Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Our two new Haitian Missionaries arrived yesterday afternoon! Elder Smith and Elder Major, so glad to have them. We celebrated their arrival by having the Haitian Elders cook Haitian food and talk to them about the work. It was great, we all learned a lot.!

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Kevin MiyasakiAugust 27, 2010 at 4:03 PM
President and Sharon:

Thanks for the phone call today. I really was thinking about you as I was going through your files. So your call was very timely. I appreciated you teaching me about the patterns you are observing. The pattern of compaionship was powerful.

You are always in my prayers as i ask the Lord to watch over our missionaries and missions. By name I always include President and Sister King (Brett's President) and President and Sister Hall.

I can sense how you are loved and how you have blessed Florida and how it has all blessed you. Best wishes,

Kevin
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FLORIDA ORLANDO MISSION HISTORY

Florida has a deep Mormon heritage, going back as far as 1843. Traveling elders were occasionally sent into Florida until the Florida conference was officially organized November 1, 1895, which conference was within the Southern States Mission. In 1937, the first chapel in central Florida was built in Orlando. In 1950, the church established what is now officially called Deseret Cattle and Citrus Ranch in Osceola County, southeast of Orlando. Today the Church owns 316,000 acres covering three counties, making it the largest cattle ranch in Florida. Orlando was the second Florida stake, and was organized on February 23, 1958.

On November 1, 1960 the Florida Mission was created out of the Southern States Mission. This was the fist mission for the State of Florida. The original Florida mission was divided into the Florida South Mission July 1, 1971, then later into the Ft. Lauderdale Mission (June 1974); the Tampa Mission being created in 1976, and the Jacksonville Mission in July of 1987.

The Florida Orlando Mission is now graced to have within its boundaries the Church Ranch and the first temple of the church in Florida, the Orlando Temple.