The younger brother of our Elder Dylan Landeen, Devin Landeen, passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2012. With permission from Dylan and his mom, we would like to share this link with you. Please pass your thoughts and condolences to Dylan directly.
6/21/2012
6/17/2012
Final Announcement for Reunion
6/17/2012
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Brother,
Sisters and Friends of the Montgomery Branch:
We
would like to remind everyone that the Montgomery Chinese Branch will be
celebrating its 20th anniversary during the weekend of June 23-24, 2012. We
hope that you and your loved ones can join us.
Please
the final schedule of events below:
1. Mandarin
Endowment Session (June 23. @ 8:45AM) – Washington, DC Temple
Please
be dressed appropriately and report to the DC Temple’s chapel by 8:45 AM. A concurrent primary activity is schedule in
the DC Stake Center adjacent to the Temple.
Parents who wish to attend the endowment session may leave their
children at the activity at 8:30.
2. Branch
Picnic (June 23 @ 4:00PM to 9:00PM) – Foulger Pratt Farm
Celebrate
the 20th Anniversary with a barbeque and picnic at the Foulger-Pratt
Farm (direction below). The Branch is
providing the barbeque. Attendees
will please bring a picnic dish to share.
The
address of the Foulger-Pratt Farm is 1101 Sugarloaf
Mountain Road Dickerson MD 20842. If you
need directions please contact Ben Tsai.
3. Church Service (June 24 @ 9:00AM) – Kentlands Chapel
We will be especially blessed to hear Elder Joshua Tsai’s
mission farewell address, musical presentation by the Tsai Family, and our
branch choir along with members from the Yellow River Ensemble (well known
Chinese community chorus in the Washington, DC area will be singing to us.
4.
Closing Fireside (June 24
@ 6:15PM) – Kentlands Chapel
This will be a wonderful opportunity for past, present and
future members of the branch to share their testimonies and express their
feelings about the 20th anniversary of the Montgomery Branch.
Light refreshments only will be served.
Other important events not officially part of the 20 anniversary
celebration:
June 22 @ 6:00 PM – Proxy baptism @ the Washington, DC Temple
June 22 @ 6:00 PM – Open
house for Jessica Tsai and Henry Lin @ the Tsai residence
June 23 @ 1:00 PM – Baptism of Brennan Zhao – Kentlands Chapel
6/16/2012
Car Wash
6/16/2012
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On June 16, 2012, from 1pm to 4pm at the Potomac Chapel, the Branch will held a fundraising car wash to help defray the cost of attending the Church's Young Women's Camp. Over 10 young people along with as many adults came to wash cars. The weather was warm, but watermelons were provided to cool everyone down. Everyone worked to make enough to send the girls to Girls Camp.
6/12/2012
Where Are They Now? ---> Kristina Jensen Harris
6/12/2012
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My name is Kristina Clarene Jensen Harris, better known in the branch
as Zeng Jiemei. I was called to serve as a full-time missionary for the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Washington DC North
mission at the Washington DC Temple Visitor's Center from December 2005
to June 2007, during which time I was blessed to serve for six months as
companion to Sister Ouyang in the Montgomery Chinese Branch.
I absolutely love the members of the branch. As a missionary I was overcome by the love and kindness, the generosity, hospitality, and Christ-like service of so many of the members. Missionaries were treated like gold and respected as true servants of the Lord here more than anywhere else I can remember. I was inspired by the dedication and faith of branch members in reaching out to share the gospel with their families and friends. I knew that I had been called to serve in a very special place in the Lord's vineyard, and it is.
From the day we became companions, Sister Ouyang and I used to pray every night that we could be transferred into the Chinese branch. We petitioned our mission president, President Price, continually with this desire in our weekly letters. When the call finally came we were ecstatic with joy, knew it was a miracle, and worked each day with our all our might mind heart and strength to thank the Lord for the blessing. If only every person we met could have truly understood the immediate and eternal impact of the message of our Savior Jesus Christ which we so passionately shared; we dreamed of the branch doubling in just those few months we were there. We had such high hopes and such great aspirations, but the Lord had another plan in mind. He taught us the worth of the soul, which is great in His sight, and just one soul, Gu Shixuan, came into the fold during all of our labors. We spent countless hours visiting the less-active, teaching people in their homes, in the Asian markets, or in the streets. Of course in mortality we may never know all of the lives that were touched or the seeds that were planted, but perhaps the life that changed the most was my own.
While serving in the branch I developed a deep love and respect for all of God's children of the Orient, and for their culture. After returning from my mission I had a strong desire to follow Elder Holland's counsel to master my mission language. I changed my major from dance to Mandarin and graduated in April 2011 from Brigham Young University with my BA in Chinese. I feel that learning Chinese and finishing this degree is the hardest thing I have ever strived to accomplish thus far. As many may remember, the language has not come easy for me. Continuing to study Mandarin will continue to humble me for the rest of my life, but I find strength in knowing that this is the Lord's will.
I was sealed for time and all eternity in the St. George LDS Temple on April 6th 2009 to Jacob Michel Harris, the love of my life. Jacob took two semesters of Mandarin at BYU, he says it was to impress me and help win me over. The night we met I was writing characters on a white board preparing for a final when he jumped in and wrote his own three characters on the board asking if I knew what "Kai mi chu" meant. He said it meant "can I meet you?" I wrote him an answer back in characters which he obviously could not read; he was in way over his head. He had to use his cell phone to take a picture of the characters and use some sort of a translation device to decipher the message. Attempting to learn this language has been a fun part of our relationship, but on a more serious note we both strongly feel that the Lord has a plan for us that involves learning to more eloquently communicate in Mandarin; we plan and prepare to serve together as missionaries in China one day. We currently have a two year old son named Joseph who is the darling little light of our lives. I am teaching Joseph to speak in English and Mandarin simultaneously. I also volunteer to help out with the Chinese immersion program at the local elementary school near our home in Riverton, Utah. In addition I tutor four 2nd grade students in Chinese from our ward.
I love the gospel. I know this church is true. I know that the Lord knows and loves each of us individually. I am grateful to be a part of His great work. We are preparing the world for the Second Coming of the Messiah. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ.
God bless,
Zeng Jiemei
I absolutely love the members of the branch. As a missionary I was overcome by the love and kindness, the generosity, hospitality, and Christ-like service of so many of the members. Missionaries were treated like gold and respected as true servants of the Lord here more than anywhere else I can remember. I was inspired by the dedication and faith of branch members in reaching out to share the gospel with their families and friends. I knew that I had been called to serve in a very special place in the Lord's vineyard, and it is.
From the day we became companions, Sister Ouyang and I used to pray every night that we could be transferred into the Chinese branch. We petitioned our mission president, President Price, continually with this desire in our weekly letters. When the call finally came we were ecstatic with joy, knew it was a miracle, and worked each day with our all our might mind heart and strength to thank the Lord for the blessing. If only every person we met could have truly understood the immediate and eternal impact of the message of our Savior Jesus Christ which we so passionately shared; we dreamed of the branch doubling in just those few months we were there. We had such high hopes and such great aspirations, but the Lord had another plan in mind. He taught us the worth of the soul, which is great in His sight, and just one soul, Gu Shixuan, came into the fold during all of our labors. We spent countless hours visiting the less-active, teaching people in their homes, in the Asian markets, or in the streets. Of course in mortality we may never know all of the lives that were touched or the seeds that were planted, but perhaps the life that changed the most was my own.
While serving in the branch I developed a deep love and respect for all of God's children of the Orient, and for their culture. After returning from my mission I had a strong desire to follow Elder Holland's counsel to master my mission language. I changed my major from dance to Mandarin and graduated in April 2011 from Brigham Young University with my BA in Chinese. I feel that learning Chinese and finishing this degree is the hardest thing I have ever strived to accomplish thus far. As many may remember, the language has not come easy for me. Continuing to study Mandarin will continue to humble me for the rest of my life, but I find strength in knowing that this is the Lord's will.
I was sealed for time and all eternity in the St. George LDS Temple on April 6th 2009 to Jacob Michel Harris, the love of my life. Jacob took two semesters of Mandarin at BYU, he says it was to impress me and help win me over. The night we met I was writing characters on a white board preparing for a final when he jumped in and wrote his own three characters on the board asking if I knew what "Kai mi chu" meant. He said it meant "can I meet you?" I wrote him an answer back in characters which he obviously could not read; he was in way over his head. He had to use his cell phone to take a picture of the characters and use some sort of a translation device to decipher the message. Attempting to learn this language has been a fun part of our relationship, but on a more serious note we both strongly feel that the Lord has a plan for us that involves learning to more eloquently communicate in Mandarin; we plan and prepare to serve together as missionaries in China one day. We currently have a two year old son named Joseph who is the darling little light of our lives. I am teaching Joseph to speak in English and Mandarin simultaneously. I also volunteer to help out with the Chinese immersion program at the local elementary school near our home in Riverton, Utah. In addition I tutor four 2nd grade students in Chinese from our ward.
I love the gospel. I know this church is true. I know that the Lord knows and loves each of us individually. I am grateful to be a part of His great work. We are preparing the world for the Second Coming of the Messiah. Every knee shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is the Christ.
God bless,
Zeng Jiemei
Baby Ly Boy
6/12/2012
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Jacob Ly was born to Greg & Mindy Ly on the morning of June 12, 2012. He weighed in at 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured at 21 inches long. Congratulations to the Ly family on their new addition.
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