Tomrichards

LATEST ARTICLES ( 35 )

• Compelled

  We’re excited to launch our mid-term mission program.  http://talkingabouttanna.com/compelled/Please be in prayer that this work will support local mission... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Words of Eternal Life

  

  ‘A – a – ants,’ the class chants, diligently repeating after the teacher. Along with the photocopy of the alphabet and its corresponding sounds, the students... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Circumventing Circumcision

  

  Three students on field experience from Southern Islands Presbytery Bible College were practicing pastoral visitation, going from household to household... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Rain on the Righteous and on the Unrighteous

  

  It has been an unusually wet couple of months. They tell us that this is the dry season and that there are sometimes even droughts in this part of Tanna, but... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• From the Prayer Letter

  

  Ready, Settle, Go! We are very much in a ‘settling in’ period. After a little waiting and much getting ready, we have made in to Tanna and are now through the... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Rough Road to Mission Fields

  

  On Tanna vehicles are things that are pushed as well as drivenAs well at teaching at a Bible college on Tanna, I have also been asked by Southern Islands... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A House for the Richards Family

  

  Tom will be teaching at South Islands Presbytery Bible College, and the family will be living on site.Unfortunately there is a shortage of housing of any type a... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• From the Prayer Letter… Proclaiming the Kingdom

  

  In Vanuatu’s national language Bislama, talemaot means to reveal, confess, or declare.It is often used in the Bible in the context of proclaiming the gospel. ... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Was Jon Frum ‘John from America’?

  

  As I have said in a previous post on the Jon Frum cult found on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, there is great disagreement on both the origins of the cult and the... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• “Two Hats”: A Review

  

  Two HatsA film by Andrew Garcia “Lord, Lord I want to make a difference. But how? How can I make a difference? And do they need change? Do they want change?... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Thought for Food

  

  Lunch at SIBCWhen Tom and I got married cooking was not my forte and in fact I think Tom cooked most of the meals in that first year. But with practice (and lot... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The Venus Transit: A Monumental Missions Anniversary

  

  Photo: Wikimedia CommonsToday marks a significant second occurrence of the second transit in the pairing of Venus’s transits of the Sun since 1769. You ask... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Mission Fund for Students

  

  Thomas, student at SIBCPastor Yarwell, principle of South Island Bible College (Tanna Island, Vanuatu), has started a mission fund for each of his students so... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Kind of Green: First Impressions of Tanna

  

  Tom worked in Vanuatu in 2002 and 2003 and had told me many stories about it. But I went last month for the first time on a trip to further investigate... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Money and Missionaries: How Much?

  

  Should missionaries be given a ‘local wage’ or should they be paid the same as a minister at home?What do you think?We are in a slightly unusual position in tha... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL