When James was transferred to the island of Kosrae after serving four years in Ponape, he had to start all over again. He especially remembers trying to befriend one householder. But instead of asking, “How are you?” he told him, “You are a freak”! Now, after ten years, he confesses: “At first, it was hard to say some of the Kosraean words because they sounded so much like swear words in English.”

James, a missionary for more than ten years, states: “To see the endurance of our Kosraean brothers year after year is a real blessing.”