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Back row of Elders L-R: Elders Zocca, Torgerson, Palmer, President, Elders Rowley, Jenks
Middle row L-R: Sister Cooke, Case, Mecham, Urbina, Gomez, Acosta, Klaass
Front row L-R: Elders WIlliams, Tolk, Bell, Chang, French |
Getting prepped to get on the DC Metro
"Working" the Metro
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| Sisters Acosta and Gomez with Sister Training Leader Sister Wathen and Sister Urbina on the right |
Note in the picture below, all three of the new arrivals have bravely chosen to sit next to unsuspecting passengers.
Within just a few minutes, every new missionary has engaged their fellow passengers in conversation, working to get that discussion into the Gospel so they can share a card or a Book of Mormon before their new acquaintance gets off the Metro.
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| Sister Gomez |
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| Sister Training Leader Sister Amparo gets their new friend to accept a Book of Mormon |
Posing for Portraits at the Temple Visitors' Center
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Back row L-R: Elders Zocca, Torgersen, Jenks, President, Elders Rowley, Palmer
Middle row L-R: Sisters Case, Mecham, Urbina, Gomez, Acosta, Klaass, Sister Cooke
Front row L-R: Elders Williams, Tolk, French, Chang, Bell |
Welcome Evening at the Mission Home
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| President Cooke with Sisters Mecham, Klaass, Urbina and Sister Training Leader Sister Amparo |
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| APs Elders Perrin and Von Trapp on either side of new arrival Elder Tolk |
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| Sister Training Leaders Amparo and Maughan with new arrival Sister Case |
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| New AP Elder Ord with new arrival Elder Chang |
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| Sisters Case, Urbina, Gomez, and Sister Training Leader Sister Gordon and Sister Parker |
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| Elders Bell, French and Williams |
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| Elders Williams, Jenks and Rowley |
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| Elders Rowley, Torgerson, Palmer and Zocca |
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| Elder Zocca with President and Sister Lorenzana |
Meeting their Trainers
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| Elder Williams will train Elder Bell |
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| Sister Washburn will train Sister Case |
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| Elder Tracy will train Elder French |
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| Sister Plazier will train Sister Acosta |
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| Elder Liang will train Elder Chang |
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| Sister Klaass will be trained by Sister Simpson |
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| Elder Zollinger will train Elder Palmer |
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| Elder Jenks will be trained by Elder Crandall |
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| Elder Johnson will train Elder Rowley |
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| Sister Minguito will train Sister Gomez |
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| Sister Mecham will be trained by Sister Casteneyra |
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| Elder Jensen will train Elder Torgerson |
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| Elder La Rotta will train Elder Zocca |
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| Elder Williams will be trained by Elder Greding |
A few days later,
we received 3 elders waiting for VISAs to Angola
(Portugese speaking)
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At the airport, the President and I welcomed Elders Parker, Davis and Dawson
for an undefined temporary assignment to our mission while they await their VISAs to Angola
We LOVE VISA-Waiters! |
