For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormons"), sharing the Gospel is one of the most important and rewarding ways we can spend our time. Thousands of young men and women leave their homes and families each year for this purpose. There are currently approximately 50,000 young people serving as full-time missionaries in missions all over the world.
A mission is the geographical area that a missionary is assigned to. It is presided over by a mission president and his wife. It is this couple's job to coordinate the efforts of the young missionaries by assigning them to "companionships" (two or three missionaries who live and work together), providing training and leadership, and making sure that the missionaries have their material needs cared for.
Young men and women in the LDS Church are not required to serve a mission, although most do. Missionaries are not paid for their service and, in fact, pay all expenses incurred during their missions. Young men (between the ages of 19 and 27, but mostly 19-21 years old) serve for two years; young women (usually 21-24 years old) serve for a year and a half.
A missionary will usually spend his/her entire term of service within the boundaries of one mission, but will be transferred by the mission president every 1-6 months to a different area. A missionary may work in anywhere from three to ten different areas during his/her mission, and may have over a dozen different companions.
The purpose of this Mission Alumni Home Page is to provide a way for those who have served in the Buenos Aires Missions to stay in touch with each other via e-mail, reunions, snail-mail, etc. Also, young men and women who are called to a Buenos Aires Mission may find the information on this page useful as they prepare for their missions.
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