Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Things in our backyard!

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chall1515July 19, 2010 at 9:28 AM
It's your new Yellowstone in your backyard :)
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SpencerJuly 19, 2010 at 2:58 PM
We are so excited for the both of you!!! Thanks for the link to the blog, that is a great way to stay updated! Seeing all the cars ready for inspection at Zone conference brings back so many memories for Bonnie. However, Spencer would consider the missionaries wimps considering he walked everywhere in San Salvador and there was not such a things as "more miles" for a car, haha. All your pictures are so beautiful, I would not like a gator in my yard though.
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AnonymousJuly 23, 2010 at 2:27 PM
wow.. will be able to see all tthat you are doing there .. love the picture of you and garth
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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.