Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013: July 2011

Friday, July 22, 2011

20 OR MORE LESSONS TAUGHT IN ONE WEEK!

These missionaries taught that it can be done by exact obedience, enthusiasm, talking to everyone, a desire and a great attitude.

Every other month we have what is called Leadership Training. We invite the District Leaders, Zone Leaders and this time we invited the trainers and trainees and all the sisters (104 missionaries). It was a wonderful two days of training, learning and feeling the spirit.

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

18 NEW MISSIONARIES

Thirteen new elders

NEW MISSIONARIES

NEW ARRIVALS

Transfer Time -AGAIN!

ARRIVALS
Five new sisters

FAMILY TIME

Fun times with our grandchildren.

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.