Keeping “Every Child at School” is a global effort of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, or ADRA. In the Republic of Slovenia, a nation stretching from the Adriatic Sea to the Alps, that means getting computers to those unable to afford the devices so children can remain connected to classes—and schoolwork.
Natasha is the mother of two young children—one in fifth grade and the other in eighth grade. The lockdown triggered by the coronavirus of 2020 and related COVID-19 infections…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Wqaw64AnVUE/

Church meetings changed abruptly and unexpectedly in March due to the mandatory quarantine decreed by the Argentinian government. Overnight we could no longer go to church and the only way to find corporate worship was online. But how could that be accomplished without much prior experience? Who would be in charge of all the necessary technical details for the transmissions? These were difficult questions, but God already had people willing to put themselves in his hands to serve with their…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/PXCIRkYZERc/

There are approximately 1,443 Seventh-day Adventists in the southeast Asian nation of Laos, out of a population of 7,123,205. While very small in numbers, the dedication of church members in the country—where the first Adventist missionary arrived in 1957—is a remarkable story of miracles under difficult circumstances.
A case in point is the Jiang Say church, the first Seventh-day Adventist church for the Ya Hern or Nyahon tribe of southern Laos. Now called the Muen Luang Village Church, this…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Nd5v3Dj6KHM/

For millions around the world, the quarantines imposed by the spread of COVID-19 have meant new and different ways of doing things, from remote working to “virtual” church services via video conferencing.
Young Seventh-day Adventists in the church’s East Dnieper Conference, headquartered in Dnipro, Ukraine, a city formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk, experienced this recently as a Bible competition normally held in person went online instead. The virtual event took place on May 30, 2020.
The…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/10uIRLiaGjQ/

Only 20 percent of Americans regularly attend church, and only 2 in 10 millennials consider regular church attendance important. The church no longer has the option of embracing change or leaving it to the next generation. The time is now; otherwise, we will become irrelevant. Change is never easy, but with the Lord, anything is possible (see Matt. 19:26).
At the same time—and particularly during the nationwide lockdowns of the past few months—people search online for answers to life’s big…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/kZOu4DpRTDw/