Money for Missionaries By Horacio Rizzo The plan was ambitious: Send 25 missionary couples from South America to share the gospel in the countries of the 10/40 window. I listened intently as Erton Köhler, president of the South American Division, presented the “Missionaries to the World” initiative to 80 Seventh-day Adventist leaders from across South … Continue reading –>
Japanese Pastor Finds $30,000 By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission The large water bill shocked Japanese church leaders in Tokyo. Astonished that the bill had doubled from the previous month, leaders of Amanuma Seventh-day Adventist Church contacted the water company and soon learned that an underground pipe had burst and was spewing water. The waterpipe could … Continue reading –>
Gift of 4,000 Euros By Viriato Ferreira A serious dilemma unexpectedly emerged on a Friday morning. The architect of our VitaSalus Wellness Center announced that we urgently needed to put up railings around several buildings. “If someone falls, you’ll be in trouble”, he warned. We knew that he was right. VitaSalus – an Ellen White-inspired … Continue reading –>
Attacked With Acid By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Banza Mwela, the pastor of a Sunday church in the Democratic Republic of Congo, nearly died when his wife and son doused him with skin-burning acid on the day of his baptism into the Seventh-day Adventist Church. But Banza, his face permanently disfigured, clung to life and … Continue reading –>
Driving Passengers to Christ By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Byungeun Oh, a taxi driver in rural South Korea, had never led anyone to Christ after years in church, and he decided to change that. Byungeun saw many repeat customers and began to build relationships. He collected passengers’. cell phone numbers and, with his wife, took … Continue reading –>
U.S. Biker Embraces Sabbath By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission The invitation startled Richard Smith as he stopped at a senior center to collect meals to deliver on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle to retirees in the U.S. state of West Virginia. “Would you like to go to the Seventh-day Adventist church with me?” asked Ruth, who also … Continue reading –>
TV Draws People By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission As a child in New Zealand, Coralie Schofield was warned about the potential dangers of television and cautioned to stay away. Today, she is surprised—and overjoyed—that people are flocking to Seventh-day Adventist churches across the country because of television. “It’s the most humbling experience to see. It’s … Continue reading –>
Half Loaf of Bread By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Maya approached Valentina with a loaf of white bread after the worship service. “Valya, please take this”, she said, holding out the loaf. Valentina, 40, looked at the bread hungrily. She hadn’t eaten a crumb in more than six months. It was impossible to find bread … Continue reading –>
Finnish Father’s Forgiveness By Sakari Vehkavuori Finland was mired in a bloody civil war in 1918. The Reds, mainly comprised of the working class, were locked in conflict with the Whites, mostly from the middle and upper classes. My great-grandfather Viktor Ståhlberg pleaded with his son, my great-uncle Väinö Ståhlberg, not to join the White … Continue reading –>
Doctor Demands Abortion By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Dina, a 60-year-old grandmother living in the Soviet Union, prayed every morning, “Lord, send me someone who I can tell about You”. One day after praying, Dina waited at the bus stop in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, capital of the Far East region of Kamchatka. Noticing a pregnant woman, she … Continue reading –>
