Since the COVID-19 pandemic began to change our daily habits, we had to let go of many activities and ordinary pleasures, at least for the time being. Other doors that seemed closed, however, now are open and look inviting, if we dare to cross them with discipline, curiosity, and imagination.
Such is what happens with poetry, something which suddenly has gone through a resurgence and acquired newfound resonance outside close academic circles. It has become again “the voice of the people,” a…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/3j_ouf6CSrc/

While all public and private schools remain closed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, students from the Adventist schools are attending online classes during social isolation. In addition to the basic academic subjects, educators also work to help the students understand the importance of health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Duque de Caxias, classes remain suspended until May 13, according to the local city hall. However, the Duque de Caxias Adventist College promoted an…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/bSA4aXlCYwQ/

The Cheongso Open Church in Korea gave away homemade hand sanitizer and handmade masks to their neighbors for free to help them prevent the spread of COVID-19. 
“When the virus began to spread fast in Korea, it was not easy for people living in a rural area like us to get hand sanitizer and masks,” said church pastor Lee JinSeon. “I thought our church should help overcome this hardship together with our neighbors, rather than just feeling frustrated.”
Church member volunteers gathered for…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/PAC4rLUk010/

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/