Disasters take a toll on people’s lives. Millions lose their homes and jobs because of extreme weather, and countries are impacted heavily by economic losses and potential environmental hazards.
In recognition of the United Nation’s Sendai Framework, a 15-year global initiative to reduce disaster risks, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) has been mobilizing awareness campaigns in support of the world-wide humanitarian effort.
“Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is an investment in…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Md4pfnVm6s0/

Seventh-day Adventists from the Shiloh Adventist Church recently provided spiritual support, health and wellness services, school supplies and personal items to dozens in the surrounding community of Anna’s Retreat in St. Thomas, the US Virgin Islands.  Church members spent the day ministering to community members on Saturday, Sep. 14, 2019.
“This is part of a national initiative to minister to the social needs of the community in a more significant way because the Adventist Church is not just…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/FS_7hH_RbW4/

One night Pastor Vilson de Souza Lima had dream. He dreamed  there was an Adventist church in the city of Alvorada do Sul, in northern Paraná, Brazil. The dream was so vivid that he felt he needed to act on it. He contacted Church leaders and requested that Alvorada do Sul, a city that had no Adventist presence, be annexed to his district so he could plant a church there. A little over a year ago, Pastor de Souza Lima rented a hall and began holding services. 
Little did he know that there were…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/n5LSPi55QC4/

Editor’s Note: This weekend, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Ted N.C. Wilson will interview Melissa Gibson on his program “Revival For Mission.”The program airs this Friday, Oct. 4, 8:30 p.m.(EDT), on Hope TV. It will also be streamed on hopetv.org. Following the broadcast, it will be available on-demand 24/7 on revivalformission.tv. Melissa and I first met 15 years ago.
On Dec. 23, 2003, I received a call from the General Conference informing me that a missionary family had…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Pj4_c95k8sU/

Students at Posse Adventist School in Goiás, Brazil, recently planted more than 300 Ipê tree seedlings on the school campus as part of the “Sustainable School” project, an initiative of the Adventist Education Network in Midwest Brazil. This special initiative emphasizes environmental preservation. 
Data from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) indicates that from August 2018 to July this year, 2625 square miles of the Amazon has been deforested. Another statistic presented by the…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/IpURvAwYr_Q/