This is a reflective essay that discusses missionaries' attempts to convert native Africans to Christianity. Simon travels with young medical personnel (presumably European), stopping at villages to observe the native customs such as wine making. Simon also talks about the loneliness that missionaries experience in Africa while away from their families and, in extreme cases, their children. Sometimes, missionaries work in Africa for two years or more before they return to their homes on furlough. Simon further notes that preachers, teachers, doctors, nurses, agriculturists, home demonstrators, anthropologists, and ethnologists also serve as missionaries. Simon concludes this piece by observing how great the human soul can be when conducting God's work.
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