Pacific Partners

Pacific Partners - 'Tok Tok' Stories

These stories have been emailed to our Partners. They provide a history of the Christian missionary work of Pacific Partners in the South Pacific Islands.

God's Word is not reaching them (5/16/2016)
Technical issues in Tonga and the Solomon Islands are limiting our effectiveness in broadcasting the Gospel
More than we could ask or think (11/22/2015)
Over 4 years ago we lost most of our financial support from outside the Islands, but the ministry thrives! Read how the local people are developing their ministry with little outside help
Loni catches a ride (6/28/2015)
Walking sticks and a rusted out 1987 vintage van. Loni does not let transport stand in the way of his discipleship ministry in Tonga
Stan, Mark, Frank (6/7/2015)
Three pastors from America head to Tonga to work with our ministry
One Year After the Fire (5/3/2015)
Loni and Fane (our discipleship leaders in Tonga) are again able to rent a home/ministry office after losing everything in a house fire a year ago
When a Set-back Gets Exciting (12/28/2014)
How God is using hard times (a huge and unexpected bill from the Tonga government) to bring out the best in our local leaders.
Malo 'aupito for your support (11/30/2014)
Loni writes to thank us for praying for his successful leadership training camp
Maturing Continues (10/29/2014)
How the ministry has grown - not just in the number of people reached with the Gospel, but also grown in spiritual maturity
Its the kids (6/21/2014)
We have failed in our mission if we don't reach the kids
T's story (5/17/2014)
A powerful personal story that demonstrates "So the message about the Lord spread widely and had a powerful effect." (Acts 19:20 NLT)
Back on air in Honiara (4/5/2014)
Gud Nius Redio is back on air after those devastating floods in the Solomon Islands
Update on Loni's fire (2/22/2014)
Loni says thank you and asks us to pray
Loni has lost nearly everything (2/8/2014)
A house fire has taken almost everything but thank the Lord, Loni, Fane and their 3 girls are safe
Welcome home Katea (2/2/2014)
A much loved sister and co-worker in Tonga has gone to be with the Lord
Prayer saved us (1/19/2014)
Another cyclone goes by but thanks to your prayers, our old wooden radio station building still stands (leaks, sags, but still stands)
Tonga Camp (6/22/2013)
After a year of local fund-raising and planning, our 2013 leadership training camp in the Islands was a great success.
Wild Weather (Tonga) (3/7/2013)
Prayer is needed please as more wild weather threatens our radio station
Good & Bad News for Gud Nius (Solomon Isl) (2/12/2013)
Our radio station is back on the air from a new site in Honiara, Guadalcanal. But our FMtransmitter has let us down
Stepping up, Stepping out (Tonga Project) (12/5/2012)
We have radio. We have many discipleship groups. The next step is to develop local, biblical leaders who can ensure their Island nations are properly discipled for Jesus
Serve, pray, wait patiently (10/9/2012)
The need for a new radio station building in Tonga. The staff have been faithfully praying and waiting for this for years, as the old building disintegrates around them
The reached reaching others (7/11/2012)
Two Tongan women who were reached and discipled by our ministry are now headed for the mission field. In dangerous countries
Aunty Tina (Solomon Islands) (5/29/2012)
meet the popular grandmother who heads up Gud Nius FM radio in the Solomon Islands
Thank you (Loni needs our help) (4/28/2012)
Thanks you for helping Loni get his new laptop
Loni needs our help (4/27/2012)
Loni (our local discipleship leader in Tonga) desperately needs his broken laptop replaced
Colony of Heaven (3/29/2012)
Understanding the strong confidence many Tongan people have in a old promise - often at the expense of a personal relationship with Jesus
Radio and Beyond (2/1/2012)
How radio, used correctly, is a significant tool for church planting
Newsletter - Climb Tree (12/19/2011)
The lengths to which some people in the South Pacific Islands will go, to be able to hear Christian radio
Burning and shining lamps (11/21/2011)
Tamara has traveled from California to serve the Lord in Tonga. She comments on the passion, devotion, desire and love she's found among the local Pacific Partners staff
Two Young Missionaries (10/15/2011)
Two seven year old girls serve the Lord together and make a difference
Noisy, expensive and unreliable (9/13/2011)
Power is diesel generated in the Islands - that makes power a big challenge for radio
Keeping it simple in Vanuatu (6/16/2011)
The importance of communicating the Gospel well to people with little English
From a bedroom to a small house (5/7/2011)
Loni has moved into a house . . . thank you
Five living in one bedroom (4/11/2011)
13 people living in one small house. Loni needs his own house for his family of five so he can fulfill his leadership responsibilities to Pacific Partners
The paper is too small (3/12/2011)
There's a lot of things I learn (at the training camp in Tonga) but I can't write it all down cause the paper is too small
Lina, an amazing woman (2/23/2011)
Some of God's people are so incredibly courageous. What a challenge it is to meet them
Youth reaching youth by radio (12/14/2010)
A teenager from Korea writes about sharing the Gospel with youth in the Islands on our weekly 'Youth on Fire' radio program
Solomon Isl - A big step forward in Guadalcanal (11/3/2010)
Local staff at Gud Nius Redio are starting to disciple the nation through village Bible studies. The same strategy that has proven so fruitful around our radio station in Tonga
PNG - Called and driven, a very long ride (9/7/2010)
The lengths local people will go, to ask for Christian radio in their area
There Once Was An Island (7/8/2010)
A 5 minute YouTube video that shows what life is like for the people living on the many small islands in the South Pacific
Harvest workers needed. Apply here now (6/23/2010)
According to the Bible it's people we should be asking God for - workers for the Harvest. Read about Kelly and Amanda - people the Lord is using to get things done in the Islands
Tonga - Malo 'aupito the toilet is fixed (4/5/2010)
More money came in than we asked for. Thank you very much
Are cyclones God's judgment? (3/15/2010)
People often blame the bad decisions of politicians and Church leaders for bringing God's judgment
Solomons - Cyclone Ului may be biggest yet (3/14/2010)
Cyclones are coming thick and fast this season. Cyclone Tomas is also affecting Fiji and Tonga
Tonga - the walls go back up again (3/4/2010)
Our Partners have donated to get the toilet building repaired
Tonga - the walls came tumbling down (3/4/2010)
Cyclone Rene blew roof and walls off the toilet block and damaged the manager's house
Fa'afetai lava from Samoa and Tonga (10/29/2009)
A big Samoan 'thank you' on video for your donations to tsunami survivors
Tonga - Prayer is very practical (10/5/2009)
Tsunami hits Samoa and Tonga
Tonga - Very present help in trouble (8/12/2009)
Following the Tongan ferry disaster - sometimes we feel so helpless
Grace plus nothing (7/9/2009)
Radio Bible teaching exposes a popular untruth in Tonga
A Christian's best investment (5/21/2009)
Our local leaders from Tonga, Solomon Isl, and PNG attend a training conference in Australia
PNG - Highlander, not Islander (4/27/2009)
Tony Dua, our native leader of Laif FM is from the highlands of PNG
Thank you for praying (4/8/2009)
A successful day on air with New Zealand's Christian network, Radio Rhema to promote Pacific Partners
All of Tonga talks about Sisu Kalaisi (3/12/2009)
The things I saw in Tonga after the revival at the radio station
Partners is what we are (2/11/2009)
A New Zealand couple take a long bike ride to raise funds for Christian radio in the Islands
PNG - Over 75,000 homeless after big waves (12/26/2008)
Big wave surges devastate coastal areas of PNG as well as the Marshall Islands
Have a very blessed Christmas (12/22/2008)
Includes Setita's story video taped while in prison. She was released shortly after and her testimony on the radio sparked the revival
Tonga - We can't count the people (12/10/2008)
Revival continues at the Tonga radio station
Tonga - It's like Jesus is coming in the morning! (11/30/2008)
Revival breaks out at the Christian radio station in Tonga
Tonga - Bad news and good news (10/28/2008)
The financial recession is hurting but people are coming to Christ in Tonga in increasing numbers
Solomons Isl - Favor with God and man (9/16/2008)
The government of the Solomon Islands uses our staff to train their workers in media presentation
Marshall Isl - State of Emergency remains (8/26/2008)
The island nation has run out of money to buy fuel for the electric generators. Our station unable to broadcast
Crisis in the Marshall Islands (update) (7/14/2008)
The deadline for the government to pay the fuel bill passes with the bill unpaid
Crisis in the Marshall Islands (7/4/2008)
One week away from running out of diesel to make electricity. The country is coming to a stand-still
The power of Christian radio in the Islands (6/10/2008)
Three amazing stories from PNG, Solomon Isl, and Tonga
Marshall Isl - Funeral delays opening of new station (5/8/2008)
Our new station in Majuro, Marshall islands is delayed
Training national leaders for radio (4/23/2008)
Tina Lemazi (station manager, Solomon isl) and Willy Florian (station manager, Tonga) attend HCJB training in Singapore
Tonga - When I get home the battery is flat! (3/9/2008)
The stress Loni works under as he counsels and disciples radio listeners who have become new believers in Jesus Christ
PNG - Villagers are starving (2/6/2008)
People who rely on gardens for their food go hungry for many months after a big storm floods their land with salt water
PNG - At last, Laif FM is back on the air (11/14/2007)
The lost parts have been installed and the transmitter is working again
PNG - Transmitter parts have been found - after 3 months (10/18/2007)
Finally, after being lost in the PNG postal system for 3 months, the essential parts to fix the transmitter have been found
PNG - Laif FM is off the air but still ministering (9/6/2007)
Our staff spend their time ministering to local youth groups etc even while the station is off the air
PNG - Lightning kills our transmitter (8/7/2007)
PNG gets a lot of lightning storms and our tower is a prominent target on one of the tallest mountains in the East Sepik Province
Solomon Isl - Music video tribute to tsunami victims (8/5/2007)
Written and performed by local people an (the Ritis family) and produced by our own Gud Nius Redio staff.

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