Here are the first lucky thirteen of our October new arrivals,
fresh off the plane at Reagan National Airport,
ready to board the Metro with Books of Mormon in hand.
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| Front two sisters, Busath and Rowley Middle row sisters, Fafita, Lewis, Chapman, Holland and Griffiths Back row elders, Reedy, Tilby, Wright, Jamias, Buonocore and Perrin |
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| Elder Reedy is ready |
Luggage loaded in the van, the President, Assistants, and Sister Training Leaders launch the adventure with prayer in the parking lot.
Sister Cooke explains how to use the Washington D.C. Metro
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| Sisters Griffiths, Holland, Rowley and Lewis with Elders Perrin and Buonocore |
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| Sisters Busath, Rowley and Griffiths |
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| Elder Wright and Elder Fisher (with Elder Perrin peeking in) |
On deck for the Red Line to Forest Glen…
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| Sister Cooke, Elders Buonocore, Reedy, Tilby, President, Branning, Jamias, Perrin, Wright & Fisher |
On the Metro, Assistants Miyasaki and Jelitto along with
Sister Training Leaders Word and Bowman look on ...
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| Elder Perrin has already found someone to talk with on the right while Elder Jamias is ready to pounce on the left. |
A couple of the Elders placed their books during the transfer at Fort Totten.
Forest Glen - the Metro stop closest to
"our" Washington D.C. Temple
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Where the new sisters met the Directors of the Visitors' Center, Elder and Sister Eyring
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| Sisters Griffiths, Fafita, Busath, the Eyrings, Sister Holland (behind), Sister Rowley (in front), Sisters Chapman & Lewis |
Then on to the Mission Home
for orientation, dinner and testimonies.
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| Elders Gerber-Kai, Reedy, Buonocore, Tilby, Harston and Rummler |
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| Elders Perrin, Jamias and Gomez |
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| Elders Anderson and Wright |
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| Sisters Holland and Griffiths |
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| Sisters Lewis and Chapman |
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The President welcomes the new group and other staff to the Mission Home for a testimony meeting |
This lucky group of new missionaries enter the mission at a magnificent time of year
when the change of seasons is breath-taking.
Welcome to Washington D.C. North!
We are so grateful to know that our daughter is in such good and loving hands. She has already expressed her deep love for you, President and Sister Cooke.
ReplyDeleteWe are so pleased to have Sister Rowley on our team. She is fabulously talented and wonderfully willing. Thank you for raising her, preparing her and sending her our way. She will be a great help to me since I am a very beginning blogger. I'm excited for her mentorship. Love, Sister Cooke
ReplyDeletePresident Cooke, This is Steve Flammer, former missionary to Hungary. While there my wife and I had the opportunity to get to know Edler Szabo, and I would appreciate it so much if you could extend our love to him and tell him we are back in the states. We would love to hear from him. Steve.flammer@gmail.com. Our prayers and best wishes are always with the missionaries of this church., Thanks.
ReplyDeletePresident Cooke, I am looking for Elder Lynn Dittman and Sister Terry Dittman, senior missionaries. My sister is married to Elder Dittman's brother, and I just found out they are serving in Maryland. I live in Virginia and I would like to say hello to them. Are they in your mission?
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