tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post4360862901232040069..comments2024-03-28T17:29:15.006-06:00Comments on Growth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church): 58 New Missions to be Created for a Grand Total of 405 Missions WorldwideMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16030323360917985701noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-62620649824679569102013-02-25T16:01:26.001-07:002013-02-25T16:01:26.001-07:00Sydney--
At any time, someone could be called to ...Sydney--<br /><br />At any time, someone could be called to any mission. If your date is before July, you'll be assigned to the old mission and your president will determine if you're in the new mission. If you're date is late June or July, you'll be called to the new mission if you'll go to it.Michael Worleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078136075924935280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-89455144419956104282013-02-25T14:22:20.342-07:002013-02-25T14:22:20.342-07:00Does anyone know if someone who turns their papers...Does anyone know if someone who turns their papers in sometime next month but with an availability date in July, could they get called to one of these new missions?Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539239275270742116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-46677226629237494212013-02-25T14:21:44.811-07:002013-02-25T14:21:44.811-07:00Does anyone know if someone who turns their papers...Does anyone know if someone who turns their papers in sometime next month but with an availability date in July, could they get called to one of these new missions?Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14539239275270742116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-37650049451639230922013-02-25T13:36:36.585-07:002013-02-25T13:36:36.585-07:00@James Crowther-The Guatemala City North Mission i...@James Crowther-The Guatemala City North Mission is being renamed the East Mission. See my comment under the analysis post on this site.<br /><br />I served in the Guatemala City South Mission, and for the email I received it seems all my areas will be part of the East Mission now. WOW!coachodeepshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168822498180000486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-78302200856806945032013-02-24T05:32:45.625-07:002013-02-24T05:32:45.625-07:00John Pack Lambert,
Interesting thought on the Vir...John Pack Lambert,<br /><br />Interesting thought on the Virginia Chesapeake Mission. I guess it doesn't have to be the name of the city it is headquartered in. The ramifications are very interesting.<br /><br />Good point about the Utah Salt Lake City Mission being connected through the Great Salt Lake. 48 of the 64 Davis County stakes are in the Utah Salt Lake City Mission--all the way up to Layton. The stakes in Syracuse (6), Clearfield (3), Clinton (3), West Point (2), Sunset (1), and South Weber (1) are in the Utah Ogden Mission.Mike Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10025612146815804945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-7943215306560247202013-02-23T22:55:09.629-07:002013-02-23T22:55:09.629-07:00It is good to see collective growth, and I hope we...It is good to see collective growth, and I hope we are all improving our individual growth through faith in the Lord, Jesus Christ. I hope all the people that I taught and help get baptized, as well as my former companions in Chile, are staying active and remembering their covenants with God.<br />Exciting to see more missionaries and missions, old one re-vivifying and new countries being established.Eduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05019747288076783700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-14767429768588476212013-02-23T20:47:55.529-07:002013-02-23T20:47:55.529-07:00I think I was most surprised that two new missions...I think I was most surprised that two new missions are being ofrmed in Ecuadore. Although with over 30 stakes in the country, maybe I should not be surprised. Still going from 3 to 5 missions was a major step forward. <br /><br />The only other place that came close to that high a percentage of new missions was probably Arizona, buteven that was from 4 to 6 missions.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-37990725091714202602013-02-23T20:37:39.645-07:002013-02-23T20:37:39.645-07:00The Utah Salt Lake City Mission is contiguous only...The Utah Salt Lake City Mission is contiguous only by passing through the Lake. The Salt Lake City west mission that was formed last year takes in Magna and goes all the way to the shore. The main think I noticed though is this mission includes all of Davis County, which had been in the Ogden Mission until a year ago. I am wondering though if the Salt Lake East Mission might take in Morgan from the Ogden Mission.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-56012663515585444902013-02-23T20:16:07.640-07:002013-02-23T20:16:07.640-07:00Another possibility with the Virginia Cheasapeak M...Another possibility with the Virginia Cheasapeak Mission is they are going for the Cheasapeak Bay, and they may move the Dover Delaware Stake to that mission from the Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission.John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-16399911806676650942013-02-23T19:15:03.161-07:002013-02-23T19:15:03.161-07:00@John Pack Lambert: not really, they are going to ...@John Pack Lambert: not really, they are going to other countries (non-Portuguese speaking) as well. I've heard that all missions in here (Brazil) were created in places where the number of missionaries sent to the field has increased. And that, indeed, can be observed in the stakes around here, especially after the church has instituted the EFY program in here. <br />Ricardo Prinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14421893778919410183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-20133307513365263472013-02-23T18:43:30.367-07:002013-02-23T18:43:30.367-07:00Margalho makes me wonder if the Brazilians he know...Margalho makes me wonder if the Brazilians he knows have been called to the Mozambique Mission. That would make sense because of a common language.<br /><br />I think one reason why Mexico and Brazil have gotten so many missions is the increase in missionaries serving from those countries. I am also wondering if Brazil sending more missionaries is one factor in Angola getting a new mission. John Pack Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05086707132348039415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-6652553084350799602013-02-23T17:37:01.629-07:002013-02-23T17:37:01.629-07:00@ Mike, Yes I served in the Houston East Mission. ...@ Mike, Yes I served in the Houston East Mission. Andrew served in the Buenos Aires South Mission.Stephen Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082566124992421584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-72112620545804737962013-02-23T16:27:50.129-07:002013-02-23T16:27:50.129-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Billie Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015564035866797242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-30735650832933873922013-02-23T16:26:57.478-07:002013-02-23T16:26:57.478-07:00When do you think there will be boundary maps avai...When do you think there will be boundary maps available?Billie Maehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015564035866797242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-14737741132410283812013-02-23T15:09:53.236-07:002013-02-23T15:09:53.236-07:00As for us here in Virginia, our ward is expected t...As for us here in Virginia, our ward is expected to be split in a few weeks. It is a large ward. We averaged 305 in attendance in our last report. 90% of our members attended at least one in the last month and we averaged 65% in attendance.<br /><br />There have been rumors for a while that the ward would be split. Bishops of two other wards in our stake announced to their wards that our ward was being split. The high councilor last week stated that in a few weeks we were going to have 15 wards in our stake and 7 wards covering the same area he was bishop of about 20 years ago. The seminary students were told that the split would be in March, but it would not affect seminary this year.<br /><br />12 wards and 3 branches make for a large stake.<br /><br />We have stake conference the first Sunday in March. I wonder if it will happen then.<br /><br />Now, I am wondering out loud if our northward focus will change to southward, if the Richmond mission ends up covering our stake after losing at least 3 stakes to the new Chesapeake Mission.<br /><br />I love witnessing growth in the Church, locally and globally.Mike Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10025612146815804945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-23781992543498728442013-02-23T14:56:08.532-07:002013-02-23T14:56:08.532-07:00Stephen, thanks. Yes, I read the emails from Ryan ...Stephen, thanks. Yes, I read the emails from Ryan forwarded by your mother.<br /><br />IIRC, you served in one of the missions in the Houston area. I was trying to remember where Andrew served.Mike Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10025612146815804945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-67619457793555876072013-02-23T13:20:30.150-07:002013-02-23T13:20:30.150-07:00Yup, Ryan is doing quite well. Hope all is well ou...Yup, Ryan is doing quite well. Hope all is well out in virgina for ya.Stephen Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082566124992421584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-92019839024376235752013-02-23T13:15:47.605-07:002013-02-23T13:15:47.605-07:00Stephen, I do have a nephew Stephen, whose younger...Stephen, I do have a nephew Stephen, whose younger brother is serving in the Brazil Sao Paulo North Mission right now.Mike Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10025612146815804945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-50685390426279109572013-02-23T10:34:00.988-07:002013-02-23T10:34:00.988-07:00Mike, many people in here (Brazil) have been recei...Mike, many people in here (Brazil) have been receiving calls to serve in Africa. Ricardo Prinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14421893778919410183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-32976164604490374412013-02-23T07:51:40.227-07:002013-02-23T07:51:40.227-07:00It's the fourth mission in Ukraine, following ...It's the fourth mission in Ukraine, following Kyiv, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk. The L'viv Mission will come from a division of the Kyiv mission.LDS in the Midwesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18263183695368239964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-37742411847623111632013-02-23T01:08:19.287-07:002013-02-23T01:08:19.287-07:00Hey Mike
Johnson! This is you nephew Stephen. Nic...Hey Mike <br />Johnson! This is you nephew Stephen. Nice to see you on here!Stephen Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082566124992421584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-44035724637925885982013-02-22T23:14:27.809-07:002013-02-22T23:14:27.809-07:00It is totally understandable that Europe only got ...It is totally understandable that Europe only got 1 new mission (which makes up for the reduction a few years ago). The number of missionaries per mission have been reduced drasically over the last 10 years. In the Baltic Mission it went from about 140 to 90 over the last 13 years. They can increase the number of missionaries significantly without creating new missions. <br />With the new mission in Ukraine I wonder where Belarus will be. It recently was merged with the Baltic Mission, but a more natural place for it might be with one of the Ukrainian missions, especially now that there is a third mission. Matthew Crandallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07533736011732141779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-57416500449131667902013-02-22T22:18:18.021-07:002013-02-22T22:18:18.021-07:00I have watched dozens of young people open their m...I have watched dozens of young people open their mission calls as posted on Youtube, including the 80+ graduates of Olympus High School in 2012 (ok, that was my rival high school decades ago when I went to Skyline).<br /><br />What I find interesting is while there are a lot called to Eastern Europe, Russia, and Ukraine and to the more traditional areas North America, Latin America, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines, I don't think I have seen a single video of a missionary called to an African country.<br /><br />This may be because most of the missionaries are natives. There are North American and Western European missionaries in many of the countries, but I haven't seen a Youtube video of one yet. Africa is growing, but I think it is heavily growing by local missionaries.<br /><br />I think Elder Holland said that 48 countries already had the lower age for missionary service before October. <br /><br />I wanted to see more missions in Africa where the biggest boom in the Church is happening. Ghana and Nigeria will have a new mission. Three countries (Liberia, Angola, and Botswana) will finally have a mission.<br /><br />58 is a 16.7% increase on the 347 missions. In Africa, the 21 mission are to be increased by 5, for a 23.8% increase. So, Africa is actually getting an above average increase in the number of missions.<br /><br />The US is growing from 103 to 120 or a 16.5% increase or about average world wide.Mike Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10025612146815804945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-85097131367341217642013-02-22T22:05:25.510-07:002013-02-22T22:05:25.510-07:00What happened to the Guatemala City East Mission? ...What happened to the Guatemala City East Mission? I don't know how you got the information, But it seems possible the Guatemala city missions will be renamed after realignment.<br /><br />I was Surprised that a mission in Logan was not created, but instead the Boise Mission is being split in thirds. I heard from my Stake president in Idaho Falls that the Pocatello Mission is expecting 250 Missionaries by July. Because of the increase, the mission looks like it could split. I was thinking that the Twin falls Mission could also take in Pocatello. This would mean that the Mission headquarters will me moved to Idaho Falls. Each mission would have roughly 29 stakes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05174283551521156890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2786908254617003646.post-72937460332990230022013-02-22T21:11:28.053-07:002013-02-22T21:11:28.053-07:00You guys are also forgetting about another practic...You guys are also forgetting about another practical reason certain mission are being created. Visas. Yu don't need them in western US. Countries with a relatively recent first time LDS presence have less experience with our mission department at the customs level whil countires in Latin America and Asia have more established relationships with the church having now been in some of these nations for 2nd and 3rd generation member families.<br /><br />I completely agree on perfecting tye saints, temple work and activation memes above.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09304681275979605236noreply@blogger.com