24 July 2025 | News from Kenya Kendu Adventist Hospital (KAH) celebrated 100 years of providing mission-driven healthcare to western Kenya. Church leaders, government officials, international medical teams, and local community members gathered on June 22 for the centennial milestone. A free medical camp was held June 23-27 in collaboration with Loma Linda University Health, […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-from-kenya-southern-adventist-university-st-louis-and-malaysia/
Inside Story: Strange and Silent World
Inside Story for Friday 25th of July 2025
By Andrew McChesney
No one in town had ever converted to Christianity, and townspeople burned with anger when Kokila’s father and four other families decided to keep the seventh-day Sabbath. Kokila was nine, and her life changed forever.
Kokila’s mother had died when she was a baby, and she lived with her father, four older sisters, and an older brother in southern Asia.
Father, an impoverished farmer, was barred from working in the field after he started to keep the Sabbath. He and the other Sabbath keepers also were forbidden from buying food in shops.
In addition, town leaders announced that anyone who spoke to the Sabbath keepers would have to pay a large fine.
As a result, neighbors refused to talk to Kokila and her family. Kokila also didn’t talk to her neighbors. Nobody wanted to pay the fine. Kokila had had many friends, and she lost them all. It was a strange and silent world for the girl.
When Father refused to give up his faith, the neighbors turned violent. They angrily swooped down on Kokila’s home, scooping up furniture, clothing, and dishes, and dumping them on the street. They also beat her father and brother.
One neighbor, however, proved to be a bright light during that dark time. He also wasn’t a Christian, but he didn’t belong to the same major world religion that the townspeople did. He helped Kokila’s family to buy rice. He talked to Kokila, and he willingly paid the fine for violating town rules.
For seven years, Kokila lived in horrible circumstances. Three of the families who had accepted the Sabbath at the same time as Kokila’s father changed their minds and left the church. Only two of the five families, including Kokila’s family, remained faithful to God.
Kokila never complained, but she cried a lot. Father saw her tears, and he decided to send her to an Adventist boarding school. It was like a piece of heaven on earth for the girl.
“The teachers were very kind and loving,” recalled Kokila, who today is 39 and works as a secretary at the boarding school, E. D. Thomas Memorial Higher Secondary School in Thanjavur, India. “The teachers spoke to me! The children spoke to me! It was so nice to have friends again.”
Thank you for your mission offerings, which support Seventh-day Adventist schools around the world. E. D. Thomas Memorial Higher Secondary School received part of a Thirteenth Sabbath Offering in 2020.

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25c-04-inside-story-strange-and-silent-world/
On the Brink of Quitting, Pathfinder Leader Finds Renewed Calling After GC Session
Henry Lowery was on a Detroit, United States, basketball court in May when he got a call from the Lake Region Conference Pathfinder Coordinator, asking if his Pathfinder drum corps could perform during the General Conference Session in St. Louis o… Source: https://adventist.news/news/on-the-brink-of-quitting-pathfinder-leader-finds-renewed-calling-after-gc-session
More+ with Don MacLafferty – Pioneer Memorial Church – Ep. 4
From the story of Elijah we learn that revival doesn’t just happen. Leaders have to call for revival. People have to cry out to God for revival. This is why we’re inviting you to join us in watching this video series with speaker Don MacLafferty, Founder/Director of In Discipleship. Episode 4. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLkS7o8tW-Y
More+ with Don MacLafferty – Pioneer Memorial Church – Ep. 3
From the story of Elijah we learn that revival doesn’t just happen. Leaders have to call for revival. People have to cry out to God for revival. This is why we’re inviting you to join us in watching this video series with speaker Don MacLafferty, Founder/Director of In Discipleship. Episode 3. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvQ4rbBqpYI
Friday: Further Thought – The Plagues
Daily Lesson for Friday 25th of July 2025
Read Ellen G. White, “The Plagues of Egypt,” Pages 265–272, in Patriarchs and Prophets.
“His [God’s] people were permitted to experience the grinding cruelty of the Egyptians, that they might not be deceived concerning the debasing influence of idolatry. In His dealing with Pharaoh, the Lord manifested His hatred of idolatry and His determination to punish cruelty and oppression. . . . There was no exercise of supernatural power to harden the heart of the king. God gave to Pharaoh the most striking evidence of divine power, but the monarch stubbornly refused to heed the light. Every display of infinite power rejected by him, rendered him the more determined in his rebellion. The seeds of rebellion that he sowed when he rejected the first miracle, produced their harvest.”—Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 268.
“The sun and moon were objects of worship to the Egyptians; in this mysterious darkness the people and their gods alike were smitten by the power that had undertaken the cause of the bondmen. Yet fearful as it was, this judgment is an evidence of God’s compassion and His unwillingness to destroy. He would give the people time for reflection and repentance before bringing upon them the last and most terrible of the plagues.”—Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 272.
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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/25c-04-further-thought-the-plagues/
More+ with Don MacLafferty – Pioneer Memorial Church – Ep. 1
From the story of Elijah we learn that revival doesn’t just happen. Leaders have to call for revival. People have to cry out to God for revival. This is why we’re inviting you to join us in watching this video series with speaker Don MacLafferty, Founder/Director of In Discipleship. Episode 1. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJe6Rp-4PDk
God First: Your Daily Prayer Meeting #1063
"If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer" (Matthew 21:22, NIV).
Tag someone in need of prayer, and kindly share your prayer requests here:
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July 2025 President’s Video: “From Mindoro . . . to Missouri!”
We’ve just returned from St. Louis, Missouri, where the 62nd General Conference Session was held. What an uplifting experience! And we had the opportunity to share with people from all over the world what God is doing through the work of Adventist World Radio! Some of the highlights included: • AWR VP Cami Oetman’s presentation with an overview of AWR projects, and a report from PNG for Christ. • The baptism of one of the military generals from Mindoro, Philippines. He was moved by our work among the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, and while he watched us work, he also learned the Adventist message. • The distribution of two new AWR miracle story books, one of them highlighting the story of Wisam Ali, a true life of miracles. Here is a short video where Cami and I share some of these highlights and the way God has intervened in the lives of so many people. I know I say it often, but what a time to be alive! Yours in the Blessed Hope, Duane McKey
President P.S. It was wonderful seeing so many of you at the AWR booth during GC Session, and I hope to see those of you who will be attending ASI next week! MB01MEXKGCQOCNE Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQuP5cygDH4
General Conference Session Highlights
Relive the highlights of the General Conference Session: women stood out with their leadership and traditional attire, media evangelism took center stage with Hope Channel and Adventist World Radio, leaders received intensive training for mission strategy, and the international Heroes Bible game inspired youth worldwide. All this and more, now on ANN. Stay tuned as ANN brings everything you need to know about what is happening in the church worldwide. For a deeper dive into these headlines, visit https://www.adventist.news ANN is the official news channel of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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