Mar 29, 2022
FriendshipsMy lifelong friend Jack Bailey visited recently, accompanied by his 13 year old daughter Ella and 87 year old father Jack. Jack and I were celebrating 50 years of friendship with eating, island adventures, and fellowship. One night during their visit, we...
Feb 27, 2022
Half a world away in Ukraine many dear friends remain in harm’s way in the wake of the Russian invasion. Some have fled west to Poland and southwest to Rumania while others are in transit, dodging the pincers of the Russian army and fleeing...
Jan 25, 2022
French Polynesia – Islands, Education, Tahiti, and Rate – StateUniversity.com Children generally start school at age 5 and complete primary education by age 12. The ages of compulsory education are 6 through 16. Tahiti has a literacy rate of 98 percent. On...
Jan 24, 2022
For 8 generations Tahitians have been reading a Bible missing the condition of belief for eternal salvation. The original translator decided to use the Tahitian word “hear” instead of the one which means to “hear and receive as...
Dec 31, 2021
This was a year of extraordinary change, challenge, and blessing for us, beginning in Colorado and ending in French Polynesia. As we reflect often, it is only because of prayer and our powerful and gracious God that any of this happened. We find ourselves...
Dec 10, 2021
Ioane 1:1 I vai na te Parau i te matamua ra, i te Atua ra hoi te Parau, e o te Atua hoi te Parau. So begins our translation of the Gospel of John. For the first time in 170 years an updated translation of the Bible is coming to Tahitians (except one from the...
