Run to Jesus By Alicia Marie Harding Homeschooling, a smoothly running schedule, a clean house, homemade healthy meals. These things are good, and I am passionate about them as an American missionary mother raising four missionary kids in Zambia. But these things also are simply tools that help us honor Jesus. If the tools get … Continue reading –>
“Let’s Go to Church!” By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Something curious happened once Dr. Hernando Díaz began working at the Seventh-day Adventist clinic on the campus of Colombia Adventist University in Medellin, Colombia. He couldn’t stop praising God. Hernando had long been a Christian, but he had never loved God so much. When no one … Continue reading –>
Every Step of the Way By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Dr. Hernando Díaz was desperate. He hadn’t worked as a physician for two years because of his 2-year-old son’s illness. He needed a house and a job. Hernando moved his family from their hometown in northern Colombia to Medellin, the country’s second-largest city, in hope … Continue reading –>
Trusting God or Science By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission The physician showed the 3D ultrasound images to Dr. Hernando Díaz. “You’re a physician,” he said. “Here is the evidence. End the pregnancy.” Hernando’s pregnant wife, Erica, wept. The images showed that their baby had Potter’s Syndrome, a rare condition associated with kidney failure, abnormal limbs, … Continue reading –>
God Always Has a Way By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission David never cared about God until he lost his business to his best friend amid a bitter court battle. All hope seemed lost. He decided to study theology at a Seventh-day Adventist college in the Philippines. David, who grew up in an affluent family, had … Continue reading –>
Made for Mission in Mexico By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Gustavo Taracena is not a pastor, but he has a passion for planting churches. Gustavo, a 58-year-old retired customer service representative for a Mexican telecommunications company, praised God when his second church plant, located in La Huasteca, a small community on the outskirts of Villahermosa, … Continue reading –>
3 Filipino Baptisms in Cyprus – European Division By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Yolanda Malla, a Filipino domestic worker in Cyprus, saw that her friend Beatrise had tagged her in a Seventh-day Adventist sermon on Facebook. Yolanda had met Beatrise, a Filipino domestic worker in Israel, several years earlier when they both worked as domestic … Continue reading –>
A Grain of Prayer By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Yolanda Malla learned about the power of prayer from a rice field. Yolanda found work, planting and cultivating rice, in a field in her native Philippines after her husband divorced her, leaving her with two baby boys. The land owner gave her permission to work in … Continue reading –>
‘Crying Happy Tears’ By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Larissa Madeline Van Bommel, a university student from Canada, was having a bad day in Germany. First, she got lost. Wandering around for a while, she entered an empty church outside Frankfurt. She had struggled with her faith since her mother had died, and she hadn’t prayed … Continue reading –>
Heart for Mission By Joyce Joyce is a 25-year-old Global Mission pioneer who, with another female Global Mission pioneer, planted a church for young people in a city of 10 million people. Because she lives in a closed country hostile to Christianity, Adventist Mission is not publishing her full name or location. Here’s what Joyce … Continue reading –>
