By Elizabeth Prata in 1855 two German-born missionaries, Carl Wilhelm Ottow and Johann Gottlob Geissler, with the support of Dutch Christians, sailed for the forbidding lands of Dutch New Guinea. After both the Dutch Indies government and the Sultan of Tidore had given permission, Ottow and Geissler left their schooner Ternate in January 1855. It … Continue reading Missionary Moment: 20th century Martyrs Phil Masters and Stan Dale, a story of the Yali and Kimyals