Elder Zachary Andrews: Farewell Tour

THE VISION OF THE SOUTH

"Make no small plans: This is the vision I have for the South. I believe that one day the South will baptize more people into the church than all other English speaking missions in the world together....We will see the time when we will baptize hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands...In your day you will see a million members of the church in the South. There will be temples plural in the Southern States. What a great call you have to serve with these marvelous people." President Spencer W. Kimball

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Farewell Tour

Sep 17

This week has been one big farewell tour for my Comp, Elder Mellor. I have eaten so much food, I never want to eat again. Anyway I am really nervous to take over the area with my new comp. I am also really nervous to get a new comp, way more nervous than I was last time. It matters if your comp works. But I am excited for the days when two lunch appointments and three dinner appointments end. Holy cow it is a lot of food. And Hispanics don't ever believe you when you say that your full, they just give you more food.

I am really starting to become amazing friends with all the Elders and all the Sister here on the West Bank.

We are doing more work with less actives but it was hard this week because, like I said before, everyone wants to feed us so this week was a lot of sharing messages with members. Which is different. just some of the things that they think of is genius and gives me a lot of thinks to use when I teach less actives and Investigators.

Love you all,

Elder Andrews

PS This is a Cajun member teaching an elder how to play the ukulele.

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Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission

The first branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized in New Orleans with 334 members in 1841. The prophet Joseph Smith sent the first missionary to New Orleans in March of that year. After reaching 169 members in 1849, the New Orleans branch disbanded because of the threat of serious disease in the area. The Southern States Mission, which included Louisiana opened in 1878, but the first missionaries were not sent to the state until nearly 20 years later. Missionary work spread throughout the state during the early twentieth century and by 1930, there were 1500 members. The first ward was established in Shreveport in 1953 and the first stake in New Orleans in 1955.In 1975, the Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission was created and by 1980, there were over 12,500 members in the state of Louisiana. By 1989, Louisiana had 22,000 members in seven stakes. In 1998, the First Presidency announced the building of a temple in Baton Rouge. That temple was dedicated on 16 July, 2000.The Louisiana Baton Rouge Mission extends from Natchitoches South to the East and West borders through the state including the Gulf of New Orleans. The mission also includes the South West corner of Mississippi including Natchez, Liberty, and Macomb.