We all remember when, on October 6, 2012, President Thomas S. Monson announced the age change for LDS missionaries. This made an amazing impact on our hearts, but what were the numbers? Here are two infographics that Deseret News published that show the drastic impact this announcement has had in the last two years.
And the effect it has had on the number of sister missionaries.
There is a great difference between 2012 and 2013 in both the totals (elders and sisters) and the sister missionaries being called.