Praying Spanish Mother By Rebeca Ruiz Laguardia As a 10-year-old girl, Pilar Laguardia stared at the starry heavens over Spain and asked herself, “Who created the stars? Do we have a Creator, or are we just the result of chance?” This question filled her thoughts for years. She asked relatives for their opinions, but no … Continue reading –>
Better Than a Dentist By Madeline Dyche The woman was grinning from ear to ear. But hours earlier, she told me, she had been disappointed to learn that she couldn’t receive a free tooth cleaning at the Pathway to Health mega clinic in the U.S. state of Texas. The woman had joined a long line … Continue reading –>
Finding Christ in the Caucasus By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Seventeen-year-old Stepan Avakov volunteered to help interpret when a group of Americans organized a Quiet Hour health expo in the southern Russian city of Volgodonsk. When the expo ended, organizer Vincent Page invited Stepan to follow the expo to the North Caucasus region. It was … Continue reading –>
Attacked at School By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Stepan Avakov, born and raised in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, had his life planned out at the age of 13. He loved basketball and claimed the title of best player in his age group in Azerbaijan. “You have nothing to worry about”, his coach said. “You will become … Continue reading –>
Book Untouched by Fire By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission A Nigerian student lost his possessions in a red-hot blaze that melted even the iron pipes in his apartment, but he was shocked to find one item undamaged — a copy of Ellen White’s book “The Great Hope”. The student, Olajide Oluwatobi Igbinyemi, immediately read the … Continue reading –>
Novel Approach to Evangelism By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Discouraged about people slamming the door in your face? Worried that the book sent in a mass mailing will end up in the trash? University student Samuel Naumann has a unique way of sharing Seventh-day Adventist literature in Germany — and it appears to be winning … Continue reading –>
Make Friends, Not Adventists By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Igor Gospodarets ordered 800 colorful evangelistic posters reading “Bible Opens the Path to a Healthy and Happy Life” from Moscow. He plastered the advertisements around his city in a former Soviet republic where a majority of the population is not Christian. Then an elderly evangelist told … Continue reading –>
Seeing the Big Picture By Andrew McChesney, adventistmission.org A family of five came nearly every day to the Seventh-day Adventist compound in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to ask for food. Peter Fenoy, a missionary physician running the small Munuki Seventh-day Adventist Clinic on the compound, found the family’s actions puzzling. “What is going on with … Continue reading –>
God’s Math By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Jannie Bekker, a genteel South African with wavy blond hair, was deployed to Vietnam’s capital with $2 million and the momentous task of establishing the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s first “urban center of influence” in the southeast Asian country. Bekker, however, struggled to find a suitable property in Hanoi. … Continue reading –>
Secret to Happy Home By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Home was not a happy place for Hazel Moyo. Her father drank, and her parents argued frequently in Gwanda, a small town in Zimbabwe. Hazel longed to have a happy family. At the age of 14, Hazel made a decision that triggered a chain of events … Continue reading –>
