elders Wilkes and Buie.

Singing to the Sisters (relief society who fixed lunch)

These sisters all come to fix lunch for the zone. They all love the missionaries.

Elders Lee and Tamir

Sisters Funch and Johnson

Elders Tovar and Scoble cleaning up while Coleman get his last bite.

The Sisters with Pres.

Elders Hill, Bullock, Hunt, Lawson, and Lee

Elders Wilkey, Bell, Tovar, Stewart, Williams, Ross,and Johnson

Elders Barnes, Beal, Jones, Buie, Tamir and Scoble

Elders Simmons, Cordner, Rex, Wilkes, and Morill

Lunch time

Musical number sung by elders

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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.