didn't write them originally for open publication we
would . like to check them over . before they get
out into the wide, wide world.... Just be sure that you
keep the adjectives concerning our work and problems
fairly mild because we are really not making any sacri-
fices and we actually haven't done much."
 And so the intimate picture of a modern young
pioneer missionary couple is presented with the thought
that their first years in the field are somewhat typical,
and the hope that through this means the reader may
become more acutely aware of the prosaic and unheroic
but nonetheless bitter struggles of all beginning mission-
aries.
 K. S.
 September, 1952