WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: ZONE CONFERENCE - 3 ZONES MEET TOGETHER WOODBRIDGE,FREDERICKSBURG, & POTOMAC

Monday, June 21, 2010

ZONE CONFERENCE - 3 ZONES MEET TOGETHER WOODBRIDGE,FREDERICKSBURG, & POTOMAC

We held our last zone conference of this cycle on Friday, May 14, 2010. This conferences included 3 zones; the Woodbridge, Fredericksberg and Potomac zones.

The Zone leaders are:

Woodbridge: Elders Sill and Lee,

Fredericksberg: Elders Lewis and Nielson, and

Potomac: Elders Simmons and Brogan.

This was a wonderful conference--like the others. The sisters who fixed lunch for us, decorated the gym like a wedding reception. All missionary theme. It was so incredibly special and nice for the missionaries. We have incredible saints living here in Northern Virginia and they love the missionaries.

THANK YOU NORTHERN VIRGINIA

All 3 zones are pictured together in the first picture.

The Woodbridge Zone:Back row: Elders Lee, Sill, Hill, Yancey, Rex (what's he doing), Metcalf, and Elder and Sis Clawson, Sis & Pres. Albright, Front row: Elders Odenwalder, Morrill, Schmidt, Ta'uto'ou, Bluemel, Knowles, and Averett, Seated: Elder Kelley

The Fredericksberg Zone: standing: Elder & Sister Butler, Elders Hougaard, McMillan, Nielson, Davie, Scoble, Hutchinson, Scott, Radford, Espinoza, Roothoff, Skousen, Sisters Arnett, Albright, Hahn, And Pres. Kneeling: Lee(what's he doing here), Butcher, Markestein, Rusk, Lewis, Knechtel, McFarlane, Thompson, and Brinkley.

The Potomac Zone: Kneeling: Elders Tovar, Simmons, and Brogan, Standing: Elders Allen, Peterson, Stewart, Rex, Bazzle, Larsen, and Greer, Center: SistersNichols, Johnson, Spencer, Ferry, Sis & Pres. Albright

Celebrating Birthdays

The kitchen Sisters WOW Great job ladies!

Elders Larsen, and Bazzle

Elders McFarlane, Kelley, Markenstein, Skousen, Davie, Brinkley,Espinoza, Roothoff, and Lee

Elders Knowles and Williams

Elders Radford and Odenwalder

Elders Rusk, Larsen, Averett, Wasden, and Knectel

Gift bags made to look like missionary shirts as the centerpieces. creative!!

Elders Yancey, Bluemel, Knowles, Espinoza, and Tauofou

The fancy gym for lunch

Pres. Albright, Elder Sill, and Bryson, and Ford, Elder and Sis. Clawson

Elders Markenstein, Hutchinson, Butcher, Scott, and McMillan

Elders Bazzle, Simmons, Rex, Bell, Peterson and Allen

Elders Thompson, Roothoff, Scoble, sis. Ferry and Spencer, Elders Lee and Skousen

Sis. Nichols, Johnson, Elder Stewart, Hill, Greet, and Sisters Arnett and Hahn

Elders Averett, Schmidt, Kelley, Ford, Blumel, Morrill, Odenwalder and Nielson

Elders McFarlane, Rusk, Wasden, Haugaard, Brinkley, Davie, Knechtel, Redford, and Larsen

Elders Tovar, Williams, Lewis, and Brogan, and Elder and Sister Butler

Fancy spread

food for kings and queens

1st place clean car: Elders Taufoou and Kelley

IRON MEN; 3 WAY TIE; ELDERS Hill, Bluemel, and Morrill

2nd place: Sisters Ferry and Spencer

3rd place: Elders Scoble and Skouson with Elder Holmgren

V-8 award--BAD CAR

Elder Ford giving instructions about turning in baptism reports on time.

A row of CUTE SISTERS

The zone leaders give a presentation about burying our personal weapons that keep us from doing what is right and having the spirit. We all wrote ours on a paper sword and then we went outside and buried them..FUN

Pres. Albright

Sis. Nichols

Elder Allen

The piles grows

Elder Lee burying it

Elder Greer

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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.