Elder Zachary Andrews: We Got Fed!

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

Sunday, November 2, 2014

We Got Fed!

Oct 27 at 11:48 AM

This week we felt the love and when I say that I mean we got FED, 14 times! Twice a day! Yes they love us. We have been working hard and I am loving it! We haven't seen any results from our work so our new branch mission leader is getting discouraged. We have to keep boosting him so he doesn't give up. I just found out that one of the sisters in my district has a crush so that is tricky. I am happy cause we are working hard. I am nervous about transfers because I love this area and my companion, Elder Hale, who also might have to go home for surgery. But life is good the same old same old stuff love it. We got to watch the movie Meet the Mormons on Tuesday it is really awesome it you guys should watch it cause it is cool to be a Mormon. Church is true I am nervous about transfers for the first time!

We have been feeling the spirit and just in small ways he has been helping me out. Cool stuff. Like little a prompting here and a prompting there; a question pops into my head at the time I need it.

Love y'all,

Elder Andrews

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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.