One day, Mr. Jonah, a small-town man from Gath-hepher, ran off to the seaport of Joppa on a mission to avoid an assignment in big city Nineveh. I imagine he scanned the sailing times for ships, searching for the best option. Perhaps there were tantalizing discounts for prophets, even minor prophets. Finally, a ship bound for Tarshish caught his eye. He thought he’d purchased a standard Mediterranean cruise, but soon discovered that it included free underwater adventure activities.
Mr. Jonah and…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/LGCE-S8WvMo/

HappyHand promised NOK 30,000 to the Crisis Centre in Moss. They got NOK 50,000.
Each month, the HappyHand second-hand store in Moss, Norway distributes its profits from sales to charitable purposes at home and abroad. The shop is run by volunteers from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Moss.
For the month of June, the profits went to the local Crisis Centre. Representatives from the centre came to receive the NOK 30,000 [EUR 2,800] which they had been promised a few weeks ago. However, just…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/uOHLQ6egln4/

Seventh-day Adventist leaders and members in Southeast Mexico recently celebrated the culmination of their first online evangelistic campaign that drew in 404 new believers through baptism. “Covid-19 made our churches close, but we know the mission cannot be detained,” said Pastor Isaias Espinoza, president of the church in Southeast Mexico.  The new believers add to a total of 3,087 newly baptized members during the first half of the year.  Comparing to the 2,690 baptisms held up to June of…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/YmgCsbWUmZY/

About seven-and-a-half years ago, I started work as a minister in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I was determined to grow the church that had been placed under my care.
After 12 months of working very hard in a small congregation, I was dismayed to see that our membership had dropped! One night I was complaining and pouring my heart out to God saying, “Lord! What’s wrong with me? Why can’t I grow my church?”
I was amazed as an answer from God came and impressed on me so very clearly,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/UTnz0xzeQ9A/

The Ndong family loves to pray in Libreville, capital of Gabon.
Father and Mother love talking to God so much that they named their three children after the French word for “prayer,” or “priere.” The oldest boy is Priel; the second child, a girl, is Priella; and the youngest girl is Pricilia.
Little Pricilia has prayed before bedtime every night since she was 3. Sometimes she kneels in front of the bed. But usually she jumps up onto the bed and kneels on the nice, soft mattress. She folds her…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/8sN8MqZV0U4/