Elder Zachary Andrews: World Cup

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

Monday, June 30, 2014

World Cup

Today at 10:05 AM

So if you don't know, the World Cup is on. I have watched so many soccer games in the last two weeks it is crazy. Everyone is watching them. We have been doing lots of service this week. Helping people move and translating in the hospital cause the hospital here doesn't have translators, except for the one random doctor who stopped by after three hours and spoke perfect Spanish then left...weird. This week was my year mark as well as my birthday. The latter doesn't really bother me but my year mark makes me feel sick. I feel like I have been working as hard as I can to get up to cruising speed and now I am trying to slow down and enjoy the ride. Crazy!!! I love this work; it is amazing. Anyway nothing really happened this week. We feel some hesitation from Kilna (pregnant woman who got a blessing and was healed) and that is always sad but it is how this work goes. One opportunity fails and another one pops up. I am waiting.

Elder Andrews

Elder Andrews's District (not a double date)

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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.