Changed flights bring truth to a young seeker. My daughter and I had just finished representing Amazing Facts Ministries Canada at the Generation of Youth for Christ event in Ottawa, Ontario. It had been a busy conference, with lots of young attendees visiting our exhibit. Early in the morning, Laura and I arrived at the airport to check in for …
Degraded souls overcome through Christ’s power. “Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.” Matthew 21:31. When I first began my Christian experience, this verse shocked me. I had spent six years out in the world, and I knew how “worldlings” lived. How could these people be nearer the …
A teacher sees the great controversy played out in her classroom. Sundays were becoming a bit of a problem on our school campus. Many of our teenage students spent the day in idleness, getting into trouble with their teachers and amongst themselves. Feeling that a change of schedule was needed, I confidently walked into the classroom of 45 students one …
An Adventist congregation earns a community’s respect. The congregation of believers at Akashanda Mission were familiar with the process of keeping courage in the face of challenges. However, being the recipient of ridicule was hurtful and discouraging at times. We had no designated building to worship in. We were branded “insane” and “fanatics of faith” for joining a church without …
A blind woman senses the presence of Jesus. The tension of political unrest filled the city with turbulence. Quick tempers flared and locals took sides for and against the government. The busy market was always a hub of activity, crammed with rickety makeshift booths where every sort of local product hung from the awnings and covered the wooden tables. But …
A ministry takes on a challenge to feed the hungry in Washington, D.C. We remember the day as it were yesterday. Hasting His Harvest had already begun working in a community of Washington, D.C. metro area when we received a phone call describing a very relevant and timely mission. It would require us to provide 5,000 nutritious and delicious plant-based …
A family ministry grows to meet increased demands for spiritual resources. Doug and Angela Hurley live on the South Island of New Zealand, a small, secular nation in the South Pacific. In the 1980s, when they were raising four young children, they started looking for practical ways to prepare their family to face the modern world. They also researched natural …
A Miracle of Healing A young man is healed and finds his true calling. My father was a priest of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. I adhered to the religion of my parents until age 17, when a relative gave me a book called The Great Controversy by Ellen White. I read it five times over, trying to grasp the full …
Warnings and Grace People all over Europe distribute literature containing God’s end-time messages. It is wonderful how much literature can be distributed in just a few months. Our press has been busy! We have printed 10,000 additional booklets each for Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania and some other Russian-speaking countries. We even printed 20,000 new booklets for England. People are distributing literature …
Sabbath in Buremba A special event draws truth-seekers in Uganda. Our country saw a period of heavy rain from September through December of last year, sometimes lasting from morning to sunset each day. As our local church spent the month of November preparing for a special visitor’s Sabbath for the surrounding community, we feared that the rain would put a …
