Summary: <br> New Missions Announced for 2024<br> <br> <a href="https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/36-new-missions-church-of-jesus-christ">36 Additional Missions to be organized</a><br> <br> Necessitated by an Increase in Missionaries since the Pandemic<br> <br> 2021 – 56,000<br> 2022 – 62,500<br> 2023 – 73,000<br> <br> <br> Largest increase of new missions since 2013 when 58 were announced<br> <br> Total of 405 missions (85,000 serving in 2014), 411 in 2015.<br> Missions net decline from 2018 to 2020<br> <br> <br> Increase the total of missions to 450 – most at any time. <br> <br> Average missionaries in Mission 210 (2014) to 160 (2024)<br> <br> <br> 6 previously closed missions will be reopened <br> <br> Modesto, Tallahassee, SLC East, Sendai, Hamburg, Porto<br> <br> <br> Missions with Large Geographies being divided <br> <br> Missoula, El Paso, Charleston, Manaus South, Cochabamba South, La Serena, Tecuman, Mexicali, Antananarivo <br> <br> <br> New Missions for Large Populations <br> <br> Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Nairobi, Port Harcourt, Lima Northeast (7th mission), Dallas (4th), Henderson (3rd), Santo Domingo (3rd), Quito West (3rd), Puebla East (3rd), Accra (3rd), Kinshasa (3rd)<br> <br> <br> Most new missions in Africa for one year, many in outlying areas<br> <br> Bo, Takoradi, Calabar, Kolwezi<br> <br> <br> Utah county – at least 1 companionship per stake <br> <br> Saratoga Spring, Spanish Fork<br> <br> <br> 3 new in the Philippines (now 26 missions)<br> Brazil up to 37, Mexico up to 34.<br> <a href="https://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2023/11/general-analysis-on-36-new-missions.html">Matt Martinich’s analysis of impact of birth rates on missionary numbers. </a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Mail Bag <br> <br> Missoula Montana Temple<br> Colorado Spring Colorado Temple<br> <br> <br> Recommendation<br> <br> <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-angels-and-seerstones-a-la-117953773/">Angles and Seer Stones Podcast</a><br> <br> <a href="https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-angels-and-seerstones-a-la-117953773/episode/episode-11-jesus-appears-in-the-127610703/">Episode 11: Jesus appears in the Temple</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Temple Open House <br> <br> Lima Perú Los Olivos Temple<br> <br> <a href="https://noticias.laiglesiadejesucristo.org/articulo/templo-de-los-olivos-se-presenta-a-periodistas-y-vecinos?country=peru">Media day on November 6th </a><br> Open House November 10th to December 9th<br> Third City in the World to have two temples in its boundaries<br> <br> After South Jordan and Provo. Will be followed by St George, Guatemala City, São Paulo, Mexico City, Santiago<br> <a href="https://ldschurchgrowth.blogspot.com/2019/08/new-stakes-created-in-colombia-ghana.html">49 Stakes in the Lima Metro Area</a><br> First temple located in La Molina, this temple is in San Martín de Porres (not Los Olivos). But olive trees in gardens<br> <br> <br> Temple Design <br> <br> Two-story, 47k sq. ft, white granite, simple art deco design. <br> <a href="https://churchofjesuschristtemples.org/lima-peru-los-olivos-temple/">First large temple</a> design to not have an angel Moroni in many decades. <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=2270343716382249&external_log_id=7c43e435-99ce-4a43-bb4e-dc1a46852ed9&q=templo%20de%20lima%20peru%20los%20olivos">At the time</a> the lack of Moroni was attributed to the absence of a tower. There was no tower because the temple looked very tall next to the buildings around it (semiurban feel) <br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=2294226017455997&external_log_id=7c43e435-99ce-4a43-bb4e-dc1a46852ed9&q=templo%20de%20lima%20peru%20los%20olivos">At the time it was described</a> as harkening back to the Cardston/Laie/Mesa s...
