Monthly Archives: January 2026

If you were to come to Tiale land and talk with our leaders, you would hear their desire to share the Gospel with those who have never heard the name of Jesus. Their hearts are burdened for people within the Tiale language group, other language groups on their island, and also for the whole country of Vanuatu. They have a passion and desire to share the full Gospel with everyone equally.

If you continued that conversation, shortly thereafter you would see that their hearts yearn for the next generation (the youth), to know their Creator God more personally than they do. They are not wanting them to believe the lies of Satan and fall victim to his tricks in their custom beliefs and animism.

If you looked at the projected Tiale ministry schedule we posted on the latest newsletter, you would see that it’s almost equally divided into 3 parts:

*New outreaches.

*Developing existing works.

*Youth activities.

https://stokingthefires.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/newsletter-1-january-2026-1.pdf

The youth are not something to be remembered after the fact, but they ought to be the focus for today.

“Youths need to be invited, included, involved, before they can be influenced and impacted”.

–Tane Seow How

“Our youth are desperately searching for purpose and meaning in their lives. They are searching for fulfillment… I believe that a return to Biblical conversion, faith, and conviction would have a great impact in our day.”

-Billy Graham

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Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu, Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes

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https://youtu.be/-T6AMi-E0VI?feature=shared

Tiale Youth Conference 2026 started and came to an end!

Even in the midst of heavy rains and flooding, and a cyclone nearly forming… some people chose to still come and swim across the rivers, just to come and be a part of the event!

The 4 teachers are excited to preach about:

^How to be holy and dedicated to God.

^How to find God’s will for your life.

^How to correct those who sin.

^To be pure until you are married.

^Do not get drunk.

And 6 other messages that spoke specifically to practical topics in the lives of the youth… it was just 3 days and 2 nights, but the leaders wanted to take advantage of the opportunity that God gave them.

The leaders know firsthand the traps that their culture, their own sin nature, and animism try to use to deceive them into not following God’s Word.

Pray that these 11 lessons and opportunities that God is giving to the leaders to share with the youth, impacts their lives and radically changes them to look more like God and less like the world.

For me (Seth), this event brings joy as I see not just first generation disciples serving God, but second and third

generations serving God… God is blessing the Tiale ministry.

As one teacher said, “We must reach the next generation BEFORE Satan does!”.

Thank you for your prayers!

Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu, Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes.

https://youtu.be/RHMAvZpdfI0?feature=shared

Sometimes, posting once a week, cannot keep up with all that is going on in Tiale land!

This video gives a recap of what occurred last week during the children’s program in Tiale land. By the time you read this, the bi-annual Tiale Youth conference will be underway!

Even in the midst of heavy rains and flooding, some people even having to swim across the rivers, just to come and be a part of the event!

The 4 teachers are excited to preach about:

^How to be holy and dedicated to God.

^How to find God’s will for your life.

^How to correct those who sin.

^To be pure until you are married.

^Do not get drunk.

The teachers prayed over what would be important and practical things that the youth need to hear in order to walk as a Christian and how to resist falling into the traps that their culture, sin nature, and animism try to use to deceive them.

Pray for the children last week that made decisions to follow God. Please pray for the youth this weekend, that they would learn how to walk as a Christian in this dark world.

As one teacher said, “We must reach the next generation BEFORE Satan does!”.

Thank you for your prayers!

Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu, Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes.

https://youtu.be/hKjLB9BMCtA?feature=shared

***Time Sensitive!!!

For the next 12 hours (5pm EST), will you pray?

Day 2 is underway for the Tiale Kids Program! This is the first of many programs the Tiale people will host this year!

Teachers: Pastor Gabriel, Alick, Abel, and assistant Amber are leading this program.

Children from several villages have come to this 2 day event. Some of these young’s kids are as young as 4 years old. They all came to play games and to learn about Jesus.

If this has reached you, we would appreciate you taking a moment not to scroll to the next video, not to “tune out” this plea, and not to just pray for the food you are about to eat… instead, pray for the Tiale leaders as they have a chance to teach about the Creator-God in their heart language. Some of these kids have never heard the story of Jesus. For some, this may be the very foundation and building blocks of how they will view God and the Bible.

Thank you in advance for your prayers! They are not wasted! We will give updates next week!

Also, next week is the bi-annual Tiale Youth event! Please pray for the Lord to do a mighty work in the hearts of the youth! Much work is being done in and through the Tiale people to reach all of Vanautu.

Do not forget to do your part in this and pray!

Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu. Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes.

https://youtu.be/ISxTY27Qe04?feature=shared

Happy New Years from our family to yours!

As people look back on 2025 and look forward to 2026, there are many things to be thankful for that God has done… and many things for us to DO for Him.

People get lost in fitness, a “new you”, goals, finances, etc. What we DO know is that none of those things are eternal. Churches get lost in programs and structures made of metal.

How about taking a moment to make it a goal to daily pray for:

^the Tiale people (being selfish 😊)

^Unreached people groups being reached (over 2,500 language groups to go!)

^We know it is a command* to pray (Matt. 9:38)… How about making an eternal work become more of a habit in your* life?

We were so busy rejoicing about what God has done in the Tiale work these past few weeks, we did not get a chance to express something else that has happened during this time!

Brief story:

A Tiale pastor had the burden to check up on some his disciples. The pastor and his family hiked nearly 4 hours away, through the mountains and crossed dangerous rivers to check up on his disciples. The people in the village were encouraged to see the pastor, and the pastor was excited to see that the family and a few others have been faithfully meeting weekly.

While there, the pastor was able to bless the believers and preach many times. Several people came to the Lord through the teachings, and the next time he comes back, two members want to be baptized!

This is an isolated village, with no Christian community around for nearly 4 hours (hiking). The current believers are not gifted in teaching, but are reading the lessons Seth made weekly, and it is sustaining them for now.

The pastor has a heart for them, and also the surrounding villages.

Please read our upcoming Newsletter to see the “plan” for the Tiale leaders in 2026.

Do not make plans for fickle and meaningless things, like another vacation, a new hobby, a pile of books to read. Instead, make 2026 the year you dedicate more to God and pray for Unreached People Groups.

We as Americans pray enough for our food and health. There are gyms everywhere. Diabetes is a sign of abundance. Our buildings are getting to a larger scale. New English bibles seem to come out yearly. Clearly prayers for those type of things have been overly saturated, and yet, nearly 3 billion people have never heard the name of Jesus in their heart language. What will be your impact and what will you remember about 2026?

Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu, Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes

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