Tuesday, March 17, 1970

The mission is now running on a new schedule:

6:30–7:30     Dressed, personal study
7:30–8:30     Companion study
8:30–9:00     Eat
9:00–12:00   Proselyting
12:00–1:00   Eat
1:00–2:00     Personal study
2:00–5:30     Proselyting
5:30–6:30     Eat
6:30–9:30     Proselyting
9:30–10:30   Planning, reports, in bed

It differs from the previous schedule thusly:

6:00–6:45     Dressed
6:45–7:45     Companion study
7:45–8:15     Eat
8:15–9:00     Personal study
9:00–9:15     Prayer, testimony
9:15–12:00   Proselyting
12:00–2:00   Eat, personal study
2:00–6:00     Proselyting
6:00–7:00     Eat
7:00–9:30     Proselyting
9:30–10:30   Planning, reports, in bed

In a meeting in the temple the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve decided that missionaries throughout the world would be up at 6:30 instead of 6:00.

Somehow a few months slipped by without notice on these pages. We have kept ourselves fairly busy. Of historical significance, on January 23 Joseph Fielding Smith, at age 93, became the tenth President of the Church and was set apart as prophet, seer, and revelator in a special meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve in the Salt Lake Temple. He will be sustained by an official vote of the Church at a solemn assembly to be held in connection with the 140th annual general conference in April. Counselors to President Smith are Harold B. Lee and N. Eldon Tanner. Spencer W. Kimball is acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve. Harold B. Lee is the senior Apostle behind President Smith and would therefore be president of the Twelve if he were not serving as a counselor in the First Presidency.