Josh Sherman served in the Marshall Islands Majuro Mission from 2012 - 2014 and primarily served in the Marshall Islands side of the mission until he was called to serve his last 6.5 transfers as the AP to President Weir. Josh grew a deep love for the Marshallese people and was diligent in his efforts to master their language during his time as a missionary. Although Josh never served full-time on an outer island he was blessed to visit a handful of outer islands in Kiribati, along with Ebeye, Kiritimati, and Tarawa multiple times.


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Episode 28: Josh Sherman - Marshall Islands & Kiribati - Majuro, Ebeye, Tarawa, Kiritimati, & Kiribati outies

FIRST SENIOR COUPLE ON THE PODCAST!!! Joanne and Jared Williams served for two years as a senior couple in the Marshall Islands / Kiribati Mission from 2023 -2025. Post Covid lockdowns, the Marshall Islands side of the mission did not reopen until March of 2023, and the Williams were the first senior couple to arrive in the Marshall Islands just a few months later. Joanne and Jared saw miracle after miracle as they raced to get the mission ready for a large wave of missionaries as the mission was reopening, with one of those miracles involving an Amazon loophole. Hear their story of dedication, including their efforts to visit and support the Saints on the outer islands across both sides of the mission.

If you know anyone that's willing, able, and healthy to serve in the Marshall Islands / Kiribati Mission we need more senior couples!

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Episode 27: Joanne & Jared Williams - Marshall Islands & Kiribati - Majuro, Ebeye, Tarawa, Marakei, Lae, Mili, Wotje

Will Arnett served in the Marshall Islands side of the Marshall Islands / Kiribati Mission from 2023 - 2025. Will was part of the first big intake back in the Marshall Islands post covid, which meant he had 6 weeks of training from an older missionary and that was it. Will's mission did not only include preaching the good word of God, but also judging the swim competitions at the Micronesian Olympic Games.


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Episode 26: Will Arnett - Marshall Islands - Majuro, Ebeye, jambo to Lae

Simone Lee served in the Kiribati side of the mission from 2016 - 2017. After being baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when she was 18 years old, Simone had a burning desire to serve a mission and 5 years later she received that call to serve in the islands of Kiribati. Simone quickly fell in love with Kiribati, the culture, and the people, but got to a point in her mission where she struggled with depression and feeling like she wasn't good enough as a missionary. With some counseling and Kiritimati Island therapy, Simone found joy again in being a missionary for Christ and was able to see miracles with the families she taught.

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Episode 25: Simone Lee - Kiribati - Tarawa & Kiritimati

David Boaden served in the Marshall Islands from 2013 - 2015 and was blessed to serve on two outer islands, Ebon and Jaluit, as well as the main island of Majuro. During his time as a missionary, David was able to help many of the Marshallese people come unto Christ and find joy. One of those amazing conversion stories involved a very well known pilot in the Marshall Islands who remains strong and is currently serving as the Bishop of the Long Island, Majuro Ward.


David was able to find the love of his life in the last area of his mission. After being married and sealed in Australia, they now live back in the Marshall Islands with their son.

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Episode 24: David Boaden - Marshall Islands - Ebon, Jaluit, Majuro

Reid Wiberg served in the Micronesian Guam Mission from 1982 - 1983 and served in both Kiribati and Guam during his 18 months as a missionary. The Micronesian Guam Mission covered a handful of island countries in the Pacific and Reid was sent out to serve about half of his time on the island of Tarawa in Kiribati where there were few missionaries, only one small branch of saints, and Moroni was only a junior high. 

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Episode 23: Reid Wiberg - Kiribati & Guam - Tarawa

Tanner Risk served in Kiribati from 2013 - 2015 and was a part of the missionary age change flood of missionaries world wide. After serving just a few months on Tarawa, Tanner was sent to the outer island of Butaritari where he would begin his life as the "outer islands elder." Almost his whole two years as a missionary in Kiribati, Tanner would be serving the people of the outer islands: Butaritari, Makin, Marakei, Maiana, and Tabiteuea. Everywhere Tanner went the church grew and near death encounters occurred, but that's what we call a mission in the islands of the Pacific. 

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Episode 22: Tanner Risk - Kiribati - Butaritari, Makin, Marakei, Maiana, Tabiteuea, Tarawa

Austin Decker served in Kiribati & the Marshall Islands from 2011 - 2014. Before the mission, Austin was a highly touted soccer recruit (#42 in the country) playing on both the U.S. Soccer Youth National Team and the U.S. Region 2 Olympic Development Program. Austin went on to play collegiate soccer at Lehigh University and after his sophomore season was influenced by his younger brother to put his dreams of soccer on hold and serve a mission. Austin was called to serve in Kiribati not once, but twice, and became a true believer in Jesus Christ's atonement during that special time of his life.


Austin served in Tarawa, North Tarawa, Abemama, Majuro, and was lucky enough to visit some other islands as AP.


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Episode 21: Austin Decker - Kiribati & Marshall Islands - Tarawa, North Tarawa, Abemama, Majuro

Jared Whippy, the BYU Women's Rugby Head Coach, served in Kiribati from 2011 - 2013. Jared and his twin brother, Josh, did everything together while growing up in Fiji and New Zealand where they dominated in basketball and dabbled in rugby. After Jared received his mission call to the Marshall Islands Majuro Mission (Kiribati Region), the Lord decided that the brothers should continue to dominate together as missionaries and called Jared's twin to the same mission! Not only did they serve in the same mission, but were also companions at one point. 

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Episode 20: Jared Whippy - Kiribati - Tarawa & Marakei

First sister back to the Marshall Islands post COVID! 

Ellery Miller's missionary journey to the Marshall Islands was a unique one. Starting in 2022, she was first reassigned to Tacoma, Washington, for a year. Her prayers were finally answered when she became part of the first group of international missionaries to return to the Marshall Islands after the COVID lockdown.

Throughout her time there, she was a member of the only companionship of sister missionaries on the islands. Today, Ellery continues to serve the Marshallese people by teaching at the MTC and studying mental health in the islands.

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Episode 19: Ellery Miller - Marshall Islands & Tacoma, Washington - Majuro, Tarawa, Mili

Iakwe & Mauri! I, Darin Tingey, served a two year religious mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Marshall Islands and Kiribati which are two islands countries in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. These are two of the most remote countries on earth and boast beautiful oceans and rich cultures. In this show I sit down with other former missionaries like myself that served in the Marshall Islands / Kiribati mission and we discuss the islands, missionary life, food, culture shocks, conversion stories, living in huts on the beach and much more. Welcome to The Islands!

Darin Tingey

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