Mushy Mail
Illustration

Early missionaries to the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific received their mail once a year when the sailing boat made its rounds of the South Pacific. On one occasion the boat was one day ahead of schedule, and the missionaries were off on a neighboring island. The captain left the mail with th…

ChristianGlobe Networks, Inc., Adapted from Eugene A. Nida's Customs and Cultures: Anthropology for Christian Missions