It's hard to believe how fast our time in the Washington D.C. South Mission is passing. Our heads and hearts already have scrapbooks full of memories stored -- and there is more to come. It's been an unbelievable blessing and opportunity.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so we thought it was time for a walk through our mission in photos. Looking back now, it's easy to see how we've
- fallen in love with all the students we teach.
- gained deeper testimonies and greater love for Jesus Christ and his gospel.
- mastered D.C. traffic and freeways (well, almost), even during rush hour.
- had some terrific opportunities to visit historic sights on our free day each week.
- gained new respect and learned a lot about our country's history and government.
- enjoyed every minute of our visits with friends and family.
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| On our way... |
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| to the MTC |
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| Our Cookie Factory - I think I've made over 1500 cookies since we've been here. Phew! |
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| 13949 Big Yankee Lane - Home Sweet Townhome |
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| The Mount Vernon meetinghouse - Amy & Colin's ward on original Mt. Vernon property. What a view of the Potomac! |
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| The Slades' moving day |
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| Chillin' in our family room |
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| Our first visit to the Washington, D.C. Temple - before the tips of the spires broke off in the earthquake. |
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| On our day off each week we usually head to the National Mall. |
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| First stop: the Lincoln Memorial |
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| To infinity and beyond - heading into the new Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian Air and Space Museum near Dulles. |
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| Checking out the space shuttle Enterprise |
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| Senior Missionary Couple dinner at President and Sister Albright's home (Pres. Albright second from left) |
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| Centreville Stake Center - 5 minutes from our townhouse. |
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| Our Thursday night Institute class in Centreville - missionaries included! |
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| The Annandale Stake Center - home to our Wednesday night Institute class. |
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| Annandale Institute class |
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| The new Crystal City YSA meetinghouse |
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| Our Thursday noon Institute class in Crystal City. |
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| Institute Display at George Mason University |
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| George Mason University |
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| GMU Institute class on Wednesdays at noon. |
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| GMU Student Union Building where we meet. |
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| The beautiful Washington, D.C. temple - again. |
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| The Christus statue in the Temple Visitor's Center |
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| From the balcony of the Newseum - what a fascinating museum. You could wander around there for days. |
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| Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
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| Baltimore National Aquarium |
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| Friend or foe? |
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| Fallen heroes |
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| Arlington National Cemetery |
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| Tomb of the Unknown Soldier |
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| Our fast-paced weekend with Iain and Jenn - can you see the blisters? |
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| A temporary exhibit in the Museum of Natural History... |
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| 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue |
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| Cousins |
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| Susi, Paul and Gertrud Carpenter |
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| Amy's first day of grad school at GMU |
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| The Air Force One hanger at Andrews Air Force Base |
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| We took a driving tour of Andrews AFB. Thanks, Colin! |
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| We got to spend a day with Kristen and her kids on the Mall. |
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| Lunchtime |
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| Josh and Emily came to town for the weekend to dance with BYU. Brunch at our house :) |
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| Mr. Lincoln at his post. |
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| The World War II Memorial |
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| The Viet Nam Memorial |
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| The Korean Memorial |
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| Emily and Josh had a couple of free hours to tour the Capitol |
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| BFF |
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| We got to introduce Janet and Kim's family to Mt. Vernon |
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| What a beautiful place. |
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| President Washington's tomb |
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| A 2-year-old rolled down the lawn at Mt. Vernon and did a face plant right in front of us. |
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| Best friends Pam and Mike Hannan came for a weekend. Retired Delta pilots get around. |
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| The new Martin Luther King memorial was dedicated just a few weeks ago. |
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| George had a little help crossing the Delaware |
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| Shenandoah State Park - a beautiful drive in the fall |
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| Manassas Civil War Battlefield - 10 minutes from our home |
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| Manassas Battlefield |
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| A trip to the temple with dear friends Shawnda & Duane Bishop |
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| Brother Devin Toma - our fantastic CES Supervisor - with the Bishops |
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| A few last looks at our comfortable home away from home |
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| Ridin' the Metro. One of our favorite things to do! |
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| Something we're definitely not going to miss -- D.C. traffic at a standstill! |
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| They say it's the worst traffic in the entire nation. Who knows how many hours of the time we've served here during the past four months has been spend in TRAFFIC! :) |
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| It doesn't matter. Virginia is still an incredibly beautiful place to be! |
so sad to miss the last half of it.
ReplyDeleteMan. This makes me wish I could have been there the whole 4 months. Hurry home.
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