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A Persistent Girl

Weekly Mission Story

February 16, 2025

Ee-un felt sad. She had looked forward to going with Saleng. She had thought that God had answered her prayer. But she was not discouraged. She decided to keep on praying and to keep on inviting her classmates.

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Book Worth Reading

Weekly Mission Story

February 16, 2025

Korean children often start thinking about baptism when they are about 13 years old. But Yu Jin was 9, and 13 was four long years away. She wasn’t happy about having to wait. But she was an obedient child.

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Who Dressed First?

Weekly Mission Story

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.

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An Impossible Dream

Weekly Mission Story

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.

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William Harrison Anderson

M360˚ MagazineMicronesia

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.

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A Tale of Two Schools

Weekly Mission Story

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.

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Giving Bible a Chance, Part 3

Weekly Mission Story

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.

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John and Hannah Tay

M360˚ MagazineMicronesia

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. 

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Sticking Out Ears

Weekly Mission Story

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.”

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Teacher’s Helper, Part 2

Weekly Mission Story

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.

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