The approach taken in this research is through the lens of three factors: place, movement, and time. Place, understood as 'zones' of contact, trade, and rapports. Movement, as in physical and mental mobility: moving from one place to another, from one continent to another, adjusting to new cultures, languages, and mores. Time, as these missionaries moved from one time zone to another, and learned to live with major delay in their correspondence between China and Europe during WW2, delay impacting decisions in both continents. Not enough has been written about this war period of the Basel Mission missionaries in China. These journeys fill a gap about the China episode, the Alsatian ministries, and the Tahiti Hakka theological conflict. Divinity students, students of theology, history, anthropology, social science, and those interested in mission work in the world will gain an invigorating insight into missionary life.