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Jun 2, 2023
11:51:47pm

King of Y Playmaker

I was working in Orem in early 2000s doing sales and met a family from Iran who

joined the church in the 1970s. They said they had missionaries teach them and then fled to the US in late 70's/early 80's. It blew my mind that there had ever been missionaries there. It was pretty eye opening.

Thanks so much for sharing your stories!

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King of Y

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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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