The missionaries love to gather and to have fun. So each transfer they plan a zone activity. The activities are varied but usually have one thing in common: they are inexpensive.
President and I have been invited to a couple of activities like the Silver Spring zone Nerf Gun battle.
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| We're supposed to look imposing. Did we succeed? |
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| Shooters left to right: Elder Cottrell, Elder Probst, Elder Koyle and Elder Middlesworth. |
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| Washington DC North version of Charlie's Angels left to right: Sister Wightman, Sister Chan, Sister Staley, Sister Chan, Sister Muthuswamy, and Sister Luthi. Notice the upturned tables that provide protection. |
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| Left to right: Sister Matsumori, Sister Menendez, Sister Brown |
Now we're really not as violent as all of these games seem. This activity used marshmallow guns. You would think the "blow hards" would have an advantage here.
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Seated on floor left to right: Sister VanTassell, Sister Menendez, Sister Brooks, Sister Staley, Sister Chan, Sister Wightman, Sister Terry, Sister Withers and Sister Chan.
Standing left to right: Elder Wigren, Elder Teriirere, Elder Bates, Elder Gorringe, Elder Nowllin, Elder Spittle, Elder Castillo, Elder Edwards, Sister DeAgostini, Elder Mezerai, Elder Probst, Elder Valdetano, Elder Middlesworth, Elder Walker and Elder Shigeta.
On top of castle left to right: Elder Carver, Elder Ward, Elder Kinne and Elder Searle. |
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| Left to right: Sister VanTassell, Sister Menendez, Sister Staley, Sister DeAgostini, Sister Terry and Sister Wightman. |
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| Left to right: Elder Valdetano, Elder Bates, Elder Castillo, Elder Mezerai |
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| Elder Knorr in front. Left to right: Elder Searle, Elder Teriirere, Sister Knorr, Elder Spittle, Elder Wigren, Elder Gorringe. |
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| Elder Wigren and Elder Shigeta |
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| Elder Middlesworth displays an industrial strength marshmallow gun. Elder and Sister Knorr look on. |
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| Elder Valdetano and Elder Castillo |
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| Elder Mezerai |
The Washington Zone went ice skating last year as well. (We weren't invited to that one). I was just happy that there were no calls about sprained ankles.
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| Elder Faundez and Elder Benke demonstrate their ability to stay upright. |
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| Train left to right: Elder Kennedy, Elder Faundez, Elder Danklefsen and Elder Martin |
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| Warming the bench left to right: Sister Pinales, Sister Silva, Sister Tavernier, Sister Hazen, Elder Faundez, Elder Robinson, Elder Luk and Sister Cagnacci. |
When the weather is beautiful, outdoor zone activities are popular. This is the Washington South zone.
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| Seated left to right: Sister Hazen, Elder Mataele, Elder Danklefsen, Elder Aru and Sister Muthuswamy. Standing left to right: Elder Luk, Elder Kerby and Elder Vodoratskiy. |
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| Left to right: Elder Aru, Elder Pierucci, Elder Danner. |
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| Washington South zone. |
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| Facing the camera in front: Sister Hazen and Elder Pierucci. Standing: Elder Mataele, Elder Danner, Elder Schaap, and Elder Postma. |
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| Easting pizza - left to right: Elder Brown, Elder Christensen, Elder Rodriguez, Elder Schaap, Elder McGarry and Elder Garcia. Standing behind: Elder Dillon, Elder Danner, Elder DeKlerk and Sister Luthi. |
The Silver Spring South is happy that Elder McGarry's brother works on Capitol Hill. He arranged for the entire zone to take a tour together. The statue of Brigham Young sits behind the missionaries.
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| Front row: Sister Wong, Sister Chan, Sister Liddiard, Elder Martin and Elder Gillespie. Back row left to right: Sister DeAgostini, Elder Palmer, Elder Cameron, Elder Salazar, Elder McGarry, guide, Elder Teriirere, Elder Searle, Elder Webb, Elder Nowlin, Elder Janmohamed, Elder Anderson, Elder Hansen, and Elder Bigelow. |
One favorite activity is having a photo scavenger hunt on the National Mall. Teams are given clues that lead them to the Smithsonian museums and monuments. Once they locate the right place, they take the photo and then move on.
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| This team stops for a picture. Left to right: Elder Pierucci, Elder Kuddes, Elder Croft, Elder Lee and Sister Allen. |
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| The Washington Zones gather at the end for a group picture. |
