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/

Faith leaders, government officials, and activists advocated for prayer, social justice, and community empowerment in response to the national outcry over the death of George Floyd by law enforcement through a “virtual freedom ride.” From June 14 to 21,, “Miles to Minneapolis” took viewers on Facebook and YouTube on the virtual journey from the east coast to the mid-west. The “stops” included Columbia, Maryland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/InJEO3IX8GM/

In a literal answer to prayer, Seventh-day Adventist youth in Barra do Garças, Brazil, made an immediate difference on June 13 in the life of a senior citizen who that morning had prayed for visitors.
Barra do Garças, population 50,000 and located in the interior state of Mato Grosso, is a tourist attraction in the region. Thanks to its own towering “Christ the Redeemer” statue, the city is known as “Rio de Janeiro do Oeste,” the “Rio of the West” in Brazil.
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Building on principles first outlined more than 150 years ago, a Seventh-day Adventist university’s publishing arm has released “The Science of 8 Natural Remedies,” a book detailing the science behind them. 
As detailed by Ellen G. White, a pioneering co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the health values are: Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunlight, Temperance, Air, Rest, and Trust in God. Since 1865, Adventists have promoted these principles. A community with a majority-Adventist…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/ZCvBIxv5P2Y/