Badly equipped and often in danger of their lives owing to hostile heathen, tropical diseases and wild animals, these missionaries accepted the difficult challenge facing them. Indigenous languages were learned with the greatest devotion.
Wakiwa bila vyombo vya kufaa, maisha yao yakiwa hatarini kutoka kwa dini za kienyeji, maginjwa na wanyama wa pori hatari, wamishonari walijitoa kueneza injili. Walijifunza lugha mpya ngumu kwa kujitolea. Walitafsiri maandishi matakatifu kwa lugha za kienyeji, wakaanzisha shule na mahospitali wakiwa na vipawa na pesa kiasi kidogo sana.