New Chinese Branch in Virginia

On September 18 at 11:00am in the Centreville Stake Center, President Steve Hilton speaking in Mandarin officially organized the long awaited Twin Lakes Chinese Branch in the Centreville Stake.  President Hilton released the old branch presidency: Brandon Welling, Bowei Zhu, and Chengxi Ye.  He then called the new branch presidency: Ta-cheng Hsu, Kevin Mallory, and Mike Shen.

The newly formed Twin Lakes Branch (Chinese) will serve Chinese members residing in all eight stakes of the Washington DC Coordinating Council in the Washington DC South Mission in Virginia. To accomodate the expected nonmember Chinese guests, the starting time for that day was changed to 11:00am.  For the balance of 2011, the meeting time schedule will be from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.  Beginning in January 2012, the Twin Lakes Branch will meet from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, with Sacrament Meeting convening in the Relief Society Room of the Centreville Stake Center at 9:00 a.m.

Congratulations to the Chinese Saints in Virginia on the branch, and congratulations to the new branch presidency for accepting their new callings and challenges ahead.