Adventist Mission
Paul comes from a Samoan family but was born and raised in New Zealand. He was the oldest of seven children. He later learned that his parents had dedicated him to the Lord, hoping that one day he would become a preacher.
Read More“In spite of Philip being the person he was, I saw that there was still hope,” Maureen remembers. “I knew that God would change him one day. I trusted God.”
Read MoreWhen Stanley and his sister came to live with Grace and her family, Grace informed them that on Sabbath, “no children will stay at home—we’re all going to church!”
Read MoreI knew that I needed to stop smoking, but it was so hard. I realized that I couldn’t quit on my own and decided that I had to ask God to take control of my life. Every morning I prayed that God would take away the desire to smoke.
Read MoreThe message went deep into the hearts of the hearers. They’re asking, “Why didn’t we hear these messages earlier? We should have become Seventh-day Adventists when we were young!”
Read MoreThis quarter our mission focus as been on the South Pacific Division, and we’ve heard some exciting stories from many of the islands, including: Vanuatu, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.
Read MoreAs we crossed the Nile a soldier was waiting for us. We were forced to turn back and cross the bridge again, where several soldiers armed with assault rifles were waiting.
Read MoreMy family had to sleep under the bed to protect themselves from the crossfire. Rebels took half of the town.
Read MoreThe remaining members are scattered—some in Ethiopia, others in Kenya, Ghana, Sudan, and in the refugee campus.
Read MoreDavid had no place to go so he went to the most logical place he could think of—the Seventh-day Adventist church.
Read More“I’m different from what I used to be, I used to be very rude. But God has calmed my heart and my friends tell me that I’m different. I tell them it’s because I have Jesus in me."
Read More“I kept listening to 94.0 and it became the center of my day,” she said. “Hope Sabbath School” and “The Word of Today” are two of the programs that Maureen especially appreciates.
Read MoreLittle did Phodidas realize how that marked Bible would help to save his life during the horrific Rwandan genocide in 1994 when he was given grace to preach to his killers.
Read MoreI knew it was only by God’s grace that my life was spared. Who am I? I didn’t have any power. God was just kind.
Read MorePeople came from all over the country to kill them. Not all of the killers were Adventist, but some were. They came with grenades, machetes, knives—anything that could kill a human being.
Read MoreWhenever anyone comes to God and asks for forgiveness, God forgives that person. There’s no sin God can’t forgive.
Read More“As survivors,” he says, “we have accepted that it’s only because of God that we’re alive, and God knows why we survived.”
Read MoreAlthough our parents, our families, have died—it isn’t eternal. They will be resurrected. God can give them back to us.
Read MoreThis quarter featured the East-Central Africa Division (ECD), which includes the countries of Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Republic of Djibouti, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda, and the United Republic of Tanzania.
Read More“Be careful of what you say,” Ahmad’s friends warned him. “They record every-thing, and they’ll make problems for you.”
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