Please contact us as we are looking to speak at new churches and have them partner with us. We have most of March and April available as of now. Thank you!!! Please help us fill up those opportunities in order to get closer to 100% and brag on what God is doing in and through the Tiale people.
Thank you for everything!
Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu, Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes.
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 itās almost equally divided into 3 parts:
The youth are not something to be remembered after the fact, but they ought to be the focus for today.
āYouths need to be invited, included, involved, before they can be influenced and impactedā.
–Tane Seow How
āOur youth are desperately searching for purpose and meaning in their lives. They are searching for fulfillmentā¦ I believe that a return to Biblical conversion, faith, and conviction would have a great impact in our day.ā
-Billy Graham
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Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu, Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes
Tiale Youth Conference 2026 started and came to an end!
Even in the midst of heavy rains and flooding, and a cyclone nearly formingā¦ 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 Godās 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 youthā¦ 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 Godās 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 Godā¦ God is blessing the Tiale ministry.
As one teacher said, āWe must reach the next generation BEFORE Satan does!ā.
Thank you for your prayers!
Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu, Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes.
2025 brought many opportunities for us, whether it was opportunities to share with new partnering churches, bringing Selah overseas to meet her Tiale family, or to see the Tiale people grow, God has blessed our nearly decade-long ministry in Vanuatu… Please continue reading our update below.
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 childrenās 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 Godās 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, āWe must reach the next generation BEFORE Satan does!ā.
Thank you for your prayers!
Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu, Seth, Nicole & Selah Stokes.
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 youngās 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 ātune outā this plea, and not to just pray for the food you are about to eatā¦ 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.
As people look back on 2025 and look forward to 2026, there are many things to be thankful for that God has doneā¦ and many things for us to DO for Him.
People get lost in fitness, a ānew youā, 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 š)
^Unreached people groups being reached (over 2,500 language groups to go!)
^We know it is a command* to pray (Matt. 9:38)ā¦ 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 āplanā 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
But rather, look up to God during this time šš»
Thank you so much for following our journeyā¦ these 10+ years have flown by. These past few months have especially shown great change in us and in the Tiale people.
Donāt worry about bringing a casserole over to your family or cookies to your neighbor, make sure you are involved in some way in bringing Jesus to others.
God bless you and your families! Merry Christmas and Happy new year 2026!
A few people from other villages and even some from town asked, ācan you run this course teaching at our area?ā.
And those from the village to who just heard the teachings are asking for, āpart 2 and 3ā.
On a personal note, a goal of ours is to see courses 1, 2 and 3 taught in all of Vanuatu. But I never wanted it to be done by myself, the āoutsiderā, but be indigenous runā¦ and after years of training and discipling, we are finally starting this process!
Course 1: Creation to Christ.
Course 2: Security of the Believer.
Course 3: The beginnings of the Church.
The remaining courses (4-5) and supplemental teaching (all of which I have translated and am teaching the Tiale believers how to use), come to about 600 lessons in total; but these all will only be taught at the Bible School so that we can properly disciple and train people.
Finally, after years of work, sweat, tears, and literal near death experiencesā¦ the fruit is blossoming across the country.
We now have at least 4 places asking for Course 1, and then those that are interested will be able to hear courses 2 and 3 (like this previous village that asked to hear them).
An amazing yet interesting testimony!
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*A local pastor who happened to be in the village (passing by), from another organization that is working in Vanautu said, āI have been working with (another organization)ā¦ even though I am a āpastorā for them, I didnāt know this clear Gospelā¦ this is the first time itās been made clear to meā¦ I might leave them, so that I can come to the Bible School in order that I can hear a clear and full message of the Bibleā.
This is a testimony from a local person, who is working with another āChristianā organization in Vanuatu, and this is the typical case found within the country, due to lack of good curriculum, training, and faithful discipleship.
We are excited for this next chapter in the Tiale ministry and what God is doing in and through His work.
This season is not meant to be busy with presents, pictures, concerts, or other āgood thingsā, but this season is meant to praise God for His Ultimate gift: Jesus Christ.
Are you proud of gifting others unique and expensive gifts? Or are you excited that others got the opportunity to hear a clear Gospel for the first time (in history)?
Your feet to the Tiale people and country of Vanuatu, Seth Nicole and Selah Stokes.
This week! The Tiale people started the process of evangelizing a people group with the full-Gospel.
This is the first time that this people group have ever heard the Gospel.
This is also the first time in the history of Vanuatu that one indigenous group is sharing a full Gospel to another indigenous groupā¦
This outreach is led by local pastors and leadersā¦ this is an exciting time in the Tiale ministry.
Do not get lost in buying presents or what foods to eat this week, but instead focus on what is importantā¦ souls being saved.
You might be getting ready to be overwhelmed by the routine of seeing family, traveling or a concertā¦ but none of those come close to what is going on in history nowā¦ in Tiale land.
Jesus didnāt die for you to gain another pound from over indulgence, vain presents, or āfeelā good events, He died for disciples to be made, and souls to be saved.
Itās simple, donāt over complicate thingsā¦ give the gift of prayer for the Tiale ministryā¦ thank you!
Stoking The Fires 