Mormon missionaries begin returning to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

A small contingent of Mormon missionaries is returning to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, LDS Church officials said Friday, but it remained uncertain when the faith’s missionary operations will fully resume there.The Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints evacuated missionaries from Puerto Rico and its neighboring Caribbean islands after Hurricane Maria lashed the region in September. Scores of people died as the storm and flooding decimated electrical, water and communicati