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At the end of last year, Adventist World Radio organized an evangelistic event in Zambia, the likes of which had never been done before. More than 1,000 simultaneous meetings were held throughout the capital city of Lusaka alone! Evangelists from all over the world volunteered to go—and when I say “evangelists,” I mean everyone willing to help. From teenagers to retirees, from all walks of life and from different countries—everyone worked together to light up that city with the gospel message. Whenever we respond to the Spirit’s call and do something for Jesus, no matter how inexperienced we might be, blessings will always follow. Lusaka was no exception. When it was over, more than 17,000 people had given their lives to Jesus and been baptized! Watch the video below for the incredible details, and learn how AWR’s radio broadcast made it all possible! —Duane McKey, President Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNYGMXWaLG8
In the Bahamas, Adventist Church accounting for members after Hurricane Dorian
Seventh-day Adventist leaders in Nassau, The Bahamas, are still waiting to know the fate of the hundreds of members who have been affected by the devastating effects of Hurricane Dorian on the hardest hit islands of Abaco, Grand Bahama, Bimini and the Berry Islands. The Category 4 hurricane pounded the northern Bahamas for over 40 hours starting on Sep. 1, packing winds of over 185 miles per hour, flooding the islands, stranding residents and killing at least seven people.
“This is something…
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“Know When to Hold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em”
by Raj Attiken | 5 September 2019 | Eating in restaurants tests my resolve to be temperate in my diet. I don’t always know how large the servings will be when I order from a menu. After I enjoy part of the meal and feel satiated, I realize that I probably shouldn’t eat any more. […] Source: https://atoday.org/know-when-to-hold-em-know-when-to-fold-em/
Rwandan President, along with President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, inaugurates new Adventist medical school in East Africa
His Excellency Paul Kagame, the president of the Republic of Rwanda, and Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, recently unveiled the new East-Central Africa Division (ECD) School of Medicine.
Eustace Pennicook, founding dean of the medical school, highlighted the four phases of the school and explained to the attendees the first phase that has been completed. This phase is composed of four main parts, including a science complex which contains nine…
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Inside Story ~ Abkhazia
Half Loaf of Bread
By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission
Maya approached Valentina with a loaf of white bread after the worship service.
“Valya, please take this”, she said, holding out the loaf.
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Valentina, 40, looked at the bread hungrily. She hadn’t eaten a crumb in more than six months. It was impossible to find bread on store shelves in Sukhumi, capital of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia. It was 1993, and a months-long armed conflict between Georgian and Abkhaz forces had resulted in a major food shortage.
“Take this, please”, Maya, 45, said again, still offering the bread. “This is from me to you”.
Valentina slowly shook her head.
“I can’t take this from you”, she said. “You need it just as badly as we do”.
Maya began to cry.
“Please, take this”, she said. “You walked so far to help us. This is a gift that I want to give you, but you are refusing to accept it”.
“OK”, Valentina said, finally relenting. “But let’s cut the bread in half. You take half, and I’ll take half”.
The women divided bread with a knife from the kitchen of the house church, where about 40 people gathered regularly to pray and read the Bible under the leadership of Valentina’s husband, Pavel Dmitrienko, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor.
Moments later, Valentina and Pavel left the house and started the 9-mile (15-kilometer) trek back to their home.
Valentina smiled as she thought about the bread in her purse. She looked forward to enjoying it with a simple soup of barley and water that evening.
“I will make soup, and we will eat it with real bread”, she said.
Pavel returned her happy smile. He also wanted to eat the bread.
Partway home, the couple met an elderly woman on a bridge. She was thin, and her clothing was filthy. She looked at Valentina.
“Daughter”, she said with a wavering voice, “would you happen to have a piece of bread?”
Valentina immediately removed the half loaf from her purse and presented it to the woman.
“Yes, I have, dear Grandmother”, she said. “Please, take this”.
The elderly woman wept as she accepted the bread.
“Thank you”, she said, tears streaking her dirty, wrinkled cheeks. “I haven’t eaten in three days. You’ve saved me from death”.
Valentina and Pavel continued on their way home, joyful smiles lighting their faces. They were happy that they had been able to sacrifice their precious bread.
“We gave the one thing that we wanted most of all to the grandmother, and saved her life”, Valentina, now 65 and pictured left, said in an interview in her home in Belgorod, Russia. “It was a real sacrifice—and it made us happier than ever before”.
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