WASHINGTON D.C. SOUTH MISSION: DAY 7 -MCLEAN INSPECTIONS

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

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?

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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.