Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

The mission was blessed to have Elder Ulisses Soares of the Presidency of the Seventy teach us in a mission conference Thursday, April 25, 2013. His inspired comments gave vision and direction for the mission. The following are some of his inspired teachings.

“If you want to know the Lord serve Him. If you want to know Him

better, serve Him better . . . the mission is sacred time”

“You live among Christians. Start talking to them about Jesus Christ”

“Everything you do during the day must represent Jesus Christ”

“This is the Lord’s way of hastening His work . . . .I wonder why?”

“We must run faster . . . planning is an eternal principle:

“There needs to be a place in your heart for the new mission president”

The Lord sent us a true messenger. We are now obligated to be obedient and fulfill our obligations to the Lord.

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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.