Elder Zachary Andrews: Dear President Wall, Lots of Service

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, January 14, 2014

Dear President Wall, Lots of Service

Sent Date: Monday, January 13, 2014

Author: Andrews, Zachary Jacob

President,

This week was great! I mean it was freezing, but still great! We worked hard this week! Lots of service, which is always the best. Time here is measured with two events in mind these two events are not only what they use to measure time with but what they focus their lives around, they are: 1. The birth of the Savior. Jesus is always on their tongue unfortunately not always in their actions but still we will take what we can get. and 2. Katrina, I have said a lot about Katrina in these emails but it is never enough it destroyed peoples lives. It destroyed their houses their cars their boats their roads, but all that is not half as important as what it did to their HOPE.

I can not even tell you how many less-active brothers and sisters here that I have visited that will talk about Christ as a great man and how others need to follow him, but as for them, no they tried and God did this horrible thing to them. "Why? Why would he do that?" they ask accusingly.........uuhhh goes the missionary that constantly wonders why people assume he has all the answers... This is one of those scary questions because often times the answer is, of necessity, bold. Often times we ask God Why? Why me? Why do bad things happen to people? But lets change the question... What can i learn? How can I grow? What blessings have come since then?

Attitude right.

Love ya President!

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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.