Planting the Acorn: The South American Mission

This book details the South American Mission, including the first seven months helmed by Elder Melvin J. Ballard and the remaining nine years led by President K.B. Reinhold Stoof. Both mission presidents were inspiring and had foibles as well. Important questions arose: Should missionaries primarily seek out German speakers in Argentina and Brazil, believed to be descendants of the tribe of Ephraim? Or should missionaries teach Spanish speakers and Indigenous people, preaching the gospel to...