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Puerto Rico, Pathfinders win national robotic summer program competition

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

A group of Pathfinders from Puerto Rico won a national robotic summer program after competing against a dozen other groups from the island, earlier last month. As part of winning the top spot on the island, the seven-member-team of young Seventh-day Adventists took part in the final International Space Station’s event held in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico earlier last month.
The winning pathfinder team called Robogen took part in the Zero Robotics Middle School Summer Program which follows a…

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Summer Gateway program inspires minority high school students to achieve, serve

By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (DonaJayne Potts)

Local underrepresented minority high school students were inspired to achieve more and serve others after participating in an immersive two-week learning experience through Loma Linda University Health’s Summer Gateway program.
Summer Gateway aims to create positive attitudes toward healthcare professions among high school students through presentations, activities and service opportunities.
A variety of LLUH professionals and students volunteered their time to provide lectures and to…

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ADRA deploys relief efforts after super typhoon strikes the Philippines

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

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) office in the Philippines has deployed an emergency response team to assess the situation and provide aid to some of the communities most affected by Super Typhoon Mangkhut, known locally as Ompong.
The powerful typhoon, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, made landfall in the northern island of Luzon on Saturday, September 15, and affected more than 4.6 million people, forcing more than 51,000 people into evacuation shelters, according to…

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The life of Daniel in cinematic images

By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andre Brink)

August 30-September 8, saw four media ministries, eight uniquely skilled crew from five countries and four continents; a professional Moroccan production team; the acclaimed Biblical film sets of Ouarzazate, along with 165 local actors and extras who eagerly and skillfully play the roles of Biblical characters, come together to pull off a highly successful production on the book of Daniel.
The crew with skills in filmmaking, photography, media technologies, directing and producing, converged on…

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New Adventist facility in El Salvador to provide shelter for families

By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Gamaliel, Guerra/IAD Staff)

A new facility recently completed by a local Seventh-day Adventist Church in El Salvador will provide overnight shelter to parents while they wait for their children during their in-patient care at a nearby hospital in the capital city of San Salvador.
Dozens of church and community members recently took part in the inauguration ceremony of the Miramonte Adventist Shelter and unveiled plans to benefit dozens of families who travel from far away to bring their children to nearby Benjamin Bloom…

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