January–Mission in East-Central Africa
Let's travel to East-Central Africa where Adventists are meeting the needs of their communities. This quarter you'll have a chance to support their efforts!
Adventist Mission
Adventist Mission
Dr. Conceição was the first volunteer doctor to join the 29th Luzeiro boat. By accepting this volunteer opportunity, she found the purpose she had been looking for. She boards the 29th Luzeiro boat to relieve the pain and illnesses that affect villagers along the river.
Let's travel to East-Central Africa where Adventists are meeting the needs of their communities. This quarter you'll have a chance to support their efforts!
Philip Reekie had no idea that someday his visit to a small town would affect thousands of lives. As a tribute to Philip and his ministry, a team of bikers rode thousands of miles on their bikes.
Schools throughout East-Central Africa are educating for eternity. Today, we'll take a look at two schools having big impacts on their students.
In 2016, the Seventh-day Adventist Church accepted an invitation from the president of Rwanda to start a medical school. By 2019, the Adventist School of Medicine of East-Central Africa opened its doors with a clear mission view! The 13th Sabbath Offering this quarter will help schools in the East-Central Africa region, including this one.
Kisii is about 300 kilometers west of the capital city of Nairobi and is home to the country’s first Adventist school, the Mwata Adventist school for the deaf. Part of your 13th Sabbath Offerings this quarter will help finish their dormitory and build a multipurpose hall so students can have a safe place to study.
Have you ever preached a sermon? Juge is a boy in Rwanda. He preached his first sermon when he was 2 years old. Today, Juge is 9 years old. He has preached in more than 60 churches. More than 2 million people have heard his sermons in person or online.
Imagine being in Eugowra, Australia more than 100 years ago, when a bike-riding Adventist literature evangelist comes on the scene. He has no idea that someday, his visit to this small town would affect thousands of lives and reach around the world.
In 2022, a small group of Adventists representing multiple countries met together in the United States, and rode their bikes from Washington D.C. to St. Louis, where the GC Session was held, in tribute to Philip Reekie and his ministry. They shared Adventist literature along the way.
Dr. Conceição was the first volunteer doctor to join the 29th Luzeiro boat. By accepting this volunteer opportunity, she found the purpose she had been looking for. She boards the 29th Luzeiro boat to relieve the pain and illnesses that affect villagers along the river.
In 2010 the Adventist University of Central Africa received 13th Sabbath Offering funds to build a multipurpose hall that can hold 2,500 students. The students and faculty can still have fellowship while following safety guidelines. This multipurpose building is a testimony of how God is still in control in difficult times. Please pray for the students and faculties at the Adventist University of Central Africa.
Precious wanted to study in the beautiful buildings of a popular school she had heard about. She didn’t want to study in the much more modest buildings of the Adventist primary school. When her Father returned at the end of the school term, he was surprised when Precious announced that she wanted to return to the Adventist school after her vacation.
We’ve seen many new people groups and countries entered. We’ve seen thousands of new churches planted. We’ve seen literally millions of people find hope and salvation in Jesus. Of course, many mission challenges still remain.
An original song by artist Nahash Mwathi. Loving Tone Shot It.
The first mission station in Uganda was built in Nchwanga, about 160 kilometers outside of the capital city, Kampala. Your 13th Sabbath Offering will help build a training center here. The church is excited to train and equip more youth who can go out to preach the gospel and support themselves to disciple others.
Ngoma College of Health Sciences at the Ngoma campus of the Adventist University of Central Africa, is situated about 150 kilometers from Kigali, the country’s capital. Your support of a new dormitory through the 13th Sabbath Offering this quarter will make a difference in the lives of those on this campus.