Alysha Hickman of Richmond, Va., Mary Boyde of Germantown, Md., and Michael Pasti of Rockville, Md., with Hillside Missions prepare to place a flower for each of the 276 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls outside of the Nigerian Embassy during a protest held by a variety of different religious groups to call on the government to act to return hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)