Votive Offerings on Raiatea

Votive Offerings on Raiatea

In the accompanying photo you can see dozens of votive offerings at a pagan altar on the island of Raiatea.  At other altars there were hundreds more.  The location is the most sacred pagan worship site in all the Polynesian triangle, Taputapuatea.  The...
Astronomy Night in Papara

Astronomy Night in Papara

We took our telescope and binoculars over to our favorite neighborhood and shared the stars and planets with them as they had never before seen.  We saw Jupiter and its moons, Venus, Mars, the Pleiades and Orion, and the Great Nebula in Orion, among other marvels from...
Roots: A Day Hike on Tahiti

Roots: A Day Hike on Tahiti

TAHITI – We took our car in for servicing in urban Pirae, on the north side of the island. The mechanic informed us it would be an hour or two before the work would be finished.  It was a pretty morning for a walk, so to pass the time, we began walking south, toward...
Tevai and the Children of Abraham

Tevai and the Children of Abraham

Her name is Tevainiania.  Rene’ and our Tahitian friend Hana shared the Gospel with her and her sister Vahineroa a few months ago. They were unable to attend our Operation Christmas Child event, so the two just brought the presentation right to their home.  When they...
A Garden

A Garden

“And Yahweh God took the man and set him in the garden of Eden to cultivate it and to keep it.” We rented our home in Tahiti after seeing only one photo.  Rising groggily the morning after our late-night arrival, we took stock.  The house was clean and...