This movie is about a dentist that decides to quits his practice and is joined by his wife, as they become Christian missionaries for duty in Africa. His family can't understand why he would give up his successful practice to do missionary work. Her parents warn her that she is headed down a road of disaster. Both of their parents feel like he is giving up on his responsibilities, but she is determined to stick by her husband. He is going to do what he feels like he was put on this Earth to do, "help out the needy."