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Jun 2, 2023
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byuwahoo
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Did you know that a Farsi branch was opened in Northern Virginia a 2-3 years
ago? It started as a group and has grown into a branch. I spoke in their sacrament meeting once and was really impressed with the missionaries who interpreted my remarks.
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I've been asked to talk about the Iran Tehran Mission, 1975-1979
BlueZone
6/2/23 12:22pm
Ayatollah wanted to talk about Disneyland? He must be on CB
md7Coug
6/2/23 12:30pm
😂
chazen
6/2/23 11:21pm
I had no idea we had a mission there at that time. Very interesting. One of my good professional friends
DrBYU
6/2/23 12:39pm
My uncle married a woman from Isfahan in the 70s. Worked for pan am there.
jvquarterback
6/2/23 12:55pm
I was in Isfahan for 6 months. The movie Caravans was filmed in Isfahan while I
hitechcpa
6/2/23 8:35pm
Iranians have a saying, "Isfahan is half the world." It's beautiful.
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:25pm
I’ve heard from missionaries in the Newport Beach mission that there are a lot
homegrown
6/2/23 12:57pm
I had a cousin in Germany who learned Farsi as a mission assignment.
Wyomingite
6/2/23 2:48pm
We met elders who learned Farsi while serving in Canada. What shocked me was
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:28pm
Farsi is again being taught in the MTC for many different missions, like Canada
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:26pm
And Washington DC South
byuwahoo
6/9/23 6:50pm
I could not begin to keep up with all that is going on with missionary work...
BlueZone
6/16/23 4:44pm
Paul H. Dunn brought his family to Iran at the end of a Middle East Tour.
BlueZone
6/16/23 4:48pm
Cool! Ignorant question: Any idea what became of the members who lived there?
BleedCougarBlue2
6/2/23 1:14pm
We baptized two who would have fallen away. Some are in the USA and very active.
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:29pm
Thanks for sharing
jxncoog
6/2/23 1:44pm
"On Wings of Eagles" and "Argo" (language) are both true stories about escaping
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:33pm
There are Farsi missionaries in the Toronto mission.
NYC and Japan
6/2/23 1:46pm
We met a couple who had been there. They spoke Persian extremely well.
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:34pm
"Hales" and "wicked sense of humor" are two things I never thought I would see
Parker Schnabel
6/2/23 3:32pm
I had some some funny moments with Elder Hales. He could also get serious.
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:36pm
RE: I've been asked to talk about the Iran Tehran Mission, 1975-1979
Cougarcountryben
6/2/23 6:42pm
I’ve got some funny things you can say to her.
hitechcpa
6/2/23 8:38pm
Did you know that a Farsi branch was opened in Northern Virginia a 2-3 years
byuwahoo
6/2/23 8:22pm
Yes, one of our former companions attends from time to time to help support it.
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:45pm
I was in the MTC with BlueZone. Saw some crazy things, man.
hitechcpa
6/2/23 8:31pm
You will never find a smarter goofball than HitechCPA. We just talked...
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:48pm
I was working in Orem in early 2000s doing sales and met a family from Iran who
King of Y
6/2/23 11:51pm
We know who that was. Two girls, one brother. Their mother also joined...
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:53pm
That’s really cool. I still remember how shocked I was to learn about the fact
King of Y
6/16/23 8:41pm
Great story. I didn’t know being soaking wet made one taller 🙂
Big Daddy D
6/3/23 3:52pm
She was so small the water under her feet could make her taller.
BlueZone
6/9/23 5:50pm
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