The phrase “Dikos Ntsaaígíí-19” is often used when speaking about COVID-19 within the Navajo Nation. It means “big cough” or “cough that kills” in the Navajo language Diné Bizaad. Unfortunately, the Navajo people have been disproportionately affected by the deadly virus since the first case was confirmed on the tribal land on March 17, 2020. Navajo Nation has the most confirmed cases of the coronavirus per capita in the United States. As of May 17, after rigorous testing facilitated by the…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/tp6OH0TipS4/

Daniel R. Jackson, president of the North American Division of the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (NAD), and his wife Donna, have announced their intent to retire, effective July 1, 2020. With the postponement of the 2020 General Conference (GC) Session, NAD administration has worked with GC leadership to establish a clear process for the election of the new NAD president in July 2020.
The Jacksons have served at the NAD headquarters since his election in June 2010 at…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/AzFIkEOUxdg/

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Dominican Republic recently urged its members and citizens to join in fasting and prayer as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
According to Pastor Paulino Puello, president of the church in the Dominican Republic, government statistics (as of May 15) show that there are 11,700 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 470 deaths, including one church member who died last month.
Natanael Encarnacion, 55, of the Colirio Adventist Church in the southeastern…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/2f4kHrkq54I/

May 16, 2020 was a Health Emphasis Day of the Inter-European Region of Seventh-day Adventists (EUD). 
“I would like to invite us to look back, for a moment, to the beginning of the Christian church” said Valérie Dufour, EUD health ministry director.
She recommends the book Medicine & Health Care in Early Christianity, in which the author, Gary Ferngren, underlines that before the advent of Christianity there was no concept of responsibility of public officials to prevent disease or to treat…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/ccpiBTdE7j8/

There is an upside to the current travel restrictions. Online meetings save travel time and money. Zoom fatigue helps officers develop agendas that focus on the essential. With positive goodwill that is attainable.
This was certainly the case for the 48 participants of the Trans-European Division (TED) Spring Meetings, who joined by Zoom for an intense but productive morning on Monday, May 18, 2020. 
The spring Executive Committee brings together union presidents, lay and pastoral…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Xq04I71mjDk/