Things feel surreal; with having had no certainty these past two years on our our departure date and now planning to be being back with our people in about two weeks, our emotions seem rather displaced. Are we excited? Yes. Do we have reservations because of the unknowns? Absolutely. To be completely transparent, we won’t feel “settled” until we are back in our home and with our people for probably about two weeks… Click on the link below to keep reading…
We are your feet to the Tiale people & the country of Vanuatu, ~Seth & Nicole Stokes
We plan on heading back to Vanuatu in about 10 weeks! The country is officially opening up next month, and with various things that work best; the current events of the country, along with visa paperwork, this is the time we see most advantageous to head back home! As many of you know, we have been eagerly awaiting to get back to serving our Lord amongst the Tiale people… CLICK the link below to keep reading.
We covet, appreciate, and NEED your prayers! Thank you for your partnership, we could not do our job without you fulfilling your role!
Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu,
Hi friends, we want to apologize for the delay in sending this update, we wanted to share two BIG and exciting pieces of information with you! We kept delaying our post to see if they would come to fruition so that we could share all of the good news at once. The good news, one has! Seth is walking brace free! And the other one is “in process”; the Vanuatu borders are opening back up SOON!
Thank you for your love and partnership with us in this journey and especially during these uncertain times! There are some other good pieces of information inside the newsletter below. Thank you for praying with us, as we are eager to get back to Vanuatu! Feel free to contact us if you have any further questions, we love hearing from you all.
As always,
We are your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu,
We wish you all a very Merry CHRISTmas and a Happy New Year! We feel blessed to be called your feet to the Tiale people and to be able to serve in the country of Vanuatu. According to the Lord’s timing, we will head back to Vanuatu whenever the country opens back up, and when Seth is fully able to walk on his own two feet. We know that God meticulously planned the inauguration of His Son, Jesus, to come to this earth nearly 2,000 years ago. Likewise, He will take care of the details of when we will head back.
We love you all and appreciate your partnership in our ministry! We covet your prayers at this time. We hope you all can enjoy some special and meaningful time with family, friends, and loved ones during this Christmas season.
“Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen.” Romans 15:33
Your Feet to the Tiale People & the Country of Vanuatu,
Thank you all so much for your prayers, texts and concerns for Seth! He is home and on the road to recovery. Please continue to pray for his pain management; the nerve block didn’t work and pain medications usually don’t work on him… needless to say he’s feeling everything right now and is in a good bit of pain. The doctor said they don’t give out stronger medications. The surgery was successful and he is expected to make a full recovery. Thank you for your prayers, we greatly appreciate them!
Getting the dressing off…It will be a nice scar!
Your feet to the Tiale people and the country of Vanuatu,
Seth is going to have surgery at 7:45am today to attach his ruptured patellar tendon on his left leg.
Our dear friend came to pray with Seth!
We appreciate your prayers in two ways: 1. That the doctor does everything correctly 2. That Seth has speedy recovery.
We usually are the ones driving all over the place to visit family and friends… but this will ground us for this Christmas season. God is gracious in that we understand what “the Prince of Peace” looks like in many ways. Thank you for everything. God bless!
When it Rains… We wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, although this is a time for us North Americans to typically think of cold weather, hot chocolate, redundant jingles of your favourite Christmas playlist, time with family, and thinking about the greatest Gift God gave to us in the Incarnation of Jesus. However, this time of year is typically the hottest season in Vanuatu. This week the flooding has already begun, with the rivers being impassible, temperatures in the low 100’s, humidity nearing 100%… it truly is the mark of the rainy season…
Thank you for continuing to follow our journey! We would love to hear from you, so please feel free to write us or we could even plan a video chat. We really appreciate you all!
Your feet to the Tiale people & the country of Vanuatu,
As the leaves are changing and the air temperatures are dropping, we are eager to get back to Vanuatu! Join us today or choose another day this week that is best for you to fast and pray with us for our return to Vanuatu. Many of you have been asking us, when are you guys heading back? Lord willing, we will head back to Vanuatu (as of now, our best guess) the end of November. This is our current projection, but due to the unpredictability of Covid-19, we are patiently waiting on God’s timing.
3 Tiale Teachers
Graduating students (2 not pictured)
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What is going on back in the village of our home in Vanuatu?
One of our greatest highlights recently, has been communicating with our Tiale friends! Periodically, we receive notifications or phone calls, when one should be sleeping, (the time change makes it difficult) but we jump out of bed with joy to talk with the people God has led us to serve. Over the past few weeks, we were able to talk with specifically three of our Tiale friends that we have been discipling, two of which are men who are looking after their respective churches, as well as teaching the lessons that we developed for the Bible School. We enjoy hearing about their lives; we relish in the opportunity to talk about them diving deeper into God’s Word and trying to better understand who He is…
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We love and appreciate you all following us on our journey! Thank you for the many prayers and encouragement along the way! It has been such a blessing to see many of you while we are here Stateside. We hope to see more of you over the next few weeks, Lord willing.
As always, we are your feet to the Tiale people & the Country of Vanuatu,
Stoking The Fires 