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Who Dressed First?
February 9, 2025
The boy saw the startled expression on his teacher’s face. He knew that his answer did not come from the textbook. He had read the textbook. But he also had read the Bible at an afterschool program at the Seventh-day Adventist church. He believed that the Bible was more correct than his textbook.
Read MoreAn Impossible Dream
February 9, 2025
As she slept, she had a dream. She was pacing back and forth in a small room without any doors or windows. She was trapped. Then God gave her a piece of paper and said, “I will help you.” A moment later, she was sitting in the back of a pickup, traveling down a road.
Read MoreWilliam Harrison Anderson
February 2, 2025
Tensions between the Africans and colonial authorities remained a potential source for violent conflict. The authorities recommended that Anderson visit Chief Monze of the Batonga tribe, who had led an uprising a year before, and report any suspicious activity.
Read MoreA Tale of Two Schools
February 2, 2025
Now Anar didn’t walk and talk like the other boys and girls at the school. For him, it was difficult to put one foot in front of the other. He has cerebral palsy. Part of his brain didn’t grow normally while he was still a baby inside his mother. As a result, when he walked, he sometimes stumbled. He also didn’t talk as quickly as his classmates.
Read MoreGiving Bible a Chance, Part 3
February 2, 2025
Bold had many questions, and he began to ask them. The American missionaries answered his questions from the Bible. When they learned that he knew Russian, they gave him a Russian Bible.
Read MoreJohn and Hannah Tay
January 26, 2025
Back in the United States, Tay appealed to church leaders to begin spreading the Adventist faith throughout the Pacific islands. One attempt to do this in the late 1880s failed because of the mysterious disappearance at sea of the Adventist missionary ship Phoebe Chapman.
Read MoreSticking Out Ears
January 26, 2025
He bent over on the bench, one hand clutching his stomach, which hurt. He closed his eyes and prayed, “Our dear Lord, thank You for always being with me. Thank You for always hearing me. Please hear me now. Help me to have friends who don’t tease me. Help me to have friends who are a good influence. Amen.”
Read MoreTeacher’s Helper, Part 2
January 26, 2025
At 6 o’clock every morning, the teacher poked Bold with a wooden stick to wake him up. Then Bold sat for hours, learning the Tibetan language and memorizing texts from the sacred writings. He also had many chores, cooking for the teacher and cleaning his house.
Read MoreGeorge and Mary-Ann Keough
January 19, 2025
Adventists in Egypt still tell stories of how this European did what Westerners never did. He came into their mudbrick houses, sat on their dirt floors, talked to them in their own language, and ate their food.
Read MoreBullied Missionary Kid
January 19, 2025
She told Mom, and Mom spoke with the school principal. A security camera in Ninjin’s classroom had recorded the whole thing. Ninjin watched the video recording. It showed Ninjin leaving the classroom to go to the restroom. It showed several girls rubbing glue all over her chair. Ninjin could see their faces.
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