Sometimes it takes two hours just to get groceries. A doctor’s visit will most likely require Google Translate at some point. Air pollution skyrockets during winter months. Language learning is not for the faint of heart. And, even when it takes three hours of tea to get to a gospel conversation, making Christ known is worth it. These are just some of the hard-won pearls of wisdom International Mission Board missionaries Forrest and Paige mulled over one evening as they reflected on their first year overseas.