Comments on: Missionaries Mobbed in Mexico, 1925

By: Eric Boysen

Eric Boysen — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:47:52 +0000

I was just in Tenango last month!

By: Bookslinger

Bookslinger — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:09:01 +0000

They were treated like prophets!

By: bbell

bbell — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:27:17 +0000

What a gem of a story.

By: Clark

Clark — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:53:58 +0000

Thanks for this. I was familiar with the Cristero Rebellion from my mission and college studies, but this account of how it affected the Mssionaries is hair-raising.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:52:19 +0000

I think you’re right, Steve; we’ve run into untempled missionaries in other Keepa posts. But it is something that is so different from today’s situation that I think it worth noting.

By: Steve C.

Steve C. — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:41:26 +0000

I really know very little about the situation in Mexico at this time. I do know that after the Revolution the mission activities were almost completely discontinued until things settled down–by the 1920s. So I imagine that these two were some of the first missionaries to return.

I don’t think it was all together uncommon for missionaries to be out without temple blessings. It’s not until the 1950s that temples are built outside N. America and not until the late 1970s and early 1980s that temples are built in Latin America. I think my brother who served in Peru in the early 1980s had native companions who had not been through the temple.