Elder Carter Bailey's Mission Blog: Exchanges with the Zone Leaders

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Exchanges with the Zone Leaders

Missionary work this week was really good, but still a little slow because most of the people we teach are still off shore. But, this week should pick up because they are all coming home. Larry's grandsons committed to baptism for March 24! Larry has really sparked the Austin family!

This week we got to go on exchanges with the Zone Leaders. So, Elder Moss and myself stayed in Many and Elder Davidson and Elder Andurus went to Alexandria. I love Elder Moss and was stoked to be able to be comps with him for 2 days. He's from Arizona too. He went to Mountain Pointe and is way tight! He was with me when I committed Larry's grandsons to baptism. He brought a special spirit that needed to be there. Gosh, I love missionary work!

No comments:

Post a Comment

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. Interestingly, one of these first six missionaries was named Elder Carter.

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.

THE VISION OF THE SOUTH

"Make no small plans: This is the vision I have fore 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

Elder Carter Bailey's Mission Blog

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Exchanges with the Zone Leaders

No comments:

Post a Comment

Search This Blog

Followers