By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (T. Brooke Sample)

Devastation. Loss. Hope. The juxtaposition of miles of destruction beside yellow daffodils and blooming trees left a sense of irony hanging in the air. While much of the world has moved on from the destruction caused by the fire in and around Paradise, California, last November, the members of the community are still reeling from the trauma of losing their homes, their loved ones, and their livelihoods.
During the 2019 spring break, a group of 17 students, faculty, staff, and alumni from Walla…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Maranatha Volunteers International)

One year after breaking ground at the Khunti Seventh-day Adventist School in India, the large 12-classroom Elementary Education Center (EEC) on campus is complete. The school has an enrollment of 1,300 but is forced to turn away hundreds of children each year due to lack of space. Classrooms are crowded, elementary grades are scattered throughout campus, and there is no space large enough for the entire school to assemble. Deteriorating buildings are also a deterrent for existing and prospective…

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

Antonio is 21 years old and very brave. He goes five days a week to the crowded Tacumbu prison in Paraguay’s capital, Asunción, to give Bible studies to 11 inmates.
But Antonio wasn’t always so brave. He grew up with a violent father and didn’t own a pair of shoes until he was 13. He says it is a miracle that he only visits the prison and is not an inmate living there.
Some of Antonio’s earliest memories are being beaten by his father. His parents cleaned houses for a wealthy man and cared for…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Carmen Gloria Moraga)

While some children live happily with their parents, others sleep in a hospital ward. Many have been in these hospital’s for years. Their parents visit them as much as possible, for as long as possible, regardless of the weather, if they’re hungry, or lack sleep. To make this situation more bearable, the group “Adventist Hospital Volunteer,” led by Abel Vivanco, visited the Exequiel González Cortés Pediatric Hospital, in Santiago Chile to give breakfast and dinner to the parents of the children….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Maritza Brunt)

Ancient Egyptian history is now accessible in schools across Australia, courtesy of a mobile museum.
Tutankhamun: The Roadshow, affectionately known as the “King Tut Roadshow”, is a collection of ancient Egyptian artefacts housed in a semi-trailer. Curated and founded by Seventh-day Adventist Dr Wayne French, the vision for the roadshow is to bring history to schools and communities—particularly rural areas—on the east coast of Australia.
During the roadshow experience, participants move…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (ADRA Canada)

Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing thousands of people to flee to safety across the border into the country of Uganda. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has been engaged in helping the refugees as they make new lives for themselves.
The government of Uganda has welcomed these incoming refugees. Not only have they provided a haven for people fleeing for their lives, they have generously given each family a small plot of land where they can grow vegetables….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Hope Channel International)

Justin Woods, Manager of Web Services for Hope Channel International will be one of the keynote speakers at PLAY 2019, an annual three-day conference for the online video industry hosted by Brightcove. Every year, PLAY invites a small group of industry leaders to share solution-based best practices to an audience of more than one-thousand video and technology innovators.
This isn’t the first time Justin caught the attention of Brightcove for the PLAY conference, he’s been on their radar before….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Kimi-Roux James, ADRA International)

INDIA Since tropical Cyclone Fani made landfall in the Odisha State of India on May 3, many people have been grappling with water shortages and power cuts. The cyclone has also been blamed for the deaths of 29 people. “Storm casualties could have been worse, but thanks to evacuations of more than 1 million, many people were saved. Now that the storm is over, people are returning to their villages and houses,” says Weston Davis, country director for ADRA in India. “But many of the thatched…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Reported by Nola Tudu and Joy Kuttapan with SSD Communication Department)

Everything seemed to proceed according to plan when two teachers, Pradeep Tudu, vice-president for finance and development and Youssry Guirguis, a lecturer in Religious studies, from the Asia-Pacific International University (APIU) received a notification from Ethiopian Airlines updating them about their upcoming flight to Kenya. Little did they know that they would be a part of a story they would want to share with the world.
Tudu and Guirguis are colleagues from APIU who wanted to take a…

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

Seventh-day Adventist Church president Ted N.C. Wilson urged 52,000 people packed into a sports stadium to always have “beautiful feet” after many of them spent an afternoon distributing 2 million copies of the 2019 missionary book, “Hope for Today’s Families” in Lima, Peru.
Thousands of Adventists passed out copies of the book by Willie and Elaine Oliver, directors of the Adventist world church’s family ministries department, across Peru’s capital after Sabbath worship services on May 4. The…

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