I taught a mission prep class this week and gathered what photos I could find of current members of the Quorum of the Twelve back when they were young missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Can you figure them all out? Answers at the bottom.

1 (the one on the right) –

2 (on the right) –

3 (on the right) –

4 (center with the tie) –

5 (with the amazing purple suit and tie) –

6 –

7 (on the right) –

8 –

9 –

Answers:

1. Elder Ulisses Soares – Rio de Janeiro
2. Elder Gerrit W. Gong – Taipei Taiwan
3. Elder Dale G. Renlund – Sweden
4. Elder Gary E. Stevenson – Japan Fukuoka
5. Elder Ronald A. Rasband – Eastern States. Cool story about this photo here.
6. Elder Neil L. Andersen – France
7. Elder D. Todd Christofferson – Cordoba Argentina
8. Elder Quentin L. Cook – British Mission
9. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland – British Mission (as far as I can tell, this photo was taken shortly *after* his mission)

Elders Ballard (England) and Bednar (Germany) also served missions but I couldn’t find photos of them.