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Need for Missionaries

Pres. Monson's opening remarks asked the Church to pay special attention to the need for full-time missionaries. The LDS have always asked all their members to be ambassadors of Christ, and to always be on the lookout for people who might be prepared to receive our invitation to come learn more of Him, and join us through baptism. The call for missionaries to leave their homes and go actively preparing people for just such invitations is anchored in equally longstanding tradition and commandment.
But let me throw out the question...
We're all asked to be missionaries. I have more experience teaching than the average missionary. I have developed a closeness with the Spirit for longer than most missionaries. Through longer study I know the doctrines of the Church better than most missionaries. If I meet someone I know who is interested, I have the added advantage of knowing the person about to be taught. Why should I need a missionary's help at all? Why shouldn't I just teach the discussions, invite people to commit themselves to the Gospel, to baptism, to the Word of Wisdom (LDS health code), to the law of chastity, tithing, faithful attendance, the whole 9 yards?
I'm honestly not sure I have the answer to this one.
But I think an element may be this: priesthood authority runs through established channels. I may have all the skills necessary to be the CEO of a company, but without the keys, I'm only an intruder and have no right to make decisions for that company. The keys for Perfecting the Saints (one of the 3 missions of the Church), run through the channels I'm part of in my home ward (congregation), but the keys to the administering and teaching of the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel to people outside my own family and ward members runs through a Mission President and missionaries.
Remind me to explain in plain language what would otherwise be mysterious about the passage Acts 19:1-6
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