According to the National Cancer Institute (INCA), more than 150,000 people die annually in Brazil from complications associated with smoking. Around the world, more 8 million die each year because of tabacco. The World Health Organization has designated May 31 as World No Tobacco Day, a day set aside each year to talk about the risks of tobacco use. 
Smoking is considered the leading cause of preventable death around the world. According to cardiologist Everton Padilha, more than 50 diseases…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/FLK7cjUmDDQ/

What do you think the kingdom of God is like? What do you dream of when you think of the kingdom of God?
As Seventh-day Adventists, we long for a kingdom of peace where there is no pain, no fighting, and no sin. What an image and contrast that is when we compare that kingdom with our world today!
So, we turn to God and plead for help. We ask Him to change the circumstances here on Earth; we pray for His kingdom to come on Earth as it is in Heaven. But, have you ever thought about how you and I…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/P6AOUpxwt4M/

To help strengthen belief in the Bible account of Creation, Seventh-day Adventists in South America have produced “Adventures in Galapagos,” a two-episode television series as part of an interdisciplinary learning program for Adventist schools in the division and beyond.
Eight nations in South America, as well as Mexico and the United States, will be able to view the program, which is available in Portuguese, English, and Spanish via the Feliz7Play online platform.
Edgard Luz, education…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/iA0MHbQOEXA/

Feeling as though the campus was the safest place they could be, teachers and ancillary staff of Betikama Adventist College (BAC) and their families remained on campus during the COVID-19 lockdown. 
College administration looked for ways to pull together as a team to support each other, and activities were held to bring support and comfort to everyone. The church organized 50 Days of Prayer readings for each morning and evening, and two weekends of fasting and prayer. Work bees were held at the…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/G-nhRF7baL4/

A Seventh-day Adventist congregation in Cheonghak-ri, a village in South Korea’s Gyeonggi region, held a blood drive to help replenish stock diminished by the coronavirus pandemic.
On a recent Sabbath morning,  a blood donation bus from the Korean Red Cross arrived at the parking lot of the Cheonghak Seventh-day Adventist Church, after a deacon, Seong KiYeol, organized the effort.
Seong, a nurse at a Seoul hospital, had  asked a blood supplier to deliver blood to the facility and was told he’d…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/32oIv5hhiGo/