Lentner Tom was born in Kolonia, Pohnpei, and grew up in the Guam-Micronesia Mission region of the North American Division. He ended up going to a Adventist school where student missionaries planted the gospel seeds within him. Years later those seeds bloomed and Tom joined the Adventist church. Tom, who is a local church leader in California, is featured on the December 2022 Adventist Journey magazine.