Tahitian Ministry News
Check out the latest Tahitian Ministry news related to Christian ministry events and activities happening in Tahiti and the French Polynesian islands.
Visit to the States, Back in Action
PAPARA: TAHITI – Dear Praying Friends, After 8 months in the field, on April 20th we arrived back in the states. How different and even disorienting to go from a generally poor island that is 20 miles across to the wide open spaces of the western United...
Tahiti Memories: A Visitor Testimonial
The gathering and fellowship with people we met on Moorea. Through the translated words, the passion and compassion, the joys and struggles of sharing and showing Jesus to others. Also seeing a desire to learn more about God’s word. And this is my prayer: that your...
Building Friendships, Pastors, Tools, and a Library
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...
Half a World Away
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 Putin's inexorable red...
Education in French Polynesia
French Polynesia - Islands, Education, Tahiti, and Rate - from StateUniversity.com Children in French Polynesia typically begin school at the age of 5 and complete primary education by the age of 12. The ages of compulsory education are 6 through 16. Tahiti has a...
Gospel of John Translated into Tahitian
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 true." When I learned...
An Extraordinary Year
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...