He was once asked by a fellow brother, “Why you?” Francis replied, “God could not have chosen anyone less qualified, or more of a sinner, than myself. And so, for this wonderful work He intends to perform through us, He selected me—for God always chooses the weak and the absurd, and those who count for nothing.”20 Those words find their echo in the Doctrine and Covenants (see D&C 1; 133:57–59).
