Approximately 269 miles (450 kilometers) from Minas Gerais, Brazil, lies the city of Teófilo Otoni, the largest center for the production of precious stones in the world. The city is slowly beginning to return to its normal routine after government lockdown measures were enforced to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Shops, fairs and medical offices recently reopened their doors, with reduced service. 
The municipality of more than 140,000 has 424 suspected cases and 18 confirmed cases of…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Pc4Iv6J0dxA/

One third of Romania’s Adventist churches simultaneously clicked GO LIVE on their various social platforms, offering their first-ever collaborative social media evangelism campaign
Approximately 300 official Facebook pages and 30 YouTube channels of both churches and other Adventist organizations broadcast the same programming live at 8:00 every night between April 25 and May 3.  From the very first minutes of the broadcast, the video was distributed by volunteers on WhatsApp lists and groups….Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/2LM39igJCRw/

When “Uncertainty” was chosen as the theme for a GAiN network project in February 2019, leaders were somewhat nervous as to whether this was the right decision. Little did they know what the future held – and how relevant the theme will be as countries slowly work to come out of COVID-19 lockdown into an uncertain new world.
GAiN Europe was cancelled as a physical event due to the coronavirus, but those registered to attend will now have the opportunity to join a special ‘webinar’ get together…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/HRtnAlqwSls/

Lockdown has brought with it all kinds of relational challenges including extreme loneliness, getting on each other’s nerves, and figuring out how to do work, home school and family life within four small walls. There is also a positive side, enjoying the time to grow closer to our loved ones. But, for some people, the biggest challenge is finding themselves trapped in their own home, 24 hours a day, with an abusive relative. After a couple of weeks of lockdown in the UK, worrying reports began…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/sgw1qjYxa6U/

Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) partnered with local churches in Brisbane, Australia, over the weekend of May 2-4 to assemble 112 food parcels for locals in need, with a focus on assisting international students and others who have lost jobs and can’t afford basic necessities.
Irena Pule, ADRA director for South Queensland Conference, put out a call to churches across Brisbane for volunteers to help assemble the parcels. More than 40 people responded—mostly youth and young…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/WbJedWmeFKA/