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| Greg and his new friend, Coach Niumatalolo |
The Washington DC North Mission sponsors a Why I Believe fireside every month at the Washington DC Visitors Center. There is a huge auditorium that seats 550 people. The missionaries can come if they bring investigators or new members. There are always main speakers, musical numbers by the young missionaries, and prayers by new members in all languages. But the best is talks given by two very, very recent converts on their conversion. Some notables we have heard from:
-Brother and Sister Thurl Bailey, pro basketball player and convert
-Brother and Sister Bushman, noted Church historians, author of Rough Stone Rolling
-Brother and Sister Schaerr, one of the country's leading appellate lawyers, has argued before the Supreme Court six times, and works for the Church on religious issues
-Mason Wells, the missionary that was hurt in the Brussels, Belgium terrorist bombing
-Brother and Sister Eric Weddle, pro football player and convert
-Brother and Sister Scott O'Neil, past president of Madison Square Gardens, CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, and Prudential Center in NJ and convert
-Brother and Sister Niumatalolo, head football coach of the US Navel Academy, and 2nd counselor in the Washington D.C. North Mission.
-Brother and Sister Linton, portrait artist
