Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

The latest arrivals to the Florida Orlando Mission

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Some of our missionaries at the Homeless Connect

Our missionaries participated in the homeless connect in Orlando. This time it was held in the old Amway Arena (Orlando Magic old basketball arena). Everyone commented on the Mormon Missionaries and what wonderful young men and how they handled themselves. They are assigned to a homeless person and take them to various stations and stay by their side. They feed them, have medical service, hair cuts, showers, etc. They refer to them as shepherds for the homeless people that they take through the process. It is an amazing service for the homeless of Orlando. The line seemed endless.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

"Christmas is a glorious time, simple in origin and deep in meaning. It is rich in memories, charitable in spirit, and beautiful in tradition and custom. It has an attraction to which our hearts are readily drawn... At this season of the year, we remember that our Heavenly Father gave us His Son, Jesus Christ. We also remember that His precious Son gave us His life, the Atonement, and victory over the grave.

Therefore, let us give to our Lord and Savior the gift of gratitude by living His teachings and following in His footsteps. During His mortal ministry, He "went about doing good". As we do like wise, the Christmas spirit will fill our hearts."
~First Presidency, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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.