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.
Tahiti Memories: From Ella
"My time in Tahiti was amazing. Everywhere I looked I saw God's beauty. It is amazing to just think."Wow, He created that". He put thought into every single flower, tree and animal to ever exist."
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...
Translating the Gospel of John
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...