Seeker on the Street In a time of need, Yvonne finds the truth on the streets of Melbourne, Australia. Last January, we held a literature campaign in Melbourne, Australia. A number of old and young went out on the streets passing out truth-filled books and maga-zines and talking to people in the busy thoroughfares. Two of our team members met …
Hope in Turmoil Leaders at SETI, an evangelism training center in Brazil, take courage amid political and financial upheaval. Have you heard what’s going on in Brazil? Over the last few years, many political scandals have surfaced, and recently, the president was impeached. Economic turmoil has also reached a climax. Yet one crisis is greater than corruption and economic failure: …
Desta’s Defense God protects an Ethiopian convert from a lawsuit aimed at forcing him to stop preaching truth. As the chairman of an association of most of the Sunday-worshiping denominations in my district in southern Ethiopia, I used to oppose the efforts of the Seventh-day Adventist workers. But God had other plans for me. It started when an Adventist evangelist …
Baptism Behind Bars A prison ministry welcomes a precious soul into fellowship with God through baptism. Last summer we conducted a prison baptism, welcoming one more precious soul into the fellowship of God. This baptism brought our ministry’s total to 17. Praise God! I would love to announce that we baptized 40, 20 or even five inmates last summer, but …
Witness for Truth A Tanzanian girl goes to school to learn a trade, but finds a treasure of far greater value. “If you go to that church even once, I will put you on the bus and school will be over for you.” Grandfather snarled. “Nobody will become a Seventh-day Adventist in my house!” Albina lowered her head. “I am …
Little Lyza Philippines “Many feel that it would be a great privilege to visit the scenes of Christ’s life on earth, to walk where He trod. . . . But we need not to go to Nazareth, to Capernaum, or to Bethany, in order to walk in the steps of Jesus. We shall find His footprints beside the sickbed, in …
Surprises in Senegal This summer, as in years past, about 95% of our neighbors observed the holy month of Ramadan—because 95% of Senegal’s population is Muslim. During Ramadan, believers abstain from food and beverages, including water, from sunup to sundown. Since the religious calendar follows the moon cycles, the month of fasting comes eleven days earlier each year, and these …
It is always nice to have an advocate—someone who will speak up on your behalf. In some situations, though, it is not just nice to have an intercessor; it is essential. I am so thankful that this is exactly what Jesus is for us today. We find beautiful promises throughout Scripture: “We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus …
We just went through Hurricane Matthew’s impact in the portion of the city where our family lives and we are very thankful to Jesus that there were only minor effects produced by the heavy rainfall and some wind throughout the night as the hurricane passed over into the southwestern part of Hispaniola and northward into Haiti. I’ve not been able …
Ruth’s Journey Brazil Ruth Ramos Teixeira, 76 years old, lives alone in São Bernardo do Campo in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. As a child Ruth grew up in a Christian home. In fact, her parents attended a Seventh-day Adventist Church and tried to live according to the Bible’s teachings, but Ruth did not share their interest in spiritual …
