Elizabeth Checketts, daughter of long-time New Canaan residents David and Deb Checketts, and graduate of New Canaan High School in 2011, returned home from her volunteer missionary service for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Washington, D.C., North Mission.
She spoke about her experiences in Washington D.C. on Aug. 24th to the New Canaan Ward (congregation) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Church. She spent much of her time as a missionary serving in the Washington D.C. LDS temple visitors center.
Checketts will return to Brigham Young University, where she enrolled for two years before serving her mission.
The New Canaan Ward (congregation) currently has 12 young adults, seven women and five men, serving missions throughout the world. Approximately 85,000 men and women between the ages of 18-25 will serve missions worldwide this year. Expenses are paid by the missionary or the family during this voluntary service.
Elizabeth Checketts of New Canaan, left, during her Mormon mission in Washington, D.C.