Monthly Archives: April 2026

This past weekend, we waited for an update from a Tiale pastor as to see how God worked through him and the outreach.

The Tiale people are always striving to reach every one of the 41 villages that speak the Tiale language, as well as going into other language groups.

The compulsion to share the gospel with those around, lays heavy on the hearts of the men, knowing that they have the Gospel and so many have yet to hear.

The local pastor took his family, as well as some of the disciples from his church to go check up on one of our strategic partners, in a village about four hour hike away.

We currently have two functioning churches amongst the Tiale people, but we have several groups of believers who meet regularly across many of the villages, as well as other language groups, which were products of the outreaches.

One of the aspects of our ministry is that we create word-for-word lessons, and if we find faithful people in those villages, we leave them with materials so that they can continue to go through them on a weekly basis and continue to feed themselves spiritually.

In this village, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the small group of believers were faithfully going through the lessons, and they were already on lesson 30. We are excited to give them part 2 and part 3 as they continue to study God‘s Word.

Not every village immediately produces a prospective Pastor, as part of the Tiale ministry, shepherding those flocks and encouraging them until a pastor arises from their village is the model we currently employ.

Continue to pray, as there is always a balance of maturing and shepherding your own flock, while also caring for the needs of others in the surrounding areas. There’s much work that needs to be done here in Tiale land but God is blessing the ministry and continuing to build His church in Vanuatu.

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We still have 2 Sundays available before heading back, please pray that God will allow us to makes new connections for partnership.

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

What is enough to hinder you from going to church? From visiting your neighbor? From sharing the Gospel with your coworker? Rain? Snow? The flu?

Having been affected by; multiple earthquakes, volcanic activity and even a cyclone, the Tiale leaders were able to complete the process of sharing Course 1.

Teaching 35 lessons, preaching extra messages that were applicable for the people to hear, fellowshipping and praying with them… the men worked tirelessly for the Gospel this past week.

Many came to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, and those with a clear testimony were baptized.

One of the main organizers of the event realized he was not saved. A major issue in the country is hearing sporadic lessons and “popcorn sermons”, they do not aid to a proper foundation, and typically mislead people into a false sense of security and misunderstanding of the Gospel. This man finally was able to hear the clear Gospel in a systematic way, and is now trusting in Jesus alone for his salvation.

Teaching Course 1 has to be done in a group setting and in a condensed manner by indigenous believers in order for the lessons to be more impactful to the audience.

One chapter closes, the next one opens. Another outreach will be conducted to a Tiale village this weekend or next… please pray for that trip.

And in the not too distant future, Bible School opens back up and the second year of studies will be underway for the students. Please continue to pray for the leaders/teachers and the students.

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On a personal note, we have 2, maybe 3 Sundays available left to share at new churches and share what God is doing. Please pray that we can make new connections.

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

Pressing prayer request!!!

We normally post on the weekend, but this is too urgent!

If you receive our updates, you know the Tiale leaders are presenting Course One (full Gospel: 35 lessons) to a sister language group this week.

But what you may not have heard, in about a week span, the country with the most inclement weather patterns has been hit with:

• a 7+ magnitude earthquake

• a 5+ magnitude earthquake

• a volcano erupting

• and now a category 2 cyclone, growing into a category 3

All that to say, this is the prayer request.

2 days down! 3 days to go! Pray that all of these natural disasters do NOT hinder people from coming to the lessons.

People are by nature fickle… ready to make any excuse… please pray God works in the heart of the Tiale leaders to persevere, and then the people coming to hear the lessons.

God works through prayer, do NOT miss your opportunity in playing YOUR part in this event!

Thank you for your prayers!!!

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

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Happy Resurrection Day from our family to yours!

If you are watching this video, that means you are receiving our updates, thank you!

We are excited to see what God will do this week, as the Tiale ministry team share the Gospel to a new language group.

God bless you all!

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