Across Michigan and Indiana in 1838: cholera, taverns, empty roads—and the stubborn missionary who gathered congregations where none existed.

Sick, on foot, and in the snow: Wyneken’s final weeks as a survey missionary—and the heartbreak of leaving whole villages without a shepherd.

Wyneken returns from his first great circuit—only to find no pastors available, a lame horse, and a frontier still hungry for the Gospel.