Elder Cameron Sevier Bids "Adios"

Elder Cameron Sevier, second son and youngest of Tami and Rudy Sevier’s four children, left January 13, 2010 for two years of fulltime service in the Mexico Guadalajara Mission. During two months in the Provo MTC, he will sharpen his gospel knowledge and learn to speak Spanish before departing on March 15 to serve the Lord’s children in Mexico’s 2nd largest city. A 2008 graduate of Dixie High School, Cameron is happy about his mission call, saying he has always hoped for a Spanish speaking mission because of his family heritage which has helped him "understand it a little, but I can’t speak it yet!"

When asked whether he is nervous, excited, or apprehensive, Elder Sevier noted with humor, "I was more nervous and apprehensive about giving a talk in Sacrament meeting . . . but I am excited about spending a month in the MTC with Amanda!" His sister will enter the MTC in mid-February to prepare for 18-months in the Honduras Comayaguela Mission.

The Mexico Guadalajara Mission, one of 21 missions in Mexico, includes more than 4 million residents, dozens of LDS stakes and the church’s 105th temple - one of twelve providing the richest blessings of the gospel to the Saints in Mexico!

The church in Mexico dates back to 1874 when Brigham Young sent six missionaries to preach the gospel and to find prospective locations for Mormon settlements. The missionaries were positive in their praise of the country and its future with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Their assessment was correct! Mexico was the first country outside of the United States to have 100 LDS stakes. In 1993, the 2000th stake was organized and at the end of 2009 church membership "south of the border" was nearly 1,200,000. With Elder Sevier’s hard work and testimony of the gospel, that number will continue to increase!