By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Murray Hunter/Record staff)

Colloquially known as “Black Summer,” this year began with a devastating bushfire season in Australia—18.6 million hectares (46 million acres) burned, 5900 buildings destroyed, 34 people, and 1 billion animals killed.
If it wasn’t for our firefighters, who toiled night and day to save land, lives, and livestock, it could have been a lot worse. Our firefighters deserve to be heralded and honored for their work.
On the heels of Black Summer came COVID-19. Handshakes were banned, hugs out of the…

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