Elder Zachary Andrews: From President Wall: Motivated by Elder Perkins?

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, February 16, 2014

From President Wall: Motivated by Elder Perkins?

With new goals and an increased urgency to hasten the Work of Salvation, I am asking that you let me know what you are doing to respond to encouragement from Elder Perkins in his visit. So, here are the things I would like to know about. What are you doing to learn about the missionary purpose/the Doctrine of Christ? What experiences are you having with teaching the Doctrine of Christ? Are you using the evaluation questions after every lesson?

As you exercise greater faith to find, what are you doing and what miracles are you seeing? Remember...Expect miracles! Are you extending invitations in all your lessons? Including the invitation to be baptized? Remember, you should invite in every lesson unless you are prompted not to. What are you learning from the Book Of Mormon? (Thought I would forget this one?) Are you using the Book of Mormon in all your teaching? How? You don't need to answer all the questions in every letter, but share what the Spirit directs so I can share with the rest of the mission. That means you can include other things you want to talk about (lots of miracles would be good).

Love you all,
President and Sister Wall

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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.