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New mission leaders realize they’re swapping sons

Two mission leader couples pose for a photo at the Provo Missionary Training Center.
Sister Katie and President Aaron Shepherd, left, and President David and Sister Rebecca Jackson, right, pause for a photo at the 2025 Seminar for New Mission Leaders at the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, on Friday, June 20, 2025.
Cody Bell, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The new leaders of the Argentina Buenos Aires North and Ukraine Kyiv/Moldova missions met in person for the first time this month as they participated in the 2025 Seminar for New Mission Leaders at the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah.

Yet, President David and Sister Rebecca Jackson of Phoenix, Arizona, and President Aaron and Sister Katie Shepherd of Brigham City, Utah, are not only connected by missionary work—they are also part of a divinely orchestrated missionary exchange.

The couples are literally swapping sons.

Read the full story at the Church News.

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