Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013: Homeless Connect

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Homeless Connect

Our missionaries participated in the homeless connect in Orlando. This time it was held in the old Amway Arena (Orlando Magic old basketball arena). Everyone commented on the Mormon Missionaries and what wonderful young men and how they handled themselves. They are assigned to a homeless person and take them to various stations and stay by their side. They feed them, have medical service, hair cuts, showers, etc. They refer to them as shepherds for the homeless people that they take through the process. It is an amazing service for the homeless of Orlando. The line seemed endless.

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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.