Revenge and Forgiveness By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission The long blade of the machete glinted as 21-year-old Wilder swung it over his head. His eyes flashed with anger. He aimed for his stepfather’s neck. At that moment, his stepfather, Alberto Rui Quaresma, raised his arm, and the blade sliced deeply into his forearm. Alberto spent … Continue reading –>
Missionary SUV By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Parking at home in the U.S. state of Maryland, Joe Marcellino saw a trail of oil winding up the street from his Isuzu Trooper SUV. “Oh-oh”, he said to his wife, Susan. “Things aren’t good”. Joe, a 33-year-old IT manager at the Seventh-day Adventist world church headquarters in … Continue reading –>
By Wilson Measapogu Sundar Rao, a 27-year-old farm worker, was intrigued when a white man showed up at his Indian village and read about a Creator God from a black book on Saturdays. Sundar was attracted to U.S. missionary Theodore R. Flaiz’s Bible stories and decided to follow his God. Sundar’s employer was furious when … Continue reading –>
By Wilson Measapogu Indian villagers faced constant trouble from an intruding tiger. The wild animal crept by night into Gudem Madhavaram, a remote village with no electricity on a mountainside in India’s Andhra Pradesh state. The villagers—dependent upon goats, cows, and bulls to produce milk and cultivate crops for their rich landowners—watched in despair as … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Food ran out on Sunday morning in the home of 9-year-old Joanne. Father had abandoned the family after Mother started attending the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the U.S. state of Oregon. Father, who had immigrated with the family to the United States from South Korea, made it clear that he … Continue reading –>
My Three Wishes By Lu Shen-Xiong A year after my baptism, I applied for a new job as a truck driver because of Sabbath conflicts at my previous workplace. During the job interview, announced that I had three requests: No Sabbath work No pork in the company meal boxes A loan of 50,000 Taiwanese dollars … Continue reading –>
Praising God With HIV By Andrew McChesney Maria Samo has HIV and is praising God. Maria was born into a Seventh-day Adventist family in the village of Nicuadala, Mozambique, and got baptized at the age of 7. Her village had no high school, so she moved to Quilimane, a 30-minute drive to the south, to … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney An elderly man stopped in Delsie Knicely’s family-owned store in rural West Virginia with a request. “I’d like to see you in church this Sabbath”, he said. Delsie didn’t want to go. She had been raised in the Seventh-day Adventist Church and had attended Adventist schools. But she had left the church … Continue reading –>
Paying With Prayer By Andrew McChesney Choomba Simillah was being expelled from the University of Zambia. He owed 9,000 Zambian kwacha (about U.S.$900), and he had no idea where to obtain the money. But Choomba wasn’t going to give up. He was studying for a bachelor’s degree at the public university while teaching at Rusangu … Continue reading –>
God Had Other Plans By Andrew McChesney As she finished high school, Jo-Anna Clayton devised a plan for college. For the first year, she would enroll in a community college near home in the U.S. state of West Virginia. This way she could take basic classes at reduced tuition costs and stay with her parents … Continue reading –>
