At 3:00 a.m. one cold morning, a missionary candidate walked into an office for a scheduled interview with the examiner of a mission board. He sat in the waiting room until 8:00 a.m. when the examiner finally showed up. Without a word a explanation about his five hour delay, the examiner said, "Let's begin the test. First, please spell baker."

The young man responded, "B-a-k-e-r."

"Very good," responded the examiner. "I'm impressed. Now …