Thursday, August 8, marked a momentous occasion that has been more than a decade in the making. The doors of Adventist Health Care’s brand-new White Oak Medical Center(WOMC) were opened. Special guests, including Seventh-day Adventist World Church president Ted N.C. Wilson, filled the lobby for the long-anticipated dedication ceremony.
Erik Wangsness, president of WOMC said, “We’ve worked on building a hospital for years. And to see it filled with music, with colleagues, with family was very…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/OdC9ntCkydU/

The Breaking the Silence campaign, organized by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South America, took place in the community of Três Rios, in the interior of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 4th. It has been held annually, in August, since 2002, in eight South American countries: Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. This year’s goal is to show people how to protect children from child sexual violence and what to do to help victims recover.
In 2018, children…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/5wOF1LEh_tM/

Visitors walking through the four hangars on the campus of the 2019 International Pathfinder Camporee in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, have the opportunity to experience a microcosm of Adventism — from bumping into Ted N.C. Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, to earning a one-of-a-kind humanitarian ADRA International pin, to completing a short list of requirements to obtain a special North American Division (NAD) pin from one of the three officers, to meeting recruiters from Seventh-day…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/lonDKDJ_ar8/

Jhonny Alberto Peña clearly remembers March 22. It was the day he left his native Venezuela for the city of Medellin in neighboring Colombia.
“It was hard when I left, to leave my family, my small babies, my wife, in search of a better future for them,” said Peña.
Peña now lives in Medellin, together with his family who joined him three months ago.  His family, like many migrant Venezuelan families, fled the political and economic turmoil in Venezuela in search of a better life.
Peña’s family…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/4SYUMijhBnc/

Trans-European Division (TED) Pathfinders raised almost £16,000 for two mission projects in Albania and the Dominican Republic during their international camporee in Ardingly, England, 30 July – 6 August 2019
While talent was clearly in evidence during the week via the music and special presentations in worships, the almost 70 activities on offer each day, and during the music, skits and laughter of Sunday’s International concert, it was the talent and ingenuity climaxing in Monday’s…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/gm6kTlujFDU/