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 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 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 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 …
Small Steps A “tent-maker” medical missionary sacrifices to advance God’s work in Senegal. Greetings from Senegal, where the rainy season has come with a vengeance, bringing leaks to our roofs and floods to our streets. God has been working in this little Muslim nation, and we are thankful for every small step that has been made in advancing the gospel. …
The General Free eyeglasses bring spiritual eyesight to a high-ranking military general. “I am tired of this confusion of religion,” the Congolese general spoke to his wife and children. “From now on, I won’t allow anyone in my house to attend church—anyone. And no one may come to this house to talk about the Bible or to preach.” The man’s …
Misfortunes Redeemed A church in Uganda builds a home for a destitute family. Complacency and laziness can make a man poor—but if hard work alone could make a man rich, Mr. Didas Kacokoli should have been the richest man on Earth. Although hard working and determined, Didas met misfortunes his life until he was forced into abject poverty. It all …
The Little Flock A woman’s burden for the salvation of children leads to a new ministry. We are told to “go ye therefore, and teach all nations.” Matthew 28:19. We feel that our church, and especially our children, should have a burning desire to take the name of Jesus to the world. Over the course of the last few years, …
Stoned with the Word A bar owner’s plot to stone the new preacher in town backfires. He did not seem to be preaching, but visiting homes with love! His kindness and commendable conduct gave him a wider audience than he would have otherwise had, and he ended up drawing people’s attention to serious, deep Bible study. To the surprise of …
Buenavista An evangelistic series sparks the beginning of a new congregation in a difficult town. Mission Projects International director Mike Bauler, accompanied by his daughter Hannah (Isabel) and her friend Hannah, recently traveled to Buenavista, Colombia for a special church-planting project. Buenavista, known for its “good view” of the Andes Mountains on one side and the Maravelez Valley on the …
