The Wise Shall Understand

The Wise Shall Understand When a missionary accepts a teaching challenge, a sudden illness proves to be a blessing. “Elisha, you need to read this book again,” I turned to my husband. “It provides such meaning in light of current events.” I had read The Great Controversy before, but it had never spoken to me the way it did now. …

Criminals, Dreamers, and Converts

Criminals, Dreamers, and Converts Evangelism brings the Sabbath truth to seekers in the South Pacific. Popondeta is a sort of cowboy province in Papua New Guinea, full of criminal activity. Yet even here, the truth of the Three Angels’ Messages outshines false light. During recent evangelistic efforts in the oil palm settlement of Sorovi, the village of Oro Bay and …

Tragedy & Transformation

Tragedy & Transformation A young man’s life is changed when God’s grace reaches him through tragedy. Froilan grew up in La Zona, a small mountain village in Honduras. As a young boy, he came to church every once in a while, but he never seemed serious about following the Lord. When he became a teenager, Froilan started drinking, and later …

Total Transformation

Total Transformation A young woman’s family didn’t believe she could change—but the church persevered. Challenging neighborhoods surround the Central Adventist Church in Armenia, Quindio, Colombia, with drug use common. Still, week to week the members go and search for hearts that are open to the gospel. One Sabbath afternoon as we went out to give Bible studies, a church member …

Arston’s Deliverance

Arston’s Deliverance A winding, troubled life journey brings a young couple to the truth. Arston and Penlope studied at two different universities in the Mbarara District of southwestern Uganda until 2012. That’s when they were expelled for reckless living and alcoholism. Guilt-ridden for having wasted their poor parents’ resources, they both feared to return to their homes. Instead, they wandered …

Angel in the Hospital

Angel in the Hospital A mysterious visitor brings encouragement to the wife of an ill Bible worker. “Yanyan,” my husband, Temtem, gasped, “I can barely breathe. I cannot even see you clearly. Everything around me is dark.” Be strong, I told myself. Don’t cry. Your family needs you. Don’t let them see you frightened. Our 4-year-old son, Zander, was also …

The Protest Is Not Over

The Protest Is Not Over Adventist literature in Norway brings truth to homes and churches. Three months ago, we received an unexpected phone call. A Pentecostal church leader in Blaker, a town near Oslo, Norway, told us that he had received our booklet: The Protest is Not Over – 500 Years After Luther. As he read it, he sensed the …