By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Wilkin Santana/IAD Staff)

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in the Dominican Republic recently finished the construction of a loading dock, built to help the family-owned fishing businesses in the Boba community of the Maria Trinidad Sanchez Province. 30 homes were destroyed and dozens of lives affected when a tidal wave caused by Hurricane Irma hit the coastal community in September.
In addition to the loading dock, ADRA has also been rebuilding dozens of homes and has provided two fishing boats. ADRA…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Janet Oyende, Adventist University of Africa)

Guest speakers encourage graduates to use degrees to transform the world

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Biblical Research Institute, EUD News)

Document reaffirms role of Bible prophecy and its missiological implications.

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission)

Making lunch took some work for Alejandro Gonzales Qquerar, a farmer and father of four children in Peru.
First, he needed to dig a hole in the ground. Then he would place wood and stones into the hole and light a fire. When the flames caused the stones to turn red and then black, he would throw some potatoes on top of them. After that, he would cover the potatoes with dirt and cold rocks, which would put out the fire. The potatoes would bake in the hot earth and, after about 20 minutes, they…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Janelle Ringer)

Melissa J. Pereau, MD, has a passion for helping people during a critical point in their lives, which is why the psychiatrist spends her days working with patients thinking about or who have attempted suicide. As a medical director and psychiatrist at the Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center, Pereau is faced daily with the realities of suicide and how the topic —…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Lina Ferrara, Notizie Avventiste, EUD News)

“Today we enjoy religious freedom and I want to thank the Italian government for this” said Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Adventist World Church. He was a guest in Rome on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Italian Union of Adventist Christian churches (UICCA).
“Thank God every day for the religious freedom you enjoy in this great country of Italy,” he added. “Never take this achievement for granted. Religious freedom requires constant…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (NCC Staff/IAD Staff)

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in the Caribbean recently co-hosted psycho-social training for mental health professionals in St. Maarten to assist in building community resilience as the island still recovers from three hurricanes that hit last year. The training became the third major intervention by ADRA on the island, ADRA leaders said.
More than 80 percent of the homes on the island are still damaged and have tarps on their roofs. In addition, rebuilding has been slow…

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

Thousands of refugees in Uganda will receive food assistance, thanks to a recent cooperation established between the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the World Food Program (WFP) and the Government of Uganda, through the Office of the Prime Minister.
The partnership, agreed upon in June 2018, will allow ADRA to provide food for more than 85,000 refugees currently settled in the district of Kamwenge, western Uganda. An influx of refugees is reported to increase as…

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

Hegstad was both an extraordinary editor and mentor

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Vania Chew)

A Vanuatu member of parliament postponed important appointments to attend and officially open the 7th Adventist Music Festival of Efate, running from June 7 to 11.
This annual gospel singing event was initiated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 2012 to celebrate the Adventist movement in Vanuatu.
The Honorable Minister of Internal Affairs, Andrew Solomon Napuat, said the program was special because it promoted original songs from singing groups. “I believe in the process of…

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