An Ethiopian community’s journey from darkness to light. Hadero is a commercial district in Ethiopia where people love to shop and do business—especially on Saturdays. Catholic, Orthodox, Muslim, and Protestant exist here together, and there is a great need for a genuine revival of true godliness. Since the 1990s, Seventh-day Adventists have tried to penetrate this area with the Three …
Angels Preached at Hadero For years the work was stymied, but by God’s grace over 50 people joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Hadero is a small town nestled in the lush mountains of Southern Ethiopia. A myriad of fruits, vegetables, and other crops flourish in its warm, wet climate. The Omo River cascades over either side of a verdant cliff …
The Hidden Village Goal: Start a branch Sabbath School within a few weeks. Problem: No known contacts or location. Teacher, where are we going to start?” I didn’t quite know how to answer. As a new outreach leader in Sunshine Orchard’s Medical and Bible Outreach Training program, I’d been assigned to take two inexperienced students into a new area. Other …
Watch Out for That Landmine Cambodia At the end of nearly three decades of warfare, Cambodia had more than ten million landmines still hidden in the ground. That was nearly one for every person in the country! At the markets, where people come together for trade, you can see the results of those landmines: beggars with arms and legs …
A Guide for God Philippines “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things …
Living Springs Panama “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.” Psalm 34:17. As the time passes and we near the Lord’s second coming, the promise from Psalm 34:17 becomes dearer to our hearts. This past year has been full of challenges and at the same time we have seen God’s delivering …
God’s Open Ears and Ready Replies Laos Do you and your church come together for united prayer? If so, you undoubtedly see answers from God and can relate to Lay Pastor Terad Banjam’s* amazing experience. Terad Banjam, of the Hmong people, has planted four churches in the Vientiane province of Laos. These four churches already have 107 members and …
Apa ou Pale Creole? Haiti “I will bring the blind by a way that they did not know; I will lead them in paths that they have not known; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do for them, and not forsake them.” Isaiah 42:16. Not far from where I live, …
I’m Just a Little Child Philippines In 2013, the Mountain Heights missionary students, along with brothers Ruel Cape and Ting Palange, went to San José. One of the villages there is named Maayaay, which means “very fresh,” because the site is located at the top of a mountain and near the forest. Their leader, Junior Sugdan, offered us five …
The Light Brought Hope Vietnam What would cause someone to risk everything and plant his seventh home-church in a communist country? My family and I lived comfortably on the coast of Vietnam until one day government officials came to our home with an official letter. “We have to leave right away!” my father said after reading it. Later I …
