When Bob and Bessie Black sold their struggling South Dakota farm and moved to town, they were cautiously optimistic about the future. But their optimism soon turned to regret when what had appeared to be God s will turned sour.

In the kind of adventure only Christians know, the odyssey the Lord planned took the Blacks from their rural setting to states outside South Dakota, and eventually around the world.

Once upon an Island is the heartwarming story of how God turned a farming couple into globe trotting pioneers, using the important skills he had given them to minister in unexpected ways.