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Latter-day Saint military servicemen began holding Church meetings in Guajataca in 1947. In January 1964, the first missionaries arrived and the first convert, a serviceman, was baptized in February. The first Puerto Rican ed the Church the following month.

Spanish-speaking missionaries were sent to Puerto Rico, and a Spanish-speaking congregation was organized in 1970. That same year, the first meetinghouse opened and home seminary, a youth religious study program, began in Puerto Rico.

In 1979, hip was 1,900. Church President Spencer W. Kimball visited in 1981.

By 1987, hip had increased to 12,000. Despite the move of several military Church from Puerto Rico in 1993, hip had reached 19,700 in the area.

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