Mission stories present two main problems to authors striving for The Truth. First of all, if you live long enough to tell them, and have enough of an audience to practice telling them to through the years, mission stories become just that – stories. Just as time distances the storyteller from the events themselves, so do the repeated tellings. Gradually the stories are embellished in places, honed down in others until they are perfect tales, even if they bear little resemblance to what actually happened. Yet the storyteller is completely unaware of how far they may have strayed from the facts. Those countless tellings have made the stories The Truth. The second problem with mission stories is they have their genesis in the hazy environment of missionary work. During full-time service as a missionary, your perception is often only as wide as the transfer you are currently engaged in. Three companionships in the same event, working side by side, will often tell entirely different stories of what happened, even within hours of the event. The story each one tells might be virtually unrecognizable to the others. But that does not make it any less true. lives up to its title. Emilio A. Barkett details the emergence of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Republic of Kiribati through a comprehensive history and stories by former missionaries. The skillfully selected stories are sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant, and always inspirational, painting a clear picture of who helped build the Kingdom of God on these special isles of the sea. The stories in this volume are not merely entertaining; they illuminate and illustrate gospel principles in action. Some give glimpses into the daily life of missionaries. Others deal with the conversion of faithful I-Kiribati. All are stories that will be read again and again, for missionaries past, present, and especially future, making a valuable guidebook for all. The engaging compilation of stories takes the reader on youthful escapades with the Kiribati missionary and shows how did it, how they got along, with the hopes that those of the rising generation will take what they did right and apply it, and take what they did wrong and correct it.