Movie Description:
When 19-year-old John Groberg is sent on a three-year mission to Tonga, he has no idea what he`s getting into. In fact, just getting to Tonga isfraught with danger and unbelievable obstacles. Once there, he finds himself in the midst ofa culture as remote to him as the island is to his Idaho Fallshome. Not understanding the language and lonely for the girlhe left behind, Jean, John faces suspicion, distrust, typhoons, tidal waves, mosquitoes andother perils of mand and natureas he reaches out to the people of Tonga.