Elder Landon Rich: Peru Lima North Mission: Church History Tour

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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Off to Nauvoo

Landon and Gwen are heading East to Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska on an LDS church history tour. We promise to take lots of pictures, and will report when we get back. We are both really really excited.

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Elder Landon Lee Rich is serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He is serving in the Peru Lima North Mission from October 2007 to October 2009.

Landon was raised in Morgan, a small town in the mountains of northern Utah about 50 miles north of Salt Lake City. He is the youngest in his family, and has two older siblings on earth and one in heaven. He is very much loved.

His smile, fun-loving personality, and love for everyone is what you will notice first about Landon. He is loving his mission and the people of Peru.

Peru Mission History

The Peru Lima North Mission is a very large divided mission covering a section of Lima and then a large area of the northeast part of the country.

August 7, 1956 - First missionaries arrive in Peru.

February 24, 1957 - First Lima Branch Conference

November 1, 1959 - Andes Mission formed (included Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Ecuador, Columbia and Venezuela). There were 5 branches in Peru and 300 members!

1965 - Church memebrship in Peru grows to over 6300.

1970 - The first stake was formed in Peru. The Lima stake 6 wards, 3 branches, and approximately 5000 members.

1974 - Lima West Stake formed.

1976 - Lima Peru Central Stake and the Lima Peru Lamanita Stake formed.

1977 - Approx. 17,000 members in Peru.

January 10, 1986 - Lima Peru Temple dedicated

1988 - Church grows to 45,000 members in the Lima area and a total of 120,000 in all of Peru.

1996 - Church membership reaches 270,000 in 75 stakes.

2000 - Over 312,000 members in 81 stakes.

2001 - Over 348,000 members

2002 - Over 353,559 members in 512 Wards and 221 branches.

Average baptisms per Peru mission per month: 117.4

Average new converts retained per mission per year: 352

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

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