The Healing of Christine

A woman finds salvation through the influence of a Bible worker. My journey to God began with a knock at my door—when I encountered the life-altering message of Jesus Christ. As a kind Bible worker talked to me about Christ’s mission and His divine plan for humanity, I felt captivated by the hope and truth in his words. It didn’t …

Letter from Mike: Kenya – July 2024

“The greatest want of the world is the want of men,—men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the …

Letter from Mike: Southeast Asia – June 2024

In Luke 10:2, Jesus commanded us to pray for workers to enter His service to reach those who are lost without hope. “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few.” In a world filled with suffering and sin, the need for laborers remains critical today. Countless people need to hear the message of salvation. Recently, I traveled to …

Zambia Churches

Planting new churches in dark areas is both a blessing and a challenge. For an established church, the blessing of church-planting is that all the long-standing members now have work to do in strengthening and grounding new church members in the faith. For the new congregation, the challenge is raising the funds to build a church to worship in on …

Hungry and Thirsty

Aching hunger is the sad reality of millions of children and adults around the world. A famished person’s only meaningful thought is, “How and what I am going to eat?” Hunger pangs drive people to desperation, and they will do anything to receive nourishment. Their bodies seem to scream out, “Give me food or I will die!” Jesus said, “Blessed …

Life-Changing Power

A family receives the joy and hope of Christ from a Bible worker’s studies. Joel grew up in a non-Christian home where the attitude toward Christianity was extremely negative. His family loved and practiced their traditional African religion, and followed the ways of the ancestors. Because of these influences, Joel was obstructed from observing Christianity during his younger years. The …

Improving the Time

Adventist radio reaches an Anglican catechist. Charles Bamutonda was born into a family that professed the Anglican faith. He adopted this religion with sincerity of heart. In fact, his love for God and commitment to serve humanity motivated him to become an Anglican catechist!  In his 30 years of service as an Anglican church leader, Charles often interacted with Seventh-day …

Letter from Mike: Uganda – May 2024

Deeply rooted in Africa’s cultural heritage are its traditional animist beliefs. Animism is the belief that non-human entities, such as animals, plants, and even inanimate objects, possess a spiritual essence or soul. Many animist traditions involve the veneration of ancestors, who are believed to exist in a spiritual realm where they have the ability to influence the lives of their …

Total Turnaround

Darío had little interest in spiritual things, but then God used heartbreak to turn things around. It had been ten years since Darío and Judi were married at her church in Caicedonia, Colombia. Judi was a Seventh-day Adventist and made the 40-minute trip to church every week, but Dario had no interest in spiritual things. Judi had a burden to …