Mission presidents hold keys of responsibility for the welfare, safety, and success of their missionaries.
Missions is not about sending missionaries, and missions is not about doing missions. Missions is about the communication of truth to men.
The people on my mum's side of the family are atheist intellectuals who are ueber-proper. My dad's side of the family are missionaries who are more comfortable sitting around in sweatpants than they are in a five-star restaurant. But those two influences converged in my life.