A Strange Light By Andrew McChesney Ruth Jereh sang heartily as she walked home from the bar in her hometown, Mazabuka, in southern Zambia. It was Friday evening, and she had spent the entire day drinking beer. Suddenly a blinding light appeared in front of her. The light hung in space, and Ruth stared at … Continue reading –>
Baby Is Coming! By Andrew McChesney A physician praying to be used by God after hearing a Sabbath sermon about mission work in the cities unexpectedly delivered a baby in the parking lot of the Seventh-day Adventist world church’s U.S. headquarters. Dr. Yvette C. Ross Hebron delivered a healthy baby boy in the car of … Continue reading –>
Division President Baptizes Father By Andrew McChesney Samuel Saw, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Southern Asia-Pacific Division, grew up without a relationship with his father. The two never spent time together in their home country of Myanmar. They didn’t talk about things. “He never hugged me”, Samuel said. “I was a boy without a … Continue reading –>
By Marjorie Chisonga My son was born a year after I got married. Then nothing. No more children. People started to notice. “Why aren’t you conceiving?” one person asked. “Maybe you should go to the medical doctor for help”, another said. Some people suggested that I visit the witchdoctor. My husband and I wanted more … Continue reading –>
By Carolyn Azo Dismayed by news reports of starving people in Africa, Marcelo Dornelles left a comfortable life in Brazil to provide ADRA relief in the war-torn countries of Mozambique, Angola, and Iraq. Although only 48, Marcelo has white hair and a well-lined face that testify to years of arduous humanitarian work amid bomb explosions, … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney The year couldn’t have gone worse for Elisa Albertsen, a native of Palmer, Alaska, who quit a promising career as a hairdresser to volunteer at a mission school in the Marshall Islands. Just three months into the school year, she had to be airlifted back to the United States after dislocating a … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney Maria Lemos Abel, a Seventh-day Adventist nurse, asked the mother to hold her 2-year-old daughter firmly for an injection of penicillin G procaine to treat a bacterial infection. But the mother didn’t heed the instructions, and Maria accidentally jabbed the syringe into her left index finger when the baby jumped in pain … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney Stan Hudson’s world was turned upside-down at the age of 19 when his geology professor at the University of California announced that he believed in God. The declaration shocked the students, and they hammered him with questions. The professor turned out to be a theistic evolutionist, a person who believes that God … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney The 26-year-old missionary gazed at the group of 50 Zimbabwean police officers. The uniformed men and women had just participated in a colorful parade in downtown Bulawayo, and they were waiting for him to speak. Emmanuel Msimanga – a Global Mission pioneer assigned to the central business district of Zimbabwe’s second-largest city … Continue reading –>
By Andrew McChesney Seventh-day Adventists took a boat cruise to share health tips in central Russia – and the boat’s captain quit smoking. Children wrote letters about the Ten Commandments to give away on Russian streets. Evangelistic meetings gave power tools to people whose homes were damaged in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine. These are among the … Continue reading –>
