Florida Orlando Mission 2010-2013

Monday, May 16, 2011

Friday, May 13, 2011

Zone Conference is held every three months. We just finished Zone Conferences, our first Zone Conference was held Tuesday, May 8, with Cocoa and Stuart at the Palm Bay Chapel, our second Zone Conference was held Wednesday, May 9, with Deland, Orlando, and Leesburg at the Lake Mary Chapel, and our third Zone Conference was held Thursday, May 9, with Orlando South, Lazona and Hunters Creek at the Wetherbee Chapel. We meet with the zones and train and teach them. It begins at 9:00 am and goes to about 3:00 pm, with a lunch. Our training and teaching was on a number of issues facing the mission. It is such a wonderful experience to be with the missionaries and to feel of their spirit.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

SISTER'S TRAINING APRIL 28, 2011

We had a Sister's Training meeting for the Sisters of the Florida Orlando Mission. We met for two and a half to three hours to discuss the Mission Process, Standards, Mission Rules, Missionary Training Emphasis and questions. After, we had lunch at the mission home. We have 22 sisters.

When the Savior stretches out His hands, those He touches are uplifted and become greater, stronger, and better people as a result. If we are His hands, should we not do the same?

"And this is the blessing which hath been bestowed upon us, that
we have been made instruments in the hands of God to bring about this great work". ~Alma 26:3

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.