- “PRIESTHOOD MISSIONARY WORK IN THE CHURCH. 1st Presidency Letter- Oct 29, 1976… 1) Missionary work is: (1)Church Directed. (2) Stake Organized (3) Ward Operated (4) Family & Individually Performed.” From President Albert Farnsworth, Mission President of Ecuador Quito from 1993 to 1996.
- Ezekial 33: 6…. But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman’s hand.
- January 4, 1996 – Thursday – Quito Ecuador… “This morning Elder Abril & I took off to President Farnsworth’s house. We had a meeting with him to organize the mission, and talk about it’s 3 programs: Activate, Proselyte, Coordinate. President helped me to understand how Missionary work functions. 1st of all, the Stake President is in charge of all Missionary Work. He needs to establish a program in how to find investigators or the chosen in his stake boundaries. His program is the Stake Mission program: Stake Missionary President, Ward Mission Leaders, Stake Missionaries. The Bishop’s in their ward are in charge of fellowshipping and returning the new converts. He should plan activities and assign Home TEachers, give collings and priesthood, etc. The Regular Missionaries are there to just teach. Nothing else. They’re there to support the wards and the Stake Mission. After eating a great breakfast (by Sister Farnsworth) and finishing up the papers to send to the Area Presidency and Apostles, I waited in the office for Herrera. He got me and we took off to our citas. He taught 8 charlas in the morning. Sweet. We had a pretty successful day. Satan is getting all over me. I’m tired of him, his tricks, and his way of getting us.” – Clinton Brown Missionary Journal