May 12th was World Nurses’ Day, a worldwide occasion to highlight the importance of nurses in the healthcare continuum and thank nurses for what they do.
Historically, as well as today, nurses are at the forefront of fighting epidemics and pandemics -providing high quality and respectful treatment and care. They are often the first and sometimes the only health professional that people see and the quality of their initial assessment, care and treatment is vital.
The Covid-19 pandemic is a…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/8BL9cesYr2I/

Seventh-day Adventist church leaders from across the Inter-American Division paused to celebrate 50 days of daily prayer during a two-and-a-half-hour video conference program on the evening of May 13. A total of 1,000 leaders and church members from the 24 union territories went online to pray, worship, and share testimonies of answered prayers at the midpoint of the 100 Days of Prayer initiative launched by the Adventist World Church late in March 2020.
“We have seen the marvelous goodness of…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/t781P2A0O6Y/

Moira Surridge has a career in the United Kingdom’s (UK) National Health Service that has spanned four decades and eleven different hospitals. Much of that has been working in Intensive care units, though more recently she has taken on an educational role, teaching and training on sepsis at Watford General Hospital. However, with the COIVD-19 crisis she made the brave choice to return to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and work with critically ill patients.
She says, “I found myself facing new…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/4rvqh0-9Lx8/

It’s 5am on a Sunday morning in early April. Although Fiji’s capital of Suva is in lockdown, 12-year-old Nasoni Junior is already awake and ready to feed the homeless on the city streets.
Today, Junior is joining his parents as he has done so many times before, but this time he is more reluctant. The police have been very strict in arresting people, and authorities have not made it clear whether Junior and his team are allowed to continue their ministry.
Junior’s team is called “MISSION-1”,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/gsoa7OJPINA/

The Chinle Seventh-day Adventist Church isn’t exactly located in the best neighborhood in Chinle, a town of 4,500 people on the Navajo Reservation in the U.S. state of Arizona.
As the pastor, I live in a trailer beside the church building. Several well-respected neighbors, including a Navajo Nation police officer, live in nearby trailers. But one house is looked down on as the local “drug house.” Its unkempt yard and constant stream of random foot and vehicle traffic lend credibility to its…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/cCZmHNy7-TM/