Tonga · United States
Kalani Sitake’s NFL Dream Ended. God Had Other Plans for the BYU Coach.
One simple hug changed the life of a nine-year-old Tongan boy who would someday become BYU’s head football coach.
LDS Storytime
Polynesia and the Pacific
Stories from the LDS Storytime library.
24 stories
Niue
How the Restored Gospel came to Niue
In 1952, the restored gospel began taking root on the tiny Pacific island of Niue. Despite intense opposition, early missionaries continued teaching,…
Tonga
Missionaries Risked Their Lives in the Tonga Tsunami
When a devastating tsunami struck Tonga in January 2022, four Latter-day Saint missionaries immediately obeyed their mission president’s warning to seek higher…
Samoa
3 Mormon Missionaries Sailed Straight Into a Hurricane
In March 1889, Latter-day Saint missionary Joseph H. Dean and his companions Edward Wood and Adelbert Beesley set out on a 70-mile…
New Zealand
He Walked Away From the All Blacks to Serve a Mission
At 19 years old, Sidney “Sid” Going was on the verge of a dream. The rising New Zealand rugby star was expected…
Tonga
The Tonga Miracle: A Child Returns to Life
While serving as missionaries in their native Tonga, Elder ‘Iohani Wolfgramm and his wife experienced an unimaginable tragedy when their three year…
Tonga
A Mormon Leader Raised a Woman from the Dead in Tonga
When World War II forced foreign missionaries to leave Tonga, local Latter-day Saints had to lead the Church themselves. One newly called…
New Zealand
A Māori Prophecy Fulfilled by Latter-day Saint Missionaries
A Māori holy man foretold exactly how his people would recognize the true church when it came to Aotearoa (New Zealand.) When…
Hawaii · Japan
Why Latter-day Saints baptize for the dead, and my family history miracle.
After discovering the names of my great-grandmother’s first husband and his family in Japan, my son performed proxy baptisms for them in…
Micronesia
Micronesian Latter-day Saint Pioneer, Naped Elias.
One blue Book of Mormon, a fifty-cent debt, and a testimony that changed a family forever. This is the story of Naped…
Hawaii
Respected Hawaiian kahuna gave up the traditions of his fathers for membership in the LDS faith.
In 1930s Hawaiʻi, a respected kahuna, or Hawaiian priest, was known for extraordinary spiritual gifts, including healing the sick, casting out unclean…
Samoa
From “Mormon Cockroaches” to celebrities, the story of the Eldares and their hit song, Masi Samoa.
In the 1960s, missionaries in Samoa were often mocked and called “Mormon cockroaches.” To help change public perception, Mission President J. Phillip…
Hawaii
Hawaiian Latter-day Saints faced discrimination in Salt Lake and moved to the desert in Iosepa.
Hundreds of Hawaiian Saints left the islands they loved and gathered to Zion in Utah, hoping to build a better life among…
Samoa
She desired healing that only Jesus could offer.
On the remote Manuʻan islands of Samoa, missionaries met a deaf woman named Leva’aia who was suffering from severe eye infections and…
Hawaii
History of the Laie Hawaii Temple
The first temple built outside the continental United States wasn’t built with wealth or experience… It was built with faith. The Laie…
Hawaii · Japan
This is how the gospel of Jesus Christ reached my family
Two children of immigrants. Both shaped by hardship, loss, and discrimination. This is my grandparents’ story. One was given away as a…
Hawaii
Lilia joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and lived for 108 years
She was born when Joseph Smith was still alive… and lived all the way to World War II. But that’s not what…
Tonga
Mormon woman from Tonga sees vision fulfilled at 102
They called her a liar for decades… but she never stopped believing. On the small island of ‘Uiha in Tonga, Vaikato Tāvutu…
Australia
Mormon missionary leaves the church but legacy prevails
In 1840, 17-year-old William Barratt carried the message of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to Australia completely alone.
Hawaii
BYU Hawaii History
When David O. McKay visited a small classroom in Lā‘ie, Hawaii during the segregation era, he saw something the world around him…
Hawaii
Latter-day Saints (Mormons) betrayed but stayed faithful
In the 1860s, Hawaiian converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints gathered on Lāna‘i in the Pālāwai Basin, trusting…
Hawaii
A Mormon and a Catholic…
Different faiths. Shared discipleship. That’s what feeding His sheep looks like. The story of Jonathan Napela and Father Damien. Source: Belonging to…
Hawaii
Hawaiian Mormon pioneers faced discrimination in Utah
In the late 1800s, Native Hawaiian Saints gathered to Zion, only to face rejection and discrimination, even from some within their own…
Hawaii
Mormon family humiliated at church. The amazing example they set afterwards.
years ago in the early 1900s, a young family in Ha, Hawaii, their young daughter got very sick with a a disease…
