When we arrived in Vanuatu back in 2016, we noticed many people did not know the foundational truths of the Bible; the Gospel was polluted with animism, good works, and sporadic teachings.
One of the first things we did was translate Course One (Firm Foundations) into the national language, and in 2016 after translating the lessons we taught the first course ever in the country, teaching it up in Tiale land. With so many people eager to hear this “new” teaching, people were sitting outside the building because of how full it was… one week later, 35 lessons taught, conducted with much dialogue and questions after each lesson, many people came to the Lord, even some of the wives of the pastors.
Nearly a decade later, we have taught Course One multiple times, as of now, all of the local Tiale churches have heard the complete Course One (with many far into Course 5). As of today, a local church in town is going through Course One, being taught by a ‘pastor-in-training’ that was produced by the Bible School.
The Tiale men see the importance of running the course in its entirety in a continuous session, thus later this year they will be conducting an outreach, to start and finish the program over the span of 2 weeks. After this initial outreach is performed and critiqued, they plan to do the same method to the remaining 30+ Tiale villages that never heard a clear Gospel.
Continue to pray that God uses both the Bible School, the Tiale church, and the developed lessons to reach Vanautu with a clear Gospel.
Thank you for your prayers and support, your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu. Seth, Nicole, & Selah Stokes
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Stoking The Fires 