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LDS Church News: Build mission spirit, Pres. Monson urges

Published: Saturday, July 4, 2009 12:05 a.m. MDT

By Jason Swensen, Church News staff writer

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The 2009 New Mission Presidents Seminar offered scores of new mission presidents and their wives a priceless opportunity to come together and receive four days of training prior to embarking on their three-year assignments.

The days were filled with instruction at the feet of apostles and other church leaders. The seminar concluded with words of encouragement and counsel from President Thomas S. Monson, himself a former mission president.

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