Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

In the April 2013 General Conference, Elder Russell M. Nelson said, "Catch the wave of missionary service"

This work is like a wave, but it is more like a tsunami that changes the landscape for a long time to come. In this case, this wave will change the Church forever!

With this shift in missionary work, we have experienced some wonderful

changes in the mission. We are experiencing a growth in new sister missionaries. New sister missionaries that have been out for only one transfer and who have barely been trained are now new trainers. Some are even training two new sisters. It is an exciting time.

NEW TRAINERS AND TRAINEES

2 comments:

UnknownMay 14, 2013 at 3:19 PM
Thank you SO very much for taking the time to keep this blog! I can't even tell you how excited I was to find it when I "googled" about the Florida Orlando mission after learning Hermana Conger (my daughter) would be going there while waiting for the Argentine Visas to come through.

It's amazing how much it eases the lonesomeness and worrying when I can read through your blog and get a little window into your world that she is now sharing. Thank you for instantly making her feel loved and welcome during this time!
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AmyMay 17, 2013 at 3:32 PM
I agree! Thank you so much for doing this Blog page. It has been so fun to come and look at it and to find pictures of my daughter Sister Low with her companions. I do appreciate all the hard work!
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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.