~September 3, 2012- Baptism!~

Elder Garcia and Elder Creager has a baptism this past Sunday! Elder Garcia sang a SOLO! he was so nervous, but it worked out! Everything else is going great. The area he is in is improving, and have great investigators with more to come! 

~August 27, 2012- Enjoying The Work~

As AP, Elder Garcia still does everything a missionary does. He has an area, a ward to cover, investigators and aside from that he has to schedule meetings and Spanish forums with the Spanish leaders and missionaries, He also go on exchanges and see how they are doing. He is really enjoying it! 

Elder Garcia and Elder Creager got a new car! Its a Toyota Cruze. They also live in a gorgeous luxury apartment, which he is not used to since his last area wasn't the nicest. 

They have found a few investigators that have not followed through so they are excited to go out and keep finding people to teach! They have started to work with their ward more, and visiting more members as well.

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~August 20, 2012- Spanish Travelling AP!~

Elder Garcia is very busy! He has finally been transferred after being in the same area for just over a year! President was telling Elder Garcia how he didn't want him to get too comfortable in a place because that can be really hard on a missionary. 

Something Elder Garcia has learned is being uncomfortable isn't always a bad thing. It has kept them humble to look for and trust in the help of the Lord. Elder Garcia says that the Lord made him get really uncomfortable with a new zone, new companion, and a new assignment! He's been called as the Spanish Travelling AP for the southern part of his mission. When he first got the call he felt a little oblivious. He went up to the mission president and ask him, "President, what is it that you would like me to do?" and he just said, "just check up on all the missionaries that you are in charge of, and if something is wrong, YOU fix it and just bless everyone and everywhere you go." As uncomfortable as Elder Garcia may be at times, this calling is helping him trust in God more and more!

So far everything is going great in his new zone. He gets along so well with his new companion, Elder Creager, and works really well with him. They already have someone with a baptismal date!! The ward is really excited about that because they haven't seen a baptism in months!

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Elder Garcia and Elder Creager

~July 16,2012- Pictures!~

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~June 23, 2012- Sister Albright's Farewell Message to DC South~

This is Sister Albright's Farewell message to DC South

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M&M- MESSAGE (the Gospel, Doctrine, BofM, PMG, Restoration)

M&M- MESSENGER (The Spirit-“without it ye shall not teach”)

M&M- MISSIONARY (You- your heart, might, mind & strength)

M&M- MIRACLES (Tender mercies, investigators)

M&M- MISSION (Washington DC South-assigned by inspiration)

M&M- MEMBERS (referrals, love, trust, food)

M&M- MISSION PRESIDENT (called by God – just for you)

And Never forget the M&M – Mission Mom who loves You!

~June 22, 2012- Farewell~

Today the mission presented President and Sister Albright with the most incredible picture ever.  It was a picture of the DC temple made out of 4200 small pictures of their missionaries and of baptisms the last 3 years.  At the end of the conference, they had a receiving line and every missionary came up and gave

them hugs and handshakes and they got to say their good-byes.

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~June 18,2012- One Last Mission BBQ~

Today they had a great big Spanish missionary Barbecue at the mission home.  There are now A LOT of Spanish missionaries. About 40. 

The schedule for today was:

Interviews 9:00-11:30

Barbecue 11:30- 2:30

Interviews 3:00-5:00

Busy, busy!! But a lot of FUN!

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~June 18, 2012- Museum Of Natural History~

~June 14, 2012-Chain Of Command Chandelier~

The office elders came to the house and found a new location for the CHAIN OF COMMAND. President and Sister Albright thought it looked great there and left it.  Every name in the mission is on there.

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~June 12, 2012- Leadership Meeting- Chain Of Command~

All Zone Leaders, District Leaders, Assistants, office elders, and the 4 Sisters who arrange for the exchanges come together for a leadership training.  

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Sister Albright instructed on the CHAIN ON COMMAND. Each District Leaders had to write the name of each member of their district on a white strip of paper. Then connect them into a chain. Then they put their name on a blue strip and put it at the top. IT IS THEIR JOB TO GET INFO TO ALL OF THE CHAIN THEY ARE CONNECTED TO AND TO LOVE, TEACH AND INSPIRE THESE MISSIONARIES. 

Then the Zone Leaders wrote their names on orange strips and connected it to the 2 or 3 District Leaders over whom they preside. IT IS THEIR JOB TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND INSPIRE THESE DISTRICT LEADERS.

Then the Assistants wrote their names on green strips of paper and connected them to the 8 companionships of zones leaders over whom they preside. IT IS THE ASSISTANTS JOB TO COMMUNICATE WITH, LOVE, TEACH AND INSPIRE THESE ZONE LEADERS.

Lastly, President Albright wrote his name on a yellow strip of paper. The assistants loops were connected through his. IT IS HIS JOB TO COMMUNICATE, LOVE, TEACH, INSPIRE EVERY MISSIONARY IN THE DC SOUTH MISSION. 

This can only be accomplished when EVERY LEADER IS DOING THEIR JOB.

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~June 10, 2012- Mission Office at Lyngate In Burke~

~June 5, 2012- Zone Conference!~

For Zone Conference- The Mt Vernon and Annandale Zones attended and it was held at the Mt. Vernon Stake Center. 

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The Spanish District performed a musical number: 

Sisters Ahokava and Raynor, Elders Garcia, Pedraza, Earnshaw and Boucher

"Oh How Lovely Was the Morning"

~May 28, 2012- "Operation Windows of Heaven!" DC South Mission

The Washington DC South Mission has set a goal for the moth of June to baptize 240 people!! They are setting this amazon goal as a fairwell for President and Sister Albright. 

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~May 27, 2012- Mt. Vernon Chapel~

The picture below are of the Mt. Vernon Chapel that Elder Garcia goes to. It is located on the right of the Potomac River! The George Washington Memorial Parkway is a scenic drive that runs from the Mt Vernon Estate (home of George Washington), along the Potomac River and all the way into Washington DC. The road is bordered by a small green beltway and running/biking path next to the river.

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The side parking lot of the Chapel

The back doors.  The style is the red brick and white trim.  Very "Mt Vernon" style.

This is view directly across from the front lawn of the chapel