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  1. 03-06-2013, 07:32 PM #1
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    Post where you served.

    I thought it would be interesting to see where others served their missions.

    I served in what was called the Austria Vienna South mission. It consisted of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia. Each country was broken up into into zones and I was fortunate to serve in Slovenia from May 1997-March 1999. Loved every minute of it!!

    Side note-now each country has their own individual mission, with the exception of Bosnia, I believe. I don't think we have missionaries there right now, but I could be wrong.
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    Brasil São Paulo North, 77-79. Loved it there. The hoop team travelled all around those areas last Summer. Wish i could have joined them!

    From what I can tell, there are 5 missions there now.
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    Russia Moscow South Mission 2003-2005. What was my mission has been broken up and split between several different missions now. Moscow wasn't technically part of our mission but the mission office was there so I spent a good deal of time there. I served in the City of Smolensk (huge WWII city and I am sure USS Utah would love to visit there to see some of the sights and battlefields) and one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, followed by Ryazan, and finished my mission in Minsk, Belarus.

    Loved it. Love the people. Love the food (mostly). Wouldn't go do it again if you paid me.
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    New Hampshire, Manchester. At the time parts of NY, VT, NH, ME, and Mass, but no whole state. Served near the Joseph Smith birthplace memorial and held district meetings there. Loved coastal NH ( Portsmouth) The r.s there was known for their 'Exponent' tendencies.

    P.S. met my wife while she was serving as a J.S birthplace memorial visitors center missionary.

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    Costa Rica, 1993-1995. There's only one mission in the country.
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    Guatemala-El Salvador Mission, 1973-75. A single mission then, with only one stake, in Guat City. Now multiple missions, multiple stakes - some based in towns that the missionaries considered "holes."
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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    Guatemala-El Salvador Mission, 1973-75. A single mission then, with only one stake, in Guat City. Now multiple missions, multiple stakes - some based in towns that the missionaries considered "holes."
    Not to mention 3 temples there now -- two in Guatemala and one in El Salvador.

    To anyone who served in El Salvador, watching this video is a very emotional experience. The accents, the clothing, the dances. Terrific:

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    "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
    --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
    --Yeats

    “True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”

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    Japan, Sapporo 1986-1988. Served in Kitami, Chitose, Muroran, Date and Wakkanai.
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    Those who served in Russia will enjoy this one.


    "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
    --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
    --Yeats

    “True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”

    --John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheik Yerbouti View Post
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    Brazil, Ribeirao Preto...2004-2006.

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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    Those who served in Russia will enjoy this one.


    That's not Russia.

    Ukraine is a different country FYI.

    The most interesting thing about seeing the mission years is figuring out how old/young posters compared to my previous impression of their age.

    Looks like I'm the same age as Wuap and Flystripper and was in Kiev.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    Those who served in Russia will enjoy this one.

    I think that is where members from my mish go to the temple now. Or maybe Helsinki. Used to be Sweden.

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    That's not Russia.

    Ukraine is a different country FYI.

    The most interesting thing about seeing the mission years is figuring out how old/young posters compared to my previous impression of their age.

    Looks like I'm the same age as Wuap and Flystripper and was in Kiev.
    People probably thought that I was 13 until now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CardiacCoug View Post


    That's not Russia.

    Ukraine is a different country FYI.
    Hey, you've gotta watch the video. The temple serves part of Russia and one of the kids interviewed is Russian. And isn't the language most of them are speaking Russian? So therefore I drew the unremarkable conclusion that those who served in Russia would enjoy the video.

    Jerk.

    (For those who don't know: I kid. Cardiac and I are friends.)

    "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
    --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

    "Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
    --Yeats

    “True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”

    --John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
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    Austria (and the southern tip of Germany) 1971-73. Unless someone wakes up BYU71 from his nap, I expect I'll be the reigning geezer in this thread.
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    Quote Originally Posted by LA Ute View Post
    Hey, you've gotta watch the video. The temple serves part of Russia and one of the kids interviewed is Russian. And isn't the language most of them are speaking Russian? So therefore I drew the unremarkable conclusion that those who served in Russia would enjoy the video.

    Jerk.

    (For those who don't know: I kid. Cardiac and I are friends.)
    Yeah, I've watched that a few times before and know there are a ton of Russians in the video -- just trying to stand up for my nationalistic Ukrainian peeps.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wuapinmon View Post
    Costa Rica, 1993-1995. There's only one mission in the country.
    Yet another thing that Costa Rica and China have in common!

    Hong Kong Mission. 1986-1988.
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    Recife, Brazil 95-97 There are now 3 missions and a temple in my mission. When I was there the three states the mission encompassed had only one McDonalds.
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    Italy Catania, 83-85. Spent all but 5 months on Sicily. Three years ago, the mission was dissolved and annexed into the Italy Rome mission.

    When I served, there was one stake in Italy which was located in Milan and no temples. Today, there are 8 stakes and the Rome Temple is scheduled for completion sometime in 2014.
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    Argentina Salta 02-04. Mission has not been split, no temples. Maybe 6 stakes 3-4 districts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by scottie View Post
    South Africa (Johannesburg), 93-95
    I was there to witness it. '92-'94. Scottie was a superb missionary and is a helluva basketball player.
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