By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Bruna Tawake)

Edinburgh College Year 11 students and their teachers helped build a 22,500L (almost 6000 gallon) water tank for a community in Central Santo, Vanuatu, during their recent ADRA Connections trip.
“The Connections trip is well-established as Year 11’s rite of passage, helping wean students off the comforts of home and develop independence,” said Ledua Brooks, a teacher at Edinburgh College and one of the trip leaders.
Students and teachers made strong connections with the community, with the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Makala James)

More than a year after record-setting Hurricane Harvey made landfall, the damage done to Texas still seems harrowingly fresh. This is no surprise, considering 50 inches of rain flooded homes, schools, businesses, and more.
Many people are still struggling to recover from the category four hurricane, however, the Oaks Adventist Christian School (the Oaks) in Cypress, Texas, is able to count many blessings that resulted from the tragedy.
“I have seen the Lord bless us repeatedly,” said Brenda…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Joaquín Weiss)

The whole neighborhood is under water,” said Gendarmerie squad leader Cristian Ariel Robles, “that’s why all the neighbors are here, in the boxes. They know each other and they help each other a bit. ”
Today their homes are under water. They are neighbors near Puerto Pilcomayo, families from the neighborhoods surrounding the El Porteño River, people who had to leave their homes in different areas of the city of Clorinda, while they watched the water rise.
“It’s been 22 days since we’ve been…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney)

A gathering of 2,400 literature evangelists from across South America declared Christ’s righteousness and His work in the heavenly sanctuary must be shared in streets and from door to door until Jesus comes.
Seventh-day Adventist Church president Ted N.C. Wilson emphasized the importance of Christ’s work as mediator and High Priest in the sanctuary’s Most Holy Place during a Sabbath sermon at the South American Division’s publishing ministries convention in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.
“Why do…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Beth Thomas, Adventist News Network)

This year marks the 100thanniversary of Family Ministries in the Adventist Church. This vital department focusing on strengthening families in and out of the Church began in October 1919, when the General Conference Committee created the Home Commission.

Realizing parents and couples needed additional support, the first director, Arthur Spalding, with his wife, Maud, produced an inspiring set of educational literature for the whole family. This set of lessons, entitled The Christian Home…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Libna Stevens/IAD)

What began nearly two years ago as an idea to feed a group of Venezuelan migrants in Colombia turned into an on-going project that has mobilized Seventh-day Adventists to feed over 18,000 more people. “As we were studying how to impact our community using Christ methods through our Sabbath school lessons, it was clear we could perhaps make a difference in a small group of people in need,” said Julián Agudelo, pastor of the Villa del Rosario district of churches in Eden, a metropolitan…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Communication Department, Hidden Treasure)

Recently, in the Yoshkar-Ola Seventh-day Adventist Church, in Yoshkar-Ola Russia, nine people were baptized. Most of those baptized first attended the “Ecological and Soul Ecology” program run by the Adventist Church’s health food store and café Lentil.
A little more than a year ago, the Health and Education Centers “Keys to Health” and the health food store-cafe “Lentil” opened in Yoshkar-Ola. The organizers and staff are Seventh-day Adventist Christians, who are known all over the world for…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney)

Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist world church, invited the governor of Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul to seek wisdom from God in handling a regional economic crisis, and the governor thanked the Adventist Church for improving people’s lives in his state.
The gubernatorial meeting came as Wilson made a two-day visit to southern Brazil, where he also observed the South Brazil Union Conference’s “Each One Saving One” program in action with stops at three urban…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Jackson France)

Those who circulate daily around the Santarém bus station, in downtown streets and neighborhoods have noticed men, women and children speaking an unknown language. Women draw attention with their long dark hair and skirts, and colorful dresses. All are part of the Venezuelan indigenous community of the Warao ethnic group, who have migrated to the city of Santarém in search of a better quality of life. They are far from home, more than 1,700 kilometers (10,500 miles). They are the oldest people…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (APD, Adventist Review)

Twenty-five years ago, on May 1, 1994, the Overnight House for Homeless Women opened its doors in Leipzig, Germany, with four women. The home is sponsored by Advent-Wohlfahrtswerk (AWW), the social work arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Germany. Since the official stance had been there were no homeless people in East Germany, no one had experience in that area of ministry. Work for the homeless began in 1990 after German reunification. The original concept was drafted by Andreas and…

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