The man shining shoes caught Filip Dmitrov’s attention in Cyprus’ capital, Nicosia.
The stale odor of tobacco smoke clung to his clothes. His hands shook from alcoholism.
Filip didn’t ask for a shoe shine.
“How are you doing, my friend?” Filip asked, speaking in Bulgarian. “Do you need any help?”
The man, Yulian Jankov, looked surprised. No one had asked him such a question since he moved from Bulgaria a decade earlier. It was pleasant to hear someone expressing an interest in him.
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Members of the St. Peter’s Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sint Maarten recently sought out the most needy members in their congregation and residents of the surrounding community to assist with food and care packages as the pandemic crisis lingers.
The flight restrictions put in place on the island have resulted in the decline of tourism, which has drastically affected economic activity and put hundreds out of work. So the church moved quickly to collect items and distribute them to more than…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/xwQPVR4Bpz4/

A community hub based at the Stanborough Park Seventh-day Adventist church in Watford, England, is currently serving more than 3,000 hot meals a week and supplying 800 grocery food parcels for vulnerable families.
Meals and groceries are provided for children who would normally benefit from free school meals when attending school and also for those families who are struggling. Teachers call on a regular basis to collect and distribute according to need, while parcels are made up for single…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/ITg7VACwFTw/

When senior pre-medical student Marielis George received an email in March announcing La Sierra University’s transition online due to the advancing pandemic, she faced a daunting reality. George, a native of New York State with just months remaining in her degree program, had the option of remaining on campus, but she felt a responsibility to her parents to fly home to Yonkers, 20 miles outside of New York City. She arrived on March 15, as the city was buckling under the pandemic’s devastating…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/D1MG7H3-O4I/

Amidst rising poverty in the South American nation of Ecuador, Seventh-day Adventists in the northern part of the country distributed 682 food baskets containing an average of 11 packs of food to families in need.
“During these times of pandemic, we have reached out with food kits to meet the needs of our brethren [and others] in the region. We’re happy to have helped, but we know there is much work yet to be done,” Pastor Luis Velásquez, regional Adventist Church president, said.
Ecuador’s…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/VE6afdAUVsE/