Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013: REVELATORY EXPERIENCE

Thursday, March 24, 2011

REVELATORY EXPERIENCE

We were all in the gym divided into zones to have our
pictures taken with Elder Bednar. Before the
conference he shook the hand of every missionary.

Some of our Elders arrived three hours early so that
they didn't get caught in traffic.

It was a privilege and powerful experience to be taught
by an apostle of the Lord.

1 comment:

heidi aleneMay 3, 2011 at 10:33 PM
I love Elder Bednar and Elder C-Mack-Attack. Thanks for posting!
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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.