Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013: EACH LIFE THAT TOUCHES OURS FOR GOOD

Sunday, August 28, 2011

EACH LIFE THAT TOUCHES OURS FOR GOOD

We had 17 Elders depart the Florida Orlando Mission on August 24, 2010. It's always a hard time for the President and I to see these missionaries leave. It's amazing to think that in the one year that we have been in the mission we have said good-bye to over 126 missionaries! What a turnover. We wish them the best and a big thanks for their service.

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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.