Just the usual… being amazed by God.

Just the usual… we are plugging away, trying to finish strong as our time here in Vanuatu is coming to a close. Our months are now counting down to weeks, and the speed of life has picked up. We are about to head to the bush, we will be helping host a church group here in Vanuatu, about 23 people came to support a missionary, build a church, and run many special programs for kids and adults. We are helping with the logistics, labor, translation, cultural awareness, and involvement in all activities… Nicole has been running around with Liz Pinero from before the sun comes up till after the sun comes down to help feed the group and our Ni-van coworkers. Needless to say we know this week will go by quickly.

Replicating the Teaching

One of the most exciting things about this short term trip with the church group is; that it will build relations with another people group and help us partner with them and see the Gospel spread throughout the region. It will be a blessing to the kids of the community, the Christians will get fed spiritually, the team will be encouraged in missions, a church building will be erected, and we know God will be glorified. What more could one want from a short term trip? Please pray for safety as the drive crosses 15 rivers and some structurally-unsound bridges; waters can rise at any times, health for the group seeing as they are not adapted to all the things they might get, and that the hearts of the people are encouraged in the Lord. Please contact us if you would like to send a group here as well.

Being amazed by God… we will just share briefly, but remember a few blogs ago where we shared about us teaching Course 1? Well, after we taught the course I encouraged the men to go back home and teach their families, as well as go and teach elders of their churches… teach them first, so as a group you can teach the church. Well, less than a few weeks after we heard of a man from our group, teaching his people (from a different language group) and fellow brothers in Christ, with the intent to teach the church after they finish. Amazing! It is so cool to see how God moves the heart of men, He asks us to follow His Word and His leading, but then remember HE is Sovereign and not dependent on us… He is building His church! His church is growing and maturing here on Santo! Praise God and rejoice in His faithfulness to His promise!

On a side note, if you are a financial partner please check your email… if you did NOT receive an email from us, please write us and let us know. We will get back to you after we come back from the bush Friday night, , if we do not hear from you, we will call you personally that Saturday, please respond before that seeing as international calls are not that cheap. But we are wanting to communicate clearly with everyone.

For a good read… When we left for the field 2 years ago, we had recommended a book called “serving as senders, today”, and as we head back we are also recommending “the reentry team” by Neal Pirolo. Like most books, you might not agree with everything, but we found it very insightful for us as we head back to America.

We love and appreciate you all very much! We will write another blog this weekend about our trip to the bush, please keep posted.

Your feet to the unreached, Seth and Nicole Stokes.