Elder Zachary Andrews: New Companion, Promptings (July 14)

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

Friday, August 15, 2014

New Companion, Promptings (July 14)

My new comp is Elder Burch. He has been out nearly 19 months and struggles with Spanish. He is really obedient. I am really working hard to help him feel included in our district. Our district is really unified and I am worried that he might feel left out, so I am going to do everything I can.

That is cool about trek, and don't worry about the girls who left. My trek ma and pa never let us leave and always got us in trouble for stupid stuff like getting up late. That is why I like a mission No Distractions. I mean some days I wish I could have a distractions. That is why I like the story of Peter walking on the water because it shows us that as we look to the Savior through our priorities, we can look up and walk but when we look down on the world around us at the water we start to fall.

So a story. Last week we were going to someone's house and I got an impression saying, Go to Joels.... OK sounds good to me... so we went over there and for the first time he answered the door!! So we talk to him all about his mission and had an awesome conversation! The spirit was so strong, He committed to come to Family Home Evening and then Church. The little promptings of the spirit are really been thrown at me all the time. It is awesome.

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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.