Elder Zachary Andrews: New President! (June 30)

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 President! (June 30)

Hi I'm back. My companion Elder Herbert is getting transferred so that means I have to take over another area.... My district is us, the sister missionaries and a senor couple who are awesome. The sister missionaries love hispanics and react well to them. They are good missionaries. Really new and but getting to know the ropes. They do a good job. I don't know where my companion is going or who I am getting.

The new prez is good! I think he will be good for the mission because he is going to make us uncomfortable. With Prez. Wall we got comfortable. We knew him and what he wanted. Comfort is not a good thing on a mission cause then you get complacent and disobedient. The new president is also pushing numbers. That is hard for some missionaries but numbers are important as long as they have people attached to them. Meaning lessons taught in a week, just a numerical record of what we are doing.

All my jobs are good. I got your present. Thank you so much! I am wearing the tie right now; I like it. My birthday was just a normal day until we whent to the Kellers (senior couple missionaries) that night and we had cake it was awesome. Thank you so much!

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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.