A Day to Serve was a wonderful opportunity for most of our missionaries to serve alongside members of the church and of other faiths in order to help the hungry. The governors in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and DC asked people to help in this effort.
Each missionary was encouraged to help the ward or branch accomplish their project for the day. The Washington Stake asked for the missionaries in the area to help at the food bank as well as at the new 16th street chapel where they assembled 1,000 boxes of food.
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| Elder Jelitto at Capital Food Bank |
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| Elder Standing |
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| Elder Ah Puck helps sort food. |
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| Elder Williams and Elder Centeno |
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| Elder Bates gathers food. |
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| Elder Epperson |
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| Sister Lawrence and Sister Bechaver |
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| The Elders stop to talk to President. |
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| Elder Galuvao |
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| Volunteers pick up one of each type of food product to be packaged together. |
The chapel also had an open house in conjunction with the service project. The community was invited to come and tour. Missionaries here were assigned to act as guides and to help provide music.
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| Elder Morris by the baptismal font. |
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| Sister Welch and Sister Morotti are guides. |
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| DC Mayor Vince Grey views the baptismal font. Elders Morris and Olsen are given 30 seconds to explain it. |
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| Elders who will be attending this ward also served as guides. Left to right: Elder Wery, Elder Tomlinson, Elder Fisher, Elder Stoor, Elder Rushton, Elder Olsen and Elder Arnett. |
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These same elders also provided 30 minutes of hymns.
Left to right: Elder Arnett, Elder Peterson, Elder Stoor, Elder Fisher, Elder Morris, Elder Rushton, Elder Miller, Elder Wery, Elder Olsen, Elder Tomlinson, Elder Raasveld and Elder Porter. |
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| Elder Hardy, one of the senior missionaries serving at the VC also played organ music for a half hour. |
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| Elder McLane and Elder Wang join members of the Chinese Branch who sang hymns in Chinese. |
Missionaries of the three wards in the Montgomery Village Building helped with a carnival. Entrance to the carnival were food items.
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| Elder Vaterlaus and Elder Vanaa |
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| Bishop Colindres and Elder Clapier |
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| Elder Clapier and Elder Gleed |
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| Sister Brown and Sister Bleazard help with some games. |
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| Elder Chapman oversees a game. |
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| Elder Long and Elder Moore ensure that the kids take off shoes before jumping. |
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| Elder Valdetano, Elder Vanaa, Elder Anderson and Elder Vaterlaus cook hot dogs. |
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| Elder Valdetano and Elder Valterlaus |
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| Left to right: Sister Bleazard, Elder Valdetano, Elder Vanaa, Elder Moore, Elder Vaterlaus, Elder Long, Elder Anderson and Sister Brown. |
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| The carnival is held in the church parking lot. |
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| Nearly 7,000 pounds of food was collected. |
