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 –>
Fired for the Sabbath By Aurora Carlos Justino I grew up in Nampula, Mozambique’s third-largest city where 80 percent of the population is Muslim. I didn’t feel comfortable with the faith of my mother, who got divorced when I was small. Something in my mind kept telling me that I should examine Christianity to find … Continue reading –>
Dreams of Jesus By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission Susumu Kanai had his first vision of Jesus as he lay in bed at 5 a.m. in Osaka, Japan. He had spent some time contemplating life every morning for 12 years in his hometown of 2.6 million people, located 310 miles (500 kilometers) southwest of Tokyo. But … 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 –>
