Helping a Distressed Priest By Gabriel Golea The Romanian priest came to me with a problem. “Can you convince the commission members that I have a good job and a good level of education so I can start my doctoral studies?” he said. The priest had enrolled to study theology at the University of Strasbourg … Continue reading –>
Pregnant for Two Years By Andrew McChesney Fanta Camara was excited when she noticed a bump on her belly. But as the bump grew bigger, she began to feel ill. She felt so terrible that she went to the hospital in Conakry, Guinea. A physician examined her belly. “You aren’t pregnant”, he said. Fanta didn’t … Continue reading –>
Adventist in the Next Life By Andrew McChesney The elderly woman listened attentively in Sabbath School in southeast Asia. Her Sabbath School lesson book was filled in meticulously. She looked up every verse in her Bible. Many verses were underlined in the Bible. She placed money in the Sabbath School mission offering. The woman, known … Continue reading –>
Dead Woman Talking By Andrew Mcchesney Tomasz Karauda, a 28-year-old Seventh-day Adventist physician in Poland, was asked to sign the death certificate of a woman who was still alive. A nurse wheeled the woman over to the respiratory unit where Tomasz was doing his hospital residency. By all appearances, she was dead. She had lung … Continue reading –>
Forgiven in East Timor By Andrew Mcchesney The would-be killer of a Seventh-day Adventist store clerk won’t face punishment after East Timor authorities accepted a decision by the clerk to forgive rather than seek justice in the attack. The case has shocked the East Timor town of Lospalos, where retribution is common, and even the … Continue reading –>
Speaking Boldly in Finland By Andrew McChesney Nineteen-year-old Simo Vehkavuori began to rethink his life while visiting a Seventh-day Adventist uncle and aunt in Sweden. The Finnish teen remembered failing to fulfill a promise to follow God at a summer camp three years earlier, and he anxiously wondered, “Have I lost God’s grace?” One night, … Continue reading –>
Surprise Treat in Sudan By Glenn Mitchell Living in Sudan was a challenge for a Seventh-day Adventist couple working for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency. Daily temperatures hovered at 102-108 degrees Fahrenheit (39-42 C) from May to September. A cold drink was a treat after a day of work for my wife, Suzanne, and … Continue reading –>
New Heart for Alex By Andrew Mcchesney Alex was diagnosed with congenital heart disease, a hole in the heart, as a baby in Finland. Doctors hoped that the heart would heal itself, but it didn’t. So when he was 8, doctors performed open-heart surgery. Afterward, Mother looked at the small boy lying in the recovery … Continue reading –>
He’s Simply Carlos’ If J. Carlos Sanchez Ruiz were president of a Seventh-day Adventist union office in his native Peru, church members would courteously address him as “Pastor-President”. But in Uruguay, where Sanchez Ruiz is president of the Uruguay Union of Churches Mission, he is known simply as “Carlos”. Men call him “Carlos”. Women call … Continue reading –>
Four Dreams in a Row By Andrew Mcchesney The first dream occurred after Abraham Keita got up at 3 a.m. for customary prayers on his prayer mat in Bufa, a village in Guinea in West Africa. “I am more than 40 and I don’t have a wife or children or work or money”, Abraham prayed. … Continue reading –>
