Elder Zachary Andrews: The Wedding

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, November 24, 2014

The Wedding

Weekly Letter - 24 Nov 2014
Sent Date: Monday, November 24, 2014
Author: Andrews, Zachary Jacob

This week we planned a wedding. We started a family, it was amazing! They are so happy. We were talking to them yesterday and it was amazing to see the change that just and earthly marriage can such a difference. Their daughter was so happy. She was ecstatic to have her family together. It is so cool to see how she understands what is going on. We planned, set up, and cleaned up we did everything for this wedding they just showed up but it was so worth it!! Seriously one of the best days ever. Now she is going to get baptized in a two weeks.

We also committed a man named Tommy Andrews to baptism... No relation. So awesome. He is so excited. It is going to be so cool. The Zone is really good Elder Drollinger and I are a little worried about the Laplace District. They are doing good but there are a few points of concern. Really though our Zone is doing really well. No problems. I am learning so much as a Zone Leader. It is interesting to face so many different challenges. Life is good.
Elder Andrews

Sent Date: Friday, November 28, 2014
Author: President Hansen
What a great week.

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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.