WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: SISTERS LUNCHEONS! HOW CAN I BE?

Saturday, April 3, 2010

SISTERS LUNCHEONS! HOW CAN I BE?

The Sisters are unbelievably outstanding missionaries. They have a gentle and warm spirit that appeals to people and allows them to touch hearts and get into homes and lives.

I often wonder 'HOW CAN I BE LIKE THEM". And so we had a couple of sister luncheons and talked about that theme. It comes from the song, How Can I Be, which asks how can i be like Nephi, Enos, Joseph, Christ. Two of our sisters, Hahn and Arnett rewrote the words putting women in the song. How can I be like Mary, Martha, Eve, etc. We had speakers talk about the subjects, "How can I be An obedient Missionary? How can I be a missionary who reaches Apostalic? How can I be a Faithful Missionary? and How can I be a Happy missionary?

We had a wonderful lunch and the sisters enjoyed begin able to share company with each other. They are spread apart in the mission and don't see other sisters very often. Thank you sisters for 2 wonderful days.

The whole group: Back Row, - Pres Albright, Sis. Cordner, Baxter, Malmberg, Arnett, Aulava, Sowby, Larsen, Middle Row: Sis. Albright, Bay, Gwynn, Downey, Bennett, Bagley, Barsuto, Front Row: Sisters Banks, Lofgran, Hahn, Ferry and Reid

Sisters Downey, Aulave, Bennett, Bagley, Basurto, and Sowby

Sisters Lofgran, Hahn, Cordner, Jacobsen, Malmberg, Gwynn, Downey, Bennett, and Bagley

Sisters Sowby, Bagley, Bennett, Basurto, Gwynn, Larsen, Pres. Albright, Ferry, Hahn, Lofgran, and Banks.

Sisters Arnett, Aulaava, Reid Downey, Cordner, Malmbery,, Jacobson, Bay and Baxter.

Sis. Bay, Bennett, Bagley, Hahn and Baxter

Sisters Downey, Bay, Jacobson

Sisters Gwynn and Sowby

Sisters Baxter and Bagley

Sister Downey, Barsurto, and Ferry

Sisters Reid, Larsen, Gwynn, Bennett, Bagley, Downey and Baxter

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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.