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HE YEAR OLD !FRICAN GIRL STOOD TO SING AT THE WORSHIP SERVICE IN THE HUMID HALLˆSLIGHT BUILT DRAWING BACK EVEN AS SHE STEPPED FORWARD CLEARLY WISHING SHE COULD BE ANYWHERE ELSE (ER ELDERLY ACCOMPANIST SEEMED NEARLY AS TROUBLED 4HE ANXIOUS LOOKS PASSING BETWEEN THEM SUGGESTED THAT THEY HAD NOT HAD THE USUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE TOGETHER !S THE lRST THIN REEDLIKE TONES OF h#OME #OME 9E 3AINTSv mOATED OVER THE HEADS OF THE CONGREGATION ) FOUND MYSELF ADMIRING THE YOUNG WOMAN S COURAGE !T HER AGE

) WOULDN T HAVE DARED TO SING A HYMNˆPARTICULARLY A COMPLEX ONEˆIN FRONT OF PEOPLE 3HE SOLDIERED ON

STRUGGLING IN HER NERVOUSNESS TO REACH THE HIGHER NOTES 4HE ENCOURAGING WORDS SHE SANG MIGHT WELL HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO HER OWN DIFlCULT TASK #OME COME YE SAINTS NO TOIL NOR LABOR FEAR "UT WITH JOY WEND YOUR WAY 4HOUGH HARD TO YOU THIS JOURNEY MAY APPEAR x )T WAS GOOD ) REMINDED MYSELF THAT WE SHOULD HEAR SUCH A MESSAGE ON A 3ABBATH MORNING EVEN IF THE SINGER AND THE VOCAL QUALITY WERE NOT SUPERLATIVE

"UT THEN CAME ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS OF HEARTFELT WORSHIP THAT MADE MY EYES GLISTEN WITH TEARS 3OFTLYˆSO SOFTLY AT lRST THAT ) THOUGHT ) WAS ONLY HEARING GORGEOUS ACOUSTICAL OVERTONES IN THE SPACIOUS ROOMˆA CHORUS OF HUMMED AND MURMURED HARMONY FROM HUNDREDS OF WORSHIPPERS SWEPT UP THE SINGER AND WRAPPED HER IN WARMTH AND STRENGTH 3HE BRIGHTENED VISIBLY AND LEANED INTO HER SONG 'IRD UP YOUR LOINS FRESH COURAGE TAKE /UR 'OD WILL NEVER US FORSAKE x 4HIS WAS THE CHURCHˆ'OD S BEAUTIFUL COMPASSIONATE PEOPLEˆAT WORSHIP LIFTING UP THE ONE WHO FELT HER WEAKNESS IMPROVING THE SONG WITH ALL THE RICH VARIETIES OF GIFTS AND HARMONIES THE 3PIRIT HAS GIVEN JOINING IN INSTEAD OF MERELY LISTENING -Y VOICE BROKE WITH GRATEFUL EMOTION AS ) JOINED 'OD S PEOPLE IN SUPPORTING THE SINGER / HOW WE LL MAKE THIS CHORUS SWELL

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AND ,EBANON RECENTLY PRODUCED THE lRST !RABIC LANGUAGE BROADCAST FOR THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH S (OPE #HANNEL 7ORKING UNDER THE (OPE #HANNEL S DIRECTOR OF OUTSIDE BROADCASTS !NDREW (UNT THE TEAM COMPLETED A HALF HOUR RECORDING FEATURING A MESSAGE ON GENEROSITY BY *ONY (AJAJ AN !DVENTIST PASTOR FROM !MMAN *ORDAN (UNT AND HIS TEAM OFFERED A CRASH COURSE ON SET CONSTRUCTION

CAMERA OPERATION LIGHTING DIRECTION

AND OTHER FUNDAMENTALS OF STUDIO PRODUCTION $ESPITE NO PREVIOUS MEDIA EXPERIENCE THE LOCAL VOLUNTEERS DELIVERED A hMEANINGFUL AND RELEVANT MESSAGE FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE -IDDLE %AST v SAID !LEX %LMADJIAN

COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE REGION h-OST OF THE GOOD THINGS IN THE WORLD HAD SMALL HUMBLE BEGINNINGSx 7ITH TERRIBLY LIMITED RESOURCES ;THE CREW= IS COMMITTED TO SHARING WITH THEIR MILLION PLUS !RABIC SPEAKING COMMUNITY v SAID

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#HURCH S lRST !RABIC LANGUAGE BROADCAST IN -IDDLE %AST KINDLES HOPE

2%!$9 &/2 ()3 #,/3% 50 6OLUNTEERS FROM THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE -IDDLE %AST PREP !DVENTIST PASTOR *ONY (AJAJ OF !MMAN *ORDAN FOR THE CAMERA (AJAJ LATER APPEARED IN THE CHURCH S lRST !RABIC TELEVISION PROGRAM IN THE REGION

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'ARY +RAUSE DIRECTOR OF THE WORLD CHURCH S /FlCE OF !DVENTIST -ISSION h7E WANT TO MAINTAIN THIS ENERGY AND MOMENTUM BY CHALLENGING OUR MEMBERS TO GET TOGETHER AND EXPLORE CREATIVE WAYS TO DELIVER 'OD S UNENDING LOVE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THIS REGION v SAID +JELL !UNE LEADER OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN THE -IDDLE %AST %LMADJIAN SAID THE DAY TRAINING EVENT ALSO EQUIPPED THE VOLUNTEERS WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED FOR FUTURE PRODUCTION /NE PROGRAM IN THE QUEUE CREATED BY THE DRAMA TEAM FROM THE CHURCH S .ILE 5NION !CADEMY IN %GYPT WILL ADDRESS REVENGEˆhA lTTING SUBJECT IN A REGION CONSTANTLY LONGING FOR PEACE v %LMADJIAN NOTED ˆ!DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK WITH -%5 3TAFF !LLIANCE ,INKS 'ERMAN !MERICAN !DVENTIST (OSPITALS N 4HE ONLY 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST SURGICAL HOSPITAL IN %UROPE

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'ERMANY IS GAINING A NEW ALLY IN ITS DESIRE TO EXCEL IN MEDICAL TREATMENT 4HE YEAR OLD HOSPITAL SIGNED A COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH !DVENTIST OWNED &LORIDA (OSPITAL WHICH IS CELEBRATING ITS CENTENNIAL THIS YEAR &LORIDA (OSPITAL PRESIDENT ,ARS (OUMANN AND +RANKENHAUS 7ALDFRIEDE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFlCER "ERND 1UOSS SIGNED THE AGREEMENT IN FRONT OF REPORTERS GUESTS AND DIGNITARIES INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR OF (EALTH AND (UMAN 3ERVICES FROM THE !MERICAN EMBASSY h4HIS PARTNERSHIP GREW OUT OF A SHARED DESIRE TO LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE OF THESE TWO WORLD CLASS FACILITIES /UR DOCTORS

ADMINISTRATORS STAFF AND ULTIMATELY OUR PATIENTS WILL BENElT FROM THIS EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND SHARING OF BEST PRACTICES v SAID (OUMANN h-ORE AND MORE /RLANDO IS BECOMING A GLOBAL LEADER IN HEALTH CARE v

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CELEBRATES THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE !DVENTIST OWNED FACILITY AND +RANKENHAUS 7ALDFRIEDE THE ONLY FULL RANGE !DVENTIST HOSPITAL IN %UROPE

WITH %DWIN 3CHARFSCHWERDT RETIRING #%/ AND PRESIDENT AT LEFT AND "ERND 1UOSS INCOMING #%/ AND PRESIDENT AT THE "ERLIN HOSPITAL 4HE TWO HOSPITALS WHICH SHARE A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST HERITAGE

ARE AGREEING TO EXCHANGE SCIENTIlC DATA AND RESEARCH EQUIPMENT

BENCHMARKING IN ADMINISTRATION AND NURSING AND MEDICAL WORK EXPERIENCE 4HESE AREAS INCLUDE SURGICAL METHODS

PAIN MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT APPROACHES FOR GYNECOLOGY HAND AND ANKLE SURGERY ANESTHESIA BREAST AND COLON CANCER GENERAL SURGERY

COLORECTAL MEDICINE DIABETES AND INTERNAL MEDICINE $OCTORS WILL ALSO DO ROTATIONS AT THE PARTNERING HOSPITAL AND REFER PATIENTS TO THE OTHER FACILITY h!FTER MY TWO MONTH STAY AT &LORIDA (OSPITAL ) AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT v SAID "ERND 1UOSS h7HILE AT &LORIDA (OSPITAL ) MET WITH HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND FRONTLINE STAFF PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PATIENT CARE v !CCORDING TO 1UOSS +RANKENHAUS 7ALDFRIEDE WILL BENElT GREATLY IN THE

AREAS OF ECONOMICS MEDICAL AND TECHNOLOGY WITH THIS COOPERATIVE EFFORT )N THE FEDERAL CAPITAL OF "ERLIN COMPETITION IS VERY HIGH WITH OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS "ERLIN IS BECOMING A DESTINATION FOR TREATMENT OF FOREIGN PATIENTS AS WELL AS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE USE OF HIGH TECH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT h4HIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT IS A lRST FOR +RANKENHAUS 7ALDFRIEDE AND FOR THIS WE ARE VERY PROUD 7E ARE ALSO VERY PROUD TO PARTNER WITH &LORIDA (OSPITAL v HE ADDED )N A TELEPHONE INTERVIEW 1UOSS SAID THAT WHILE ONLY HALF OF "ERLIN S POPULATION IDENTIlES ITSELF AS #HRISTIAN +RANKENHAUS 7ALDFRIEDE

WHICH HAS TWO 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST PASTORS ON STAFF AS CHAPLAINS IS A DESIRED HOSPITAL FOR MANY WHO WANT A SPIRITUAL TOUCH TO THEIR HEALTH CARE 4HE CHAPLAINS TRY TO VISIT EACH PATIENT DAILY THEY PRAY WITH THOSE WHO DESIRE COUNSEL AND THERE ARE WORSHIP

SERVICES EACH 3ABBATH h7E HAVE A VERY GOOD REPUTATION IN "ERLIN BECAUSE WE HAVE VERY GOOD EMPLOYEES PHYSICIANS NURSES AND ADMINISTRATORS v 1UOSS TOLD !DVENTIST 7ORLD )N A NATIONWIDE PATIENT SURVEY FOR THE BEST HOSPITAL IN REGARDING PATIENT SATISFACTION AND QUALITY OF TREATMENT +RANKENHAUS 7ALDFRIEDE RANKED NUMBER AMONG HOSPITALS /PENED IN &LORIDA (OSPITAL IS ONE OF THE LARGEST NOT FOR PROlT HOSPITALS IN THE COUNTRY ADMITTING MORE PATIENTS THAN ANY OTHER HOSPITAL IN THE NATION ACCORDING TO THE !MERICAN (OSPITAL !SSOCIATION 4HE MORE THAN BED SYSTEM

COMPRISED OF EIGHT HOSPITALS AND #ENTRA #ARE LOCATIONS HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY 5 3 .EWS 7ORLD 2EPORT AS ONE OF THE BEST HOSPITALS IN THE 5NITED 3TATES FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS &LORIDA (OSPITAL ALSO HAS PARTNERSHIPS WITH HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE FACILITIES IN OTHER COUNTRIES

INCLUDING -EXICO *AMAICA AND 0ERU ˆ&LORIDA (OSPITAL WITH !DVENTIST 7ORLD 3TAFF

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)TALY !DVENTISTS -ARK 9EARS OF 2ELIGIOUS &REEDOM N 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH )TALY S PRIME MINISTER AND OFlCIALS -ARCH TO COMMEMORATE THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE !DVENTIST #HURCH /NCE SIGNED INTO LAW IT LEGALIZED RELATIONS BETWEEN THE CHURCH AND THE )TALIAN STATE WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE CHURCH S IDENTITY OR INDEPENDENCE h7E WISH TO THANK THE AUTHORITIES OF OUR COUNTRY FOR THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY v SAID $ANIELE "ENINI PRESIDENT OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN )TALY )N !DVENTISTS WERE AMONG THE lRST 0ROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN THE PREDOMINANTLY 2OMAN #ATHOLIC NATION

$ORA "OGNANDI DIRECTOR OF THE CHURCH S DEPARTMENT OF 0UBLIC !FFAIRS AND 2ELIGIOUS ,IBERTY 0!2, IN )TALY SAID THE AGREEMENT MADE FULL PROVISION FOR SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATHKEEPERS IN )TALY )T ALSO OFlCIALLY RECOGNIZED !DVENTIST MINISTERS AND CEREMONIES OFlCIATED

BY THEM ALLOWED !DVENTIST YOUNG PEOPLE TO CHOOSE COMMUNITY SERVICE OVER COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE

AND ESTABLISHED !DVENTIST CHAPLAINCY POSTS IN THE COUNTRY S HOSPITALS AND PRISONS &OLLOWING THE AGREEMENT

THE !DVENTIST #HURCH WAS ALLOWED TO ADVERTISE AS WELL AS COLLECT CONTRIBUTIONS h)TALY IS AN INCREDIBLE EXAMPLE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM v SAID WORLD CHURCH 0!2, DIRECTOR *OHN 'RAZ

WHO JOINED THE !DVENTIST DELEGATION FOR THE MEETING h)N A COUNTRY THAT IS HOME TO THE 6ATICAN NOT ONLY ARE WE

RECOGNIZED BUT WE ARE WELCOMED AND WELL INTEGRATED 7E HAVE A VOICE IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE AND WE ARE TOTALLY PROTECTED BY THE STATE v 'RAZ TOLD THE OFlCIALS THAT HE HOLDS UP )TALY AS A MODEL OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DURING HIS TRAVELS TO PROMOTE FREEDOM OF BELIEF 0RIME -INISTER 2OMANO 0RODI

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&RANCO -ARINI AND FORMER REPUBLIC PRESIDENT /SCAR ,UIGI 3CALFARO SAID PERSONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS VITAL IN A NATION MADE UP OF MANY CULTURES AND BELIEF SYSTEMS 0RODI WHOSE POLITICAL CAREER IS ENDING SAID HE WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY !DVENTISM lRST CAME TO )TALY IN 4ODAY NEARLY !DVENTISTS WORSHIP IN THE COUNTRY OF NEARLY MILLION h$ESPITE OUR SMALL NUMBERS

ALMOST EVERYONE IN )TALY KNOWS ABOUT THE !DVENTIST #HURCH v 'RAZ SAID ˆ!DVENTIST .EWS .ETWORK 3TAFF

#%,%"2!4).' &2%%$/- !DVENTIST RELIGIOUS LIBERTY LEADER *OHN 'RAZ AND PRESIDENT OF THE !DVENTIST #HURCH IN )TALY $ANIELE "ENINI mANK )TALIAN PRIME MINISTER 2OMANO 0RODI CENTER 4HE THREE JOINED OTHER GOVERNMENT AND CHURCH OFlCIALS AT A MEETING THIS MONTH TO OBSERVE TWO DECADES OF FULL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN THE PREDOMINANTLY 2OMAN #ATHOLIC COUNTRY -AY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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ORE THAN PEOPLE JOINED THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH IN )NTER !MERICA AS TERRITORY WIDE BAPTISMS TOOK PLACE DURING THE SECOND 0ENTECOST AND -ORE EVENT ON -ARCH 4HE TOTAL IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO MORE THAN AS lVE OF THE CHURCH REGIONS HAVE YET TO REPORT 4HE HISTORIC THREE AND A HALF HOUR PROGRAM TOOK PLACE DURING A SATELLITE BROADCAST VIEWED WORLDWIDE FROM THE .ATIONAL !RENA IN +INGSTON *AMAICAˆTHE EVENT S HUB 0ENTECOST AND -ORE REPRESENTED THE CULMINATION OF JOINT EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS BY THOUSANDS OF CHURCH LEADERS AND MEMBERS THROUGHOUT )NTER !MERICA S MAJOR CHURCH UNIONS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS ,AST YEAR S PROGRAM OF THE SAME NAME WAS HOSTED IN THE $OMINICAN 2EPUBLIC

DREW MILLIONS OF SATELLITE VIEWERS AND ACCOUNTED FOR BAPTISMS 4HE TITLE WAS INSPIRED BY THE BIBLICAL 0ENTECOST AS RECOUNTED IN !CTS 4HE EVENT FEATURED A DOZEN SATELLITE FEEDS FROM CHURCH SITES THROUGHOUT )NTER !MERICA AS WELL AS AN ARRAY OF MUSICAL AND SPIRITUAL MESSAGES AIMED AT OFlCIALLY WELCOMING NEW BELIEVERS AND STRENGTHENING THEM AS THEY JOIN THE CHURCH 4HE PROGRAM WAS BROADCAST LIVE THROUGH !DVENTIST 4ELEVISION .ETWORK THE (OPE #HANNEL !".

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AS WELL AS %SPERANZA 46 AND !". ,ATINO 4RANSLATIONS WERE PROVIDED IN &RENCH AND 3PANISH h"Y JOINING THE CHURCH TODAY x YOU ARE JOINING THE LIKES OF !DAM OF !BRAHAM OF 0AUL OF *OHN OF %LLEN 7HITE OF ALL THE MILLIONS ;OF PEOPLE= WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE COMING OF THE ,ORD v SAID )SRAEL ,EITO )NTER !MERICA CHURCH PRESIDENT AS HE SPOKE TO HUNDREDS SEATED AT THE ARENA AWAITING BAPTISM AS WELL AS THOUSANDS MORE VIEWING THE BROADCAST h7E MUST SHARE THE HOPE WITH THE WORLD WE MUST SHARE HOPE WITH FELLOW BELIEVERS WE MUST DELIBERATELY DETERMINE TO BE GOOD AND BE GOOD TO OTHERS v HE SAID h7E HAVE TO STICK TOGETHER AS FELLOW BELIEVERS WE HAVE TO STICK TO OUR BELIEFS WE HAVE TO STICK TO OUR ,ORD WE HAVE TO STICK TO OUR HOPE

WE HAVE TO STICK TO OUR COMMITMENT v )T WAS THAT UNITY OF HOPE AND COMMITMENT TO FULlLL THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH THAT BROUGHT THE MILLION 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTISTS ACROSS )NTER !MERICA TO CELEBRATE TOGETHER -ORE THAN PEOPLE CROWDED INSIDE .ATIONAL !RENA TO SAVOR THE CULMINATION OF THE EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS THAT SWEPT THROUGH ALL OF *AMAICA S PARISHES DURING MONTHS OF TENT REVIVAL MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH h3INCE *ANUARY WE HAVE STARTED OUR SEASON OF @REAPING WHICH WILL BE FOLLOWED TODAY BY THE SEASON OF

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NURTURE AND CONSERVATION v SAID 0ATRICK !LLEN 7EST )NDIES REGION CHURCH PRESIDENT DURING THE EVENT h7E HAVE PRAYED WE HAVE FASTED AND WE HAVE WITNESSED TO MEN AND WOMEN OF THE SAVING LOVE OF *ESUS IN SMALL GROUPS AND IN OUR LOCAL CHURCHES %NTIRE CONGREGATIONS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED 7E THANK 'OD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REJOICE WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS THROUGHOUT )NTER !MERICA AS WE PRESENT OUR TROPHIES TO OUR 'OD v .EARLY NEW BELIEVERS DRESSED IN BAPTISMAL ROBES ARRIVED FROM THROUGHOUT *AMAICA IN DOZENS OF BUSES TO PUBLICLY TESTIFY OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO #HRIST $OZENS OF MINISTERS WAITED TO SUBMERGE THE NEW BELIEVERS AT THE ARENA S NEARBY /LYMPIC SIZED POOL AS WELL AS ONE SMALL BAPTISTERY SET UP INSIDE THE ARENA h) WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT ) AM READY THAT ) M NOT TURNING BACK v SAID !DMARIE (UNTE A BAPTISMAL CANDIDATE WHO TRAVELED WITH HER YOUNGEST SON

$ENORE 'REAVES FROM THE 3T -ARY PARISH IN NORTHEAST *AMAICA 3HE SAID SHE IS THE PRODUCT OF TWO GENERATIONS OF !DVENTISTS BUT HAD NEVER MADE THE DECISION TO GET BAPTIZED h*ESUS IS MY GUIDING LIGHT AND ) DEPEND ON (IM DAY AND NIGHT AND EVERY HOUR v SHE ADDED h(E NEVER LET ME DOWN v h) CAN T EXPLAIN HOW MUCH ) M REALLY HAPPY IT S THE HAPPIEST TIME OF

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LOWER CLASS AND THE CLASSLESSˆALL MUST BE BROUGHT TOGETHER UNDER ONE GREAT BANNER v )N ITS SECOND YEAR AS AN EVANGELISTIC INITIATIVE THE 0ENTECOST AND -ORE FOCUSED MORE ON SHOWCASING 4OP #2/7$ /& 7)4 THE IMPACT THE CHURCH HAS MADE IN THE .%33%3 .EARLY

LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH UNIQUE PEOPLE CROWDED THE OUTREACH PROJECTS "LOOD DRIVES

FEEDING THE NEEDY RADIO AND TELEVISION .ATIONAL !RENA IN PROGRAMS "IBLE DISTRIBUTION AND +INGSTON *AMAICA TO AGGRESSIVE HEALTH INITIATIVES WERE JUST WITNESS AND PARTICI SOME OF THE OUTREACH PROJECTS FEATURED PATE IN THE )NTER !MER !CCORDING TO "ALVIN "RAHAM

ICAN $IVISION SATELLITE ASSOCIATE MINISTERIAL DIRECTOR FOR THE EVENT 0ENTECOST AND CHURCH IN )NTER !MERICA AND MAIN EVENT -ORE WHICH RESULTED IN MORE THAN BAPTISMS -ARCH ORGANIZER ANOTHER IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE 2IGHT 2%02%3%.4).' 4(/53!.$3 #LOSE TO BELIEVERSˆA REPRESENTA THIS YEAR WAS TO REFOCUS THE GOSPEL TIVE NUMBER OF THE IMMERSED THROUGHOUT THE REGIONˆWERE BAPTIZED PRESENTATION ON THE CONSOLIDATION AND AT THE .ATIONAL !RENA S /LYMPIC SIZED POOL IN +INGSTON *AMAICA AS THE RETENTION OF NEW BELIEVERS 0ENTECOST AND -ORE SATELLITE EVENT TOOK PLACE THROUGHOUT THE 3EVENTH DAY h7E WANT THESE JOINT EFFORTS !DVENTIST #HURCH IN )NTER !MERICA TO HAVE LASTING EVANGELISTIC EFFECTS THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY INSPIRING MEMBERS TO FOCUS MORE ON THE FELT NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE IN THEIR PROMOTE TOGETHERNESS AMONG ITS MY LIFE v SAID 7AYNE 7HYTE ANOTHER COMMUNITIES v HE SAID MULTI CULTURAL MULTI LANGUAGE BAPTISMAL CANDIDATE 7HYTE NOW IN 0LANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DRAWN FOR COUNTRIES AND ISLANDS COMPRISING HIS S SAID ALTHOUGH HE HAD BEEN S 0ENTECOST AND -ORE PROGRAM THE )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION 'EORGE EXPOSED TO THE TRUTH AT AN EARLY AGE

4HE IDEA IS TO HOST LARGE EVENTS IN EACH HE DECIDED IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO GET 7 "ROWN FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH IN )NTER !MERICA INSTRUMENTAL OF THE MAJOR REGIONS RATHER THAN BAPTIZED WHILE ATTENDING A CRUSADE AT HAVING ONE HUB FOR ALL ACCORDING TO IN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE 0ADMORE !DVENTIST #HURCH "RAHAM PROMOTION OF UNITY IN THE TERRITORY

h) WANT TO WITNESS FOR #HRIST v HE h4HIS WILL ALLOW FOR YET MORE DELIVERED A SPECIAL MESSAGE ON THE SAID h) WANT TO BE A TRUE DISCIPLE v INVOLVEMENT OF THE MEMBERSHIP IN SUBJECT 4HOUSANDS MORE BAPTISMS lNISHING THE WORK v HE SAID h4HIS IS AN IDEAL TIME FOR 'OD S WERE WITNESSED ON THE LIVE SATELLITE h7E ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT THE ,ORD CHURCH IN THE )NTER !MERICAN $IVISION BROADCAST SCREENS HAS BEEN USING PASTORS ADMINISTRATORS

TO RECAPTURE ONCE AGAIN THE TRUE h4HIS EVENT NOT ONLY DEALT WITH LAYMEN YOUNG PEOPLE TO CARRY THE SPIRIT OF 0ENTECOST THE SPIRIT OF UNITY

THE ISSUE OF BAPTISM IT DEALT WITH THE ONENESS AND HARMONY AS TOGETHER WE GOSPEL AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE ISSUE OF BRINGING THE )NTER !MERICAN lNISHING OF THE PREACHING AND THE TAKE THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM TO ALL $IVISION TOGETHER v SAID ,EITO

COMING 'OD AND 3AVIOR v "RAHAM SAID THE WORLD v "ROWN SAID FOLLOWING THE PROGRAM h0EOPLE SAW 4HE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST h4HIS IS THE KEY TO A PROGRESSIVE EACH OTHER THEY HEARD EACH OTHER AND #HURCH IN )NTER !MERICA TERRITORY WE MARCHED TOGETHER AS ONE ;CHURCH= v ADVANCING CHURCH IN ALL THE WORLD UNITY OF SPIRIT UNITY OF MESSAGE UNITY COVERS -EXICO #ENTRAL !MERICA THE 4HAT MESSAGE OF UNITY HAS BEEN OF PURPOSE UNITY AS WE GO FORWARD FOR #ARIBBEAN AND THE NORTHERN TIP OF MORE EVIDENT THROUGHOUT THE CHURCH 3OUTH !MERICA AND HAS MORE THAN THE CULMINATION OF THE WORK OF 'OD IN )NTER !MERICA DURING THE PAST TWO MILLION MEMBERS WORSHIPPING IN

DECADES AS TOP CHURCH ADMINISTRATORS IN ALL THE WORLD v HE ADDED h7E ARE CHURCHES AND CONGREGATIONS HAVE SET OUT TO ENCOURAGE AND CONFRONTED WITH THE RICH AND POOR

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SPEAKING WITH A JOURNALIST WHO HAS PERHAPS NEVER HAD A CONVERSATION WITH A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS (OW DO YOU ENCOMPASS IN JUST A FEW SENTENCESˆA FEW SOUNDBITESˆTHE DEPTH AND BREADTH OF YOUR FAITH THE TREMENDOUS MEANING IT HAS FOR YOU PERSONALLY THE RICHNESS OF ITS HISTORY THE POWER OF ITS MESSAGE AND THE PROMISE IT HOLDS FOR BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND FOR SOCIETY 7HO !RE 9OU

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YEARS AGO 4HEY HAD SUCH DIFFERENT VALUES THEN v !S A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST ) WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THE VALUES THE "IBLE TEACHES ARE NOT IMPRISONED WITHIN ANY ONE CULTURE OR ANY PARTICULAR PERIOD OF HISTORY 4HEY ARE TIMELESS AND hCULTURE LESSv THEY SPEAK TO US NO MATTER WHERE WE LIVE OR WHAT OUR BACKGROUND !ND SO WE MUST SHOW HOW THE VALUES WE ADVOCATE RELATE TO LIFE AS WE LIVE IT NOW #OMPASSION SELmESS SERVICE LOVE OF FREEDOM TOLERANCE AND RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER WILLINGNESS TO GIVE RATHER THAN TAKEˆTHESE ETERNAL BIBLICAL VALUES HAVE IMMENSE SIGNIlCANCE IN TODAY S WORLD

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THEY ARE ALIVE /URS IS NOT A FAITH OF THEORY BUT OF PRACTICE 4HE FAITH WE HOLD IS NOT CONlNED IN AN ARCHIVE OR TEXTBOOK IT S NOT A FAITH THAT S BEST EXPLAINED BY THE ACADEMIC OR EVEN THE THEOLOGIAN )T S A FAITH THAT

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LOWING CATTLE AND CHILDREN BEGGING FOR SOMETHING TO DRINK ) CAN IMAGINE THE EXCITEMENT OF THE )SRAELITES ON ONE OCCASION WHEN AFTER TRAVELING IN THE DESERT FOR THREE DAYS WITHOUT lNDING ANY WATER THE NEWS SPREADS THROUGH THE CROWD h7ATER AHEAD v

THIRSTY AND TIRED AS THEY HAD BEFORE !ND SO THE PEOPLE BEGIN TO GRUMBLE 7HEN READING THE STORIES OF )SRAEL S DESERT WANDERINGS ) HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RATHER CRITICAL ) HAVE MARVELED AT THEIR LACK OF FAITH IN 'OD AND THE SPEED AT WHICH THEY SEEMED TO FORGET (IS MIRACLES )N MY MIND TRAVELING BACK TO THE TIME OF THE %XODUS ) WOULD IMAGINE MYSELF STANDING NEXT TO -OSES SHAKING MY HEAD AT THE )SRAELITES FAITHLESS BEHAVIOR 4HE EXPERIENCE OF OUR OWN ON CAMPUS WATER PROBLEMS HOWEVER HAS TAUGHT ME OTHERWISE ) NOW REALIZE IF ) HAD BEEN ONE OF THE )SRAELITES FACING A CONTAMINATED WATER SUPPLY ) WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE FRONT ROW COMPLAINING

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7ATER IS SOMETHING ) HAVE ALWAYS MORE OR LESS TAKEN FOR GRANTED )T S ALWAYS BEEN THERE "UT AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE AS ) CARRY BUCKETS OF WATER INTO MY HOUSE ) HAVE BEGUN NOTICING AND HAVE BEEN SURPRISED

BY HOW MUCH OF IT ) USE IN A DAY AND HOW DEPENDENT ) AM ON WATER ) NEED WATER NOT ONLY FOR DRINKING

SHOWERING AND DOING THE LAUNDRY ) ALSO NEED IT TO WASH MY TOOTHBRUSH

WIPE THE KITCHEN COUNTER RINSE MY HANDS WHILE COOKING AND WIPE THE MUD FROM MY SHOES ) JUST NEED WATER

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4HE CHILDREN lND NEW ENERGY AND BEGIN RUNNING 4HE CATTLE SURGE FORWARD SNIFlNG THE AIR EAGERLY $UST

DIRT HEAVY LOADS AND ACHING FEET ARE FORGOTTEN 7ATER AT LAST 0ERHAPS IT IS A COW OR A LITTLE GIRL WHO ARRIVES lRST AT THE POOL OF WATER OR MAYBE SEVERAL PEOPLE ARRIVE AT THE SAME TIME 4HEY MAY BE EXPECTING THE WATER TO BE LUKEWARM RATHER THAN COLD BUT THEY DO NOT EXPECT IT TO BE BITTER 4HEY lND THE WATER TO BE CONTAMINATED AND UNUSABLE )T MUST SEEM TO THEM LIKE A CRUEL JOKE ) IMAGINE EVERYONE SUDDENLY FEELS TWICE AS HOT DUSTY

"Y #HANTAL * +LINGBEIL

THE LOUDEST ) WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOUTING

h7HAT ARE MY CHILDREN SUPPOSED TO DRINK 7HY WASN T THIS BETTER PLANNED 7HO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS v ) THINK ) PREVIOUSLY VIEWED THE )SRAELITES PROBLEMS AS SPIRITUAL AND SOMEWHAT DISCONNECTED FROM EVERYDAY LIFEˆAT LEAST FROM MY EVERYDAY LIFE "UT HAVING FACED THE REALITY OF CONTAMINATED WATER ) HAVE NOW BEGUN TO UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEIR FEARS AND CONCERNS ) REALIZE THAT SPIRITUAL ISSUES AND THE BASIC NECESSITIES OF LIFE ARE INTIMATELY INTERWOVEN -Y SPIRITUAL LIFE IS NOT SOMETHING ) CAN PUT ON AND OFF ON 3ABBATH )T IS NOT DISCONNECTED FROM MY EVERYDAY LIFE )N REALITY IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH HOW ) FACE BITTER DISAPPOINTMENT WHOM AND WHAT ) BLAME FOR MY CIRCUMSTANCES

HOW ) HANDLE MY FEARS AND WORRIES FOR MY CHILDREN OR TO WHOM ) TURN IN ORDER TO HAVE MY BASIC EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL NEEDS MET

,EARNING TO "E 4HANKFUL

0ERHAPS ) TAKE TOO MUCH FOR GRANTED

SUCH AS THE DRINKING WATER IN MY FAUCET ) ASSUME ) SHOULD BE PROVIDED WITH MY BASIC NEEDS AS IF ) SIGNED A PREAGREED UPON LIST OF RIGHTS BEFORE CONSENTING TO BE BORN WHILE FORGETTING THAT NEARLY HALF OF THE WORLD S POPULATION DOESN T HAVE WATER FAUCETS THAT CAN JUST BE TURNED ON TO ENJOY POTABLE WATER IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOMES 4OO QUICKLY ) lND MYSELF FAILING TO REMEMBER TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE ESSENTIALS 7HEN ) SAY GRACE BEFORE EATING AM ) GRATEFUL !M ) THANKFUL FOR A COMFORTABLE PLACE TO LIVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WORK AND PEOPLE WHO LOVE AND SUPPORT ME $O ) KEEP IN MIND THE EXODUS EXPERIENCES 'OD HAS BROUGHT ME THROUGH THE LIFESTYLE (E HAS SAVED ME FROM THE SINS (E HAS PAID FOR IN FULL -OSES DID WHAT ) NEED TO LEARN TO DO HE CRIED OUT TO THE ,ORD %X 7E DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT WORDS HE USED BUT IT SEEMS THIS hCRYING OUT TO THE ,ORDv INVOLVED LAYING OUT THE PROBLEMS BEFORE 'OD AS -OSES SAW THEM (IS RELATIONSHIP WITH 'OD WAS HONEST AND OPEN (E POURED OUT HIS HEART TO 'OD (E EXPRESSED HIS WORRIES AND FEARS !ND THEN THE MIRACLE HAPPENED -OSES BECAME QUIET AND GAVE 'OD A CHANCE TO SPEAK TO HIM 'OD SHOWED HIM A PIECE OF WOOD h.OW WHAT DOES A PIECE OF WOOD HAVE TO DO WITH CONTAMINATED WATER AND A LARGE GROUP OF UNHAPPY PEOPLE YELLING FOR WATER v HE MIGHT HAVE WONDERED "UT AS CONFUSING AS IT MAY HAVE SEEMED -OSES FOLLOWED 'OD S INSTRUCTIONS AND THREW THE PIECE OF WOOD INTO THE POOLäAND SUDDENLY THE WATER BECAME SWEET AND USABLE ) SUSPECT THAT THE lRST PERSON TO TRY THE WATER AGAIN MUST HAVE BEEN RATHER SKEPTICAL 4HE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM PERHAPS SEEMED A LITTLE SIMPLISTIC )T WAS AFTER ALL JUST A PIECE OF WOOD THAT HAD BEEN LYING THERE ALL ALONG "UT THE PERSON SCOOPED THE WATER IN ONE HAND AND HELD IT TO THE LIGHT 4HEN PERHAPS HE SMELLED IT AND

lNALLY HE TENTATIVELY TOOK A SMALL SIP h4HE WATER IS SWEET v HE EXCLAIMS #RYING /UT TO 'OD

4HE OBJECTIVE OF MY SPIRITUAL LIFE IS TO GET TO THE PLACE WHERE ) CAN CRY OUT TO THE ,ORD THE PLACE WHERE ALL MY SELF MADE SECURITY BLANKETS ARE STRIPPED AWAY !ND ONCE ) HAVE POURED OUT MY HEART TO THE ,ORD ) NEED TO BE OPEN TO (IS 3PIRIT AND ALLOW (IM TO SHOW ME THE hPIECE OF WOODv ) NEED )T MAY BE A PHONE CALL AND A SIMPLE h) M SORRYv TO MEND A RELATIONSHIP OR IT MAY BE MORE COMPLEX BECAUSE 'OD IS WILDLY CREATIVE /N ONE OCCASION IN ORDER TO MEET THE )SRAELITES WATER NEEDS

'OD TOLD -OSES TO STRIKE A ROCK %X !NOTHER TIME (E COMMANDED THE LEADERS TO DRILL IN THE SAND WITH THEIR STAFFS .UM -Y RELATIONSHIP WITH 'OD IS NOT GOVERNED

BY SET FORMULAS )T IS NOT A POLITICAL NEGOTIATION GAME BETWEEN TWO POWERFUL PARTIES !MAZINGLY 'OD OFFERS TO STEP INTO MY SMALL LIFE WITH ME (E WANTS TO BE INVOLVED 4OGETHER WE CAN WALK THROUGH THE DRY PATCHES -Y /WN 0IECES OF 7OOD

!S ) CARRIED BUCKETS OF WATER AROUND THE DAY OUR WATER WAS CONTAMINATED AND WONDERED ABOUT THE LONG TERM PROSPECTS OF GETTING CLEAN WATER AGAIN ) DECIDED ) WANTED TO BE MORE AWARE OF 'OD S EVERYDAY PRESENCE AND MORE OPEN TO THE GUIDING OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 4HAT WAY ) WILL ALLOW 'OD TO SHOW ME THE hPIECES OF WOODv ) NEED TO TRANSFORM THE hBITTERv IN MY LIFE INTO hSWEET v

#HANTAL * +LINGBEIL IS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF !CADEMIC #OMPOSITION AND 2ESEARCH 7RITING FOR !DVENTIST )NTERNATIONAL )NSTITUTE OF !DVANCED 3TUDIES !))!3 IN 3ILANG #AVITE 0HILIPPINES

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RIC 2AJAH SPENT MOST OF THE MONTH OF &EBRUARY IN .AKURU +ENYA 2AJAH DIRECTOR OF THE #ANADA BASED RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ! "ETTER 7ORLD HAD TRAVELED TO +ENYA IN THE WAKE OF THE SOCIAL INSTABILITY THAT HAD ROCKED THE NATION AFTER THAT COUNTRY S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS LATE LAST YEAR ! "ETTER 7ORLD SUPPORTS AN ORPHANAGE IN .AKURU AND THE RIOTING AND LOOTING THAT FOLLOWED THE CONTESTED ELECTION AND SWEPT THE COUNTRY CAUSED THE DESTRUCTION OF MANY OF THE NEARBY HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS CLOSE TO THE ORPHANAGE !T TIMES MEMBERS OF COMPETING TRIBES APPEARED AT THE GATES OF THE ORPHANAGE ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT IT WAS TRYING TO REMAIN NEUTRAL IN THE STRUGGLE AND THAT ITS ONLY MISSION WAS TO CARE FOR THE CHILDREN UNDER ITS SUPERVISION 2AJAH S IMMEDIATE CONCERN WAS TO PROCURE FOOD AND OTHER ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES FOR THE ORPHANAGE CUT OFF DURING THE CHAOS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE VIOLENCE "UT WITH THOUSANDS OF DISPLACED PEOPLE IN DESPERATE NEED OF FOOD AND SHELTER 2AJAH AND !

"ETTER 7ORLD SWUNG INTO ACTION WITH EMERGENCY AID TO ASSIST WITH THE LARGER RELIEF EFFORT COOPERATING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER RELIEF AGENCIES h2IGHT NOW THE CAMP WE ARE IN HAS PEOPLE WHO ARE DISPLACED v HE REPORTS h)T S A TERRIBLE SITUATION

3TEPHEN #HAVEZ IS MANAGING EDITOR OF !DVENTIST 7ORLD AND !DVENTIST 2EVIEW

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ -AY

/UR FOCUS IS MOTHERS AND CHILDREN 7E HAVE ABOUT MOTHERS WITH CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF THAT WE DO EVERYTHING FORˆFROM MATTRESSES TO POTS AND PANS TO FEEDING THEM

MEDICINE THE WHOLE WORKS v 'IVING "ACK

%RIC 2AJAH WAS BORN IN 3RI ,ANKA YEARS AGO TO PARENTS WHO TAUGHT IN A 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST SCHOOL %RIC S MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD IN 3RI ,ANKA HAD LIVED IN A VILLAGE WHERE !DVENTIST MISSIONARIES SET UP A SCHOOL FOR LOCAL CHILDREN h-Y MOTHER CAME FROM A VERY POOR FAMILY v 2AJAH REMEMBERS h"ECAUSE OF HER EDUCATION IN A CHURCH SCHOOL OUR ENTIRE FAMILY BENElTED BY GETTING OUT OF POVERTY v 2AJAH HIS PARENTS AND HIS TWO BROTHERS EVENTUALLY MADE THEIR WAY TO #ANADA WHERE %RIC ATTENDED #ANADIAN 5NION #OLLEGE NOW #ANADIAN 5NIVERSITY #OLLEGE !FTER GRADUATING WITH A "ACHELOR OF !RTS DEGREE 2AJAH RECEIVED A BUSINESS DEGREE FROM THE 5NIVERSITY OF 6ANCOUVER IN "RITISH #OLUMBIA 4HEN HE RETURNED TO #ANADIAN 5NIVERSITY #OLLEGE AND SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF 3TUDENT &INANCE &IVE YEARS LATER HE STARTED HIS OWN BUSINESS IN 2ED $EER !LBERTA h7HEN ) STARTED MY BUSINESS ) SAID

@3OMEDAY IF ) M SUCCESSFUL IN #ANADA

) WANT TO GIVE BACK SOME MONEY AND TIME TOWARD HELPING PEOPLE v )N 2AJAH TEAMED UP WITH "RIAN ,EAVITT THEN CAMPUS CHAPLAIN AT #ANADIAN 5NIVERSITY #OLLEGE TO FUND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD 5SING THE #OLLEGE (EIGHTS 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH AS A BASE TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR !

"ETTER 7ORLD AND WITH MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH BOARD SERVING AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE BODY FOR ! "ETTER 7ORLD 2AJAH AND ,EAVITT BEGAN THEIR MODEST OPERATION BY DONATING #!.

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6) ! ! ! ! S SMA MALLLLLL G MA G GIR IRLL ENNJO JOYS YYSS AA ME A MEAL AT THE &AMILIA &ELIZ MEAL AL ATT TH THE TH E &A E AMI MILILIL A A &E &ELILIZ &ELI IZ ( (APPY &AMILY 3CHOOL AND (AP APPY PY & PY &AM AMILILI Y AM Y 3 3CH CHOO OOLL AN OO AND AND /RPHANAGE IN "OLIVIA /RRPH / PHAN HAN ANAG AGE E IN IN "OL OLIV IVIA IVIA IAA +%.9! ! MEMBER OF THE +%.9 +% + %.9! .9 9! ! ! ! M M MEM EMBE BER BE R OF OF T TTHE HE -ASAI IN +ENYA TRIES ON A PAIR -ASA -A SAAI I I IN + IN + +EN ENYA YA T TRIIEESS O YA ON ON A N A PA A PA PAIR IR OF EYEGLASSES OBTAINED AT OOF E F EYE YEGL GLAS A SE SES S OB S OB BTA TAIN INED ED A D AT T ONE OF THE MANY EYE CLINICS OONNE E OF OF T THE THE H M MAN ANY Y EY EYE EY E CL CLIN INIC INIC I S S PROVIDED BY ! "ETTER 7ORLD PPRROVVID IDED E BBY ED Y ! "E "ETT TTTEERR 7 7OR ORLD LD LD D

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!N !DVENTIST ORGANIZATION PROVIDES EDUCATION HEALTH CARE AND SHELTER TO THOSE WHO HAVE DONE WITHOUT FOR TOO LONG -AY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

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&ROM ITS MODEST BEGINNINGS YEARS AGO ! "ETTER 7ORLD NOW OVERSEES NEARLY PROJECTS A YEAR AND BRINGS IN MORE THAN #!.

MILLION IN DONATIONS h7E INVEST A LOT OF MONEY IN EDUCATIONˆBUILDING SCHOOLS TRAINING TEACHERS SUPPLYING BOOKS AND DESKS TO THESE SCHOOLS v SAYS 2AJAH (E NOTES THAT IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CANNOT PROVIDE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR THE EDUCATION AND HEALTH NEEDS OF THEIR CITIZENS "UT THAT

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ -AY

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM ORGANIZATIONS

SUCH AS ! "ETTER 7ORLD TEACHERS AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS CAN SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES IN FACILITIES PROVIDED WITH OUTSIDE HELP h7E BUILD ;SCHOOLS= AND CLINICS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SO THAT WE DON T HAVE TO SUSTAIN THEM v HE SAYS h7E EXPECT THEM TO PUT THEIR TEACHERS IN PLACE AND WE HAVE THAT AGREEMENT BEFORE WE START ;BUILDING= THE SCHOOL v ! "ETTER 7ORLD ALSO WORKS WITH A hCOMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCILv IN EACH COMMUNITY MADE UP OF THE lVE OR SIX MOST INmUENTIAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ! VILLAGE CHIEF

SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HOSPITAL OR CLINIC SUPERVISOR AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS HELP DETERMINE PRIORITIES FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AND HELP IMPLEMENT THE PROJECTS 4HE COUNCIL THEN MONITORS THE FUND ACCOUNTS AND PROVIDES PERIODIC REPORTS 4HEN VOLUNTEERS FOR ! "ETTER 7ORLD TRAVELING AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE

VISIT EACH PROJECT ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR TO CHECK ITS PROGRESS AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS RUNNING SMOOTHLY h4HEY SPEND TWO OR THREE DAYS AT OUR PROJECT SITES MONITORING THE PREVIOUS YEAR S WORK AND PLANNING THE NEXT YEAR S

4OP +%.9! .INE YEAR OLD *ACK LINE WITH !NDREA 'IACOBBO LEFT AND 0AULA -UNRO TAKES HER lRST STEPS ! "ETTER 7ORLD PROVIDED ELBOW CRUTCHES STANDING FRAMES

BRACES SHOES AND OTHER MATERIALS FOR DISABLED CHILDREN AT 3MALL (OME "ECAUSE OF A CONGENITAL CONDITION

*ACKLINE HAD NEVER WALKED BEFORE "OTTOM 4)"%4 (OLINESS +ARMA 'YURME 2INPOCHE IS SURROUNDED

BY CHILDREN AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE 7ARITAN 3CHOOL IN 1UINGHAI 0ROVINCE #HINA 4HE SCHOOL IS SPONSORED BY ! "ETTER 7ORLD

! , , 0 ( / 4 / 3 " 9 ! " % 4 4 % 2 7 / 2 , $

"AY +ENYA ! REPORT OF THAT PROJECT APPEARED IN !DVENTIST 2EVIEW h4ALL IN THE 6ILLAGE v !PR

h) TRIED TO ADOPT A BUSINESS MODEL FOR HUMANITARIAN WORK v 2AJAH EXPLAINS ! "ETTER 7ORLD VIEWS ITS PROJECTS AS INVESTMENTS NOT ONLY AS CHARITIES h/UR RETURNS DON T HAVE TO BE MONETARY BUT ;THE PROJECTS= HAVE TO PRODUCE SOME RESULTS v HE SAYS !NOTHER PART OF THIS hBUSINESS MODELv REQUIRES LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT THEY RECEIVE FROM ! "ETTER 7ORLD !ND lNALLY OVERHEAD EXPENSES ARE KEPT AT AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM h/UR GOAL IS ZERO OVERHEAD v SAYS 2AJAH h.OBODY S PAID WE HAVE NO OFlCE WE DON T EVEN HAVE A TELEPHONE BILL %VERYBODY WHO TRAVELS HAS TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY THEY HAVE TO DONATE THEIR OWN TIME .ONE OF THE DONOR MONEY GOES TO PAY FOR OVERHEAD v %IGHTEEN YEARS LATER ! "ETTER 7ORLD WORKS IN COUNTRIES INCLUDING !FGHANISTAN "OLIVIA )NDIA +ENYA

2WANDA 4IBET 5GANDA AND THE 5NITED 3TATES FOLLOWING (URRICANE +ATRINA h4HIRD 7ORLD COUNTRIES DON T HAVE THE SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THE TAX SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE POPULATION AND WE ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE BASICS OF EDUCATION WATER AND HEALTH v HE SAYS

WORK v 3AYS 2AJAH h7E WORK IN A COMMUNITY FOR lVE TO YEARS v ! "ETTER 7ORLD HAS A VOLUNTEER BASE THAT IS PERCENT NON !DVENTIST AND PERCENT !DVENTIST !ND 2AJAH ESTIMATES THAT PERCENT OF THE lNANCIAL DONATIONS TO ! "ETTER 7ORLD COME FROM NON !DVENTIST DONORS 2AJAH EXPLAINS h)N MY BUSINESS ) SAW MANY PEOPLE MOST NOT RELIGIOUS

WHO WERE NOT GOING TO CHURCH BUT HAD A DEEP DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE 4HEY DIDN T HAVE A MECHANISM TO ENGAGE THEMSELVES v 3OME INDEPENDENT CHURCHES IN AND AROUND 2ED $EER THAT DON T SUPPORT A REGULAR MISSION HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATION DONATE TO ! "ETTER 7ORLD TO FULlLL THEIR #HRISTIAN DUTIES TO THE hLEAST OF THESEv IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD 0UBLIC ELEMENTARY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CLASSES HAVE JOINED ! "ETTER 7ORLD TO RAISE MONEY AND DONATE SERVICES TO PROJECTS AROUND THE WORLD h4HIS IS AN UNWRITTEN PASSION FOR ME v SAYS 2AJAH ABOUT THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN 2ED $EER hTO ENGAGE THEM AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE CHURCH DOES v !T THE COMPLETION OF A PROJECT

DONORS ARE INVITED AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE OF COURSE TO ATTEND THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONIES AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES WHAT THEIR DONATIONS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED h)T lRES THEM TO COME BACK AND RAISE MORE MONEY v OBSERVES 2AJAH 4HE PROlLE OF THE #OLLEGE (EIGHTS !DVENTIST #HURCH IN ,ACOMBE HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY IN THE LAST YEARS !LL DONATIONS TO ! "ETTER 7ORLD ARE RECEIPTED THROUGH THE CHURCH 0EOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY ATTEND THE ANNUAL (UMANITARIAN $AY SERVICE AT WHICH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY LEADERS HAVE BEEN KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ,AST YEAR S SPEAKER 'ORD "ONTJE PRESIDENT OF ,AEBON (OMES AND CHAIR OF THE #ATHOLIC SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTED

h) HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING ! "ETTER 7ORLD FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS )

HAD A CHANCE TO GO ON A TRIP LAST .OVEMBER WITH MY DAUGHTER ) AM AMAZED HOW A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS CAN MAKE SUCH A HUGE DIFFERENCE v !N EDITORIAL IN 4HE ,ACOMBE 'LOBE *AN

ENTITLED h4HE 2IPPLE %FFECT OF +INDNESSv ACCOMPANIED A FRONT PAGE STORY BY THE PAPER S EDITOR ,ISA *OY REPORTING ON A TRIP SHE TOOK TO A -USLIM COMMUNITY IN +ENYA WHERE MEDICAL AND OPTICAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY ! "ETTER 7ORLD 4HE BROAD DONOR BASE TO ! "ETTER 7ORLD IS REmECTED ALSO IN THE CROSS CULTURAL PROJECTS FUNDED BY IT h7E DON T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK WE RE JUST TAKING THEIR MONEY AND SUPPORTING 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST PROJECTS ONLY v SAYS 2AJAH ! "ETTER 7ORLD SERVES COMMUNITIES WHERE THE MAJORITY RELIGION IS -USLIM "UDDHIST 2OMAN #ATHOLIC OR 0ROTESTANT AS WELL AS !DVENTIST h%VERY TIME WE NAME A BUILDING ! "ETTER 7ORLD IS ALWAYS AT THE BOTTOM v SAYS 2AJAH h;4HE SIGN= WILL SAY @&UNDED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND ! "ETTER 7ORLD OF THE #OLLEGE (EIGHTS 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH v ! "ETTER 7ORLD ALSO SPONSORS SHORT TERM TWO WEEK MISSION PROGRAMS h7E SAY @4AKE YOUR VACATION TURN IT INTO A MISSION AND ENJOY BOTH v SAYS 2AJAH !LWAYS A .EED

! "ETTER 7ORLD PARTNERS WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCIES AROUND THE WORLD NOTABLY THE !DVENTIST $EVELOPMENT AND 2ELIEF !GENCY !$2!

THE 2ED #ROSS !CTION FOR (UNGER AND -EDICAL !SSISTANCE 0ROGRAM -!0 )NTERNATIONAL 2AJAH S NEXT INITIATIVE IS TO ENLIST YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE WORK OF ! "ETTER 7ORLD ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO STUDY ON PUBLIC COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES h4WO YEARS AGO WE GOT A GROUP OF ENGINEERING STUDENTS FROM

THE 5NIVERSITY OF /TTAWA TO SET UP THEIR OWN CHAPTER v SAYS 2AJAH h4HEY WORKED ON A WATER SYSTEM AND SOLAR LIGHTING 4HEY DID IT AS A CLASS PROJECT WITH THEIR PROFESSORS v !NOTHER GROUP OF lVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TWO COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE PART OF A GROUP IN +ENYA EARLIER THIS YEAR 4HIS YEAR ! "ETTER 7ORLD IS SUPPORTING THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS N "ALOCHI "REAKFAST #ENTER IN +ISUMU

+ENYA PROVIDES BREAKFAST TO ORPHANS WHO ATTEND THREE LOCAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS N &AMILIA &ELIZ /RPHANAGE IN "OLIVIA CARES FOR ORPHANS AND IS HELPING TO DEVELOP AN AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR THEIR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS N +EDOWA 3CHOOL FOR THE $EAF IN +ENYA NEEDS PERMANENT BUILDINGS TO REPLACE THE TEMPORARY ONES THAT SERVE ITS MORE THAN DEAF STUDENTS AND STAFF N +IPCHIMCHIM (OSTEL IN %AST +ENYA PROVIDES HOUSING FOR CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES N )N !FGHANISTAN A SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND IS IN THE PLANNING STAGES AS IS A SCHOOL FOR GIRLS )NFORMATION ABOUT THESE AND OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL AS HOW TO BE INVOLVED IN ! "ETTER 7ORLD IS AVAILABLE AT ITS 7EB SITE WWW A BETTER WORLD CA !NYONE WHO HAS TRAVELED IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY IS FAMILIAR WITH THE SYSTEMIC NEEDS SUCH AS POVERTY AND SICKNESS CAUSED BY LACK OF EDUCATION MEDICAL CARE FOOD AND SHELTER 4HOSE WHO VOLUNTEER WITH !

"ETTER 7ORLD KNOW THAT THEIR ACTIONS TOUCH ONLY A FRACTION OF THE WORLD S NEEDS 9ET THEY ALSO KNOW THAT WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE hNEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTHv 2EV SEEN BY THE PROPHET OF 0ATMOS THEIR DUTY IS TO THE ONES *ESUS DESCRIBED AS hTHE LEAST OF THESEv -ATT &OR THOSE THEY SERVE ! "ETTER 7ORLD BEGINS NOW

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3 0 ) 2 ) 4 / & 0 2 / 0 ( % # 9

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OD HAS A MUCH HIGHER STANDARD FOR (IS PEOPLE TO REACH THAN THEY HAVE REACHED IN THE PAST 7HAT CAN ) SAY THAT WILL GIVE THEM A CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY RESTING ON THEM TO BE #HRISTLIKE IN WORD AND DEED x $ID WE LIVE THE WORDS OF #HRIST WE SHOULD BE BROUGHT INTO SUCH CLOSE CONTACT WITH (IM THAT WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT TO DO IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE WORK OF 'OD 7HEN WE TAKE #HRIST AS OUR EXAMPLE IN CHARACTER BUILDING WE SHALL MAKE DECIDED PROGRESS 7HEN WE ARE lLLED WITH A DESIRE TO BE LIKE OUR 3AVIOUR WHEN WE REFUSE TO WEAVE SELF INTO THE WORK THAT WE

'OD POINTS OUT THE PATH OF DUTY SAYING h4HIS IS THE WAY WALK YE IN IT v )N THAT PATH LIE SELF DENIAL AND THE CROSS

BUT IT IS ;THE= ONLY PATH OF PEACE AND SAFETY "UT THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE TURNING THEIR BACKS ON THIS PATH AND ARE WALKING IN THE COMPANIONSHIP OF SELFˆA COMPANIONSHIP THAT THEY HAVE EVERY REASON TO DREAD *ESUS &IRST /THERS 3ECOND

4HE DIVINE REVELATION AND COMMISSION GIVEN TO -OSES MADE HIM GREAT (E WOULD NOT CEASE PLEADING h3HOW ME THY GLORY v !ND THE ,ORD MADE (IS GLORY PASS BEFORE

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h) LL BE A WITNESS FOR MY ,ORD v

HIM -OSES TALKED WITH 'OD FACE TO FACE AS A MAN TALKETH WITH A FRIEND 4HE REALIZATION OF HIS INABILITY TO DO THE WORK GIVEN HIM DROVE HIM TO 'OD TO PLEAD FOR THE PEOPLE UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP .ATURALLY HE WAS DIFlDENT SLOW OF 0UTTING 3ELF !SIDE SPEECH HESITATING SELF DISTRUSTFUL BUT HE WAS ELOQUENT AS 7E NEED TO FEEL OUR OBLIGATION TO THE HIGHER 0OWER 4HAT HE BESOUGHT THE ,ORD IN BEHALF OF HIS PEOPLE (E PRESENTED PRESENCE IS EVER WITH US ASSERTING SUPREME AUTHORITY AND THEM BEFORE 'OD SAYING h/H THIS PEOPLE HAVE SINNED A TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE SERVICE THAT WE RENDER OR WITHHOLD x GREAT SIN AND HAVE MADE THEM GODS OF GOLD 9ET NOW IF h4HOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME v 4HIS COMMAND THOU WILT FORGIVE THEIR SINˆAND IF NOT BLOT ME ) PRAY THEE

MUST BE SACREDLY OBSERVED IF WE WOULD FULlLL THE PURPOSE OUT OF THY BOOK WHICH THOU HAST WRITTEN v OF 'OD FOR US IN OUR CREATION AND REDEMPTION 7E MUST )T WAS MERCY THAT RULED IN THE LEADERSHIP OF -OSES RISE HEAVENWARD MAKING 'OD lRST AND LAST AND BEST IN )T WAS MERCY THAT SPOKE THROUGH THE WORDS AND DEEDS EVERYTHING (E IS OUR SOLE SUPREME AND EVERLASTING GOOD x OF #HRIST .OT ONE THREAD OF SELlSHNESS WAS DRAWN INTO

DO FOR THE ,ORD WHEN WE LOOK AWAY FROM lNITE COUNSEL TO THE /NE WHO IS TOO WISE TO ERR AND TOO GOOD TO DO US HARM

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!LL ALONG THE PATH WE TRAVEL WE ARE TO LEAVE WAYMARKS OF THE LOVE OF #HRIST 4HIS LOVE ACTED OUT IN THE LIFE ALWAYS BRINGS A RESPONSE )T CAUSES OFFERINGS OF GRATITUDE TO BE BROUGHT TO 'OD BY THOSE WHO APPRECIATE (IS GOODNESS 'OD S WORKERS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS THEIR EFFORTS TO FORWARD (IS CAUSE ARE MADE IN HARMONY WITH THE PLAN OF THE 3AVIOUR 4HOSE WHO ARE CONNECTED WITH 'OD AS (IS COLABORERS CAN REVEAL GREATNESS OF SOUL ONLY AS THEY HIDE THE LIFE IN THE LIFE OF #HRIST AND STRIVE TO COMPREHEND THE EXALTED CHARACTER OF THE WORK IN WHICH THEY ARE ENGAGED ! TRUE ESTIMATE OF THE SACREDNESS OF THIS WORK CAN BE GAINED ONLY AS WE BEHOLD IT IN THE LIGHT OF THE SACRIlCE THAT #HRIST MADE IN ORDER THAT MEN AND WOMEN MIGHT BE SAVED FROM SIN #HRIST EXPECTS EACH OF (IS FOLLOWERS TO DO (IS WORK 4HIS (E HAS COMMANDED IN (IS 7ORD h&OLLOW ME v IS (IS CALL TO THEM (E CAME TO OUR WORLD TO GIVE MEN AN EXAMPLE OF A PERFECT LIFE (E WHO IN 'OD S SERVICE SACRIlCES ALL OF SELF lNDS HIS REWARD IN THE WORK OF SEEKING TO SAVE THE LOST AND IN THE JOY THAT HE FEELS IN SEEING SINNERS BROUGHT TO THE 3AVIOUR 'OD WANTS MEN TO FORGET THEMSELVES IN THE EFFORT TO SAVE SOULS (E CALLS FOR LIGHT BEARERS WHO WILL lLL THE WORLD WITH THE LIGHT AND PEACE AND JOY THAT COME FROM #HRIST (E WILL USE HUMBLE MEN

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4HE REPRESENTATIVES OF #HRIST ARE TO RELY CONSTANTLY ON (IS WISDOM 4HIS IS NECESSARY FOR THE SAFE GUIDANCE OF THOSE WHOM THEY LEAD )T IS A SACRED SOLEMN WORK TO BE IN CHARGE OF AND TO LEAD THE ,ORD S PEOPLE )N THIS WORK THERE IS NEED OF CONSTANT WATCHFULNESS AND PRAYER AND THOSE ENGAGED IN IT NEED DAILY TO RECEIVE THE GIFT OF 'OD S GRACE

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CLOSENESS AND PERMANENCE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN #HRIST AND (IS CHURCH 2EGARDING DIVORCE *ESUS TAUGHT THAT THE PERSON WHO DIVORCES A SPOUSE EXCEPT FOR FORNICATION AND MARRIES ANOTHER COMMITS ADULTERY !LTHOUGH SOME FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS MAY FALL SHORT OF THE IDEAL MARRIAGE PARTNERS WHO FULLY COMMIT THEMSELVES TO EACH OTHER IN #HRIST MAY ACHIEVE LOVING UNITY THROUGH THE GUIDANCE OF THE 3PIRIT AND THE NURTURE OF THE CHURCH 'OD BLESSES THE FAMILY AND INTENDS THAT ITS MEMBERS SHALL ASSIST EACH OTHER TOWARD COMPLETE MATURITY 0ARENTS ARE TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN TO LOVE AND OBEY THE ,ORD "Y THEIR EXAMPLE AND THEIR WORDS THEY ARE TO TEACH THEM THAT #HRIST IS A LOVING DISCIPLINARIAN

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A YOUNG PASTOR FROM ANOTHER FAITH (E S BEEN STUDYING FOR THE PAST YEAR WITH 3IVAYOGAM

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COVENANT RELATIONSHIP 7HAT ABOUT A BIBLICAL WITH THE ,ORD 4HROUGH OUR TITHE AND OFFERINGS ORDER OF WORSHIP WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT 7HAT IS CORRECT AND (E BLESSED US DURING HOW AND WHEN SHOULD THE WEEK THAT (E IS OUR ,ORD AND THAT ALL WE HAVE IS (IS /UR OFFERINGS IT BE DONE INDICATE THAT OUR LOVE FOR (IM mOWS FREELY FROM A "Y !NGEL -ANUEL GRATEFUL HEART 2ODR¤GUEZ 7E 0ROCLAIM THE 7ORD )T IS FROM THE CENTER OF THE PLATFORM THAT THE 7ORD IS PROCLAIMED EVERY 3ABBATH 7ORSHIP IS CENTERED IN THE SELF REVELATION OF 'OD THROUGH THE 3CRIPTURE )T IS A RATIONAL ACT BECAUSE THE DIVINE SPEAKING IS INTELLIGIBLE 7E COME TO LEARN FROM THE 7ORD TO BE ENCOURAGED BY IT

TO BE INSTRUCTED FOR #HRISTIAN SERVICE TO BE DISCIPLINED

AND TO REJOICE IN THE GOOD NEWS OF SALVATION THROUGH #HRIST 4HIS PLACES A HEAVY RESPONSIBILITY ON THOSE WHO PREACH AS WELL AS ON THOSE WHO LISTEN 4HE PURPOSE OF THE SERMON IS NOT TO CREATE CONFUSION OR ADDRESS THEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES BUT TO ALLOW THE CONGREGATION TO HEAR THE MESSAGE FROM THE ,ORD THROUGH THE 3CRIPTURES 4HAT S WHEN WE APPROACH THE ,ORD WITH OPEN HEARTS IN HUMILITY AND SUBMISSIVENESS

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!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ -AY

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TO THE FAITH v

4HROUGH #HRIST S MATCHLESS GRACE WE STAND BEFORE A RIGHTEOUS 'OD AS IF WE HAD NEVER SINNED #HRIST S PERFECT OBEDIENCE IS CREDITED TO OUR ACCOUNT (IS RIGHTEOUSNESS IS OURS BY FAITH THE SAME GRACE THAT CLEANSES OUR PAST EMPOWERS OUR PRESENT 4HROUGH (IS GRACE WE LIVE LIVES OF OBEDIENCE

4O WHAT DOES 'OD S GOODNESS LEAD 0UT YOUR ANSWER ON THE LINE BELOW h/R DO YOU DESPISE THE RICHES OF (IS GOODNESS FORBEARANCE AND LONGSUFFERING NOT KNOWING THAT THE GOODNESS OF 'OD LEADS YOU TO REPENTANCE v 2OM 4HE GOODNESS OF 'OD LEADS TO

4HE .EW 4ESTAMENT WORD FOR REPENTANCE MEANS A CHANGE OF ATTITUDE EITHER FOR OR AGAINST SOMETHING 'OD S GRACE CHANGES OUR ATTITUDE ABOUT SIN (IS GOODNESS LEADS US TO TURN AWAY FROM SIN AND TURN TOWARD A LIFE OF OBEDIENCE

(OW DID THE APOSTLE 0AUL DESCRIBE THE REASONS #HRIST DIED 2EAD THE TEXT BELOW AND LIST THE THREE REASONS 0AUL GAVE h7HO GAVE (IMSELF FOR US THAT (E MIGHT REDEEM US FROM EVERY LAWLESS DEED AND PURIFY FOR (IMSELF (IS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE ZEALOUS FOR GOOD WORKSv 4ITUS #HRIST GAVE (IMSELF FOR US TO

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*AMES ALSO WROTE h&AITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEADv *AMES -AY \ !DVENTIST 7ORLD

7HAT WAS THE DISCIPLES RESPONSE WHEN *EWISH AUTHORITIES TRIED TO SILENCE THEIR PREACHING h7E OUGHT TO OBEY 'OD RATHER THAN MENv !CTS 4HE DISCIPLES MOTTO WAS hWE OUGHT TO

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'OD S GRACE LED THE DISCIPLES TO OBEY (IM 4URNING THEIR BACKS ON 'OD S LAW WOULD HAVE BEEN UNTHINKABLE +EEPING THE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH WAS THEIR LOVING RESPONSE TO THE #HRIST WHO REDEEMED THEM

0AUL PREACHED THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION TO BOTH *EWS AND 'ENTILES IN !NTIOCH 7HEN DID HE PREACH #IRCLE YOUR ANSWER h/N THE NEXT 3ABBATH ALMOST THE WHOLE CITY CAME TOGETHER TO HEAR THE WORD OF 'ODv !CTS

!CCORDING TO VERSE 0AUL hPERSUADED THEM TO CONTINUE IN THE GRACE OF 'OD v #ONTINUING IN 'OD S GRACE MEANT LIVING AN OBEDIENT LIFE 0ART OF LIVING OBEDIENTLY IS KEEPING THE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH 4HE GOSPEL ALSO TOOK ROOT IN 0ISIDIA AS 0AUL PREACHED 'OD S GRACE IN A SYNAGOGUE ON THE 3ABBATH SEE !CTS 4HESE TWO SPECIlC EXAMPLES OF SALVATION BY GRACE LED TO OBEDIENCE IN 3ABBATHKEEPING

(OW DOES THE "OOK OF 2EVELATION DESCRIBE 'OD S END TIME PEOPLE h(ERE IS THE PATIENCE OF THE SAINTS HERE ARE THOSE WHO KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF 'OD AND THE FAITH OF *ESUSv 2EV 'OD S END TIME PEOPLE ARE DISTINGUISHED BY +EEPING THE

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&AITH LEADS TO OBEDIENCE AND OBEDIENCE TO 'OD S LAW IS LINKED TO 3ABBATHKEEPING

7HAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO LIVE A GODLY OBEDIENT LIFE #IRCLE THE THREE WORDS THAT SAY HOW THIS IS DONE h3INCE YOU HAVE PURIlED YOUR SOULS IN OBEYING THE TRUTH THROUGH THE 3PIRIT IN SINCERE LOVE OF THE BRETHREN

LOVE ONE ANOTHER FERVENTLY WITH A PURE HEARTv 0ET

&OR THE DISCIPLES GRACE WAS THE MEANS OF THEIR SALVATION OBEDIENCE WAS THE FRUIT OR RESULT

OF THEIR SALVATION 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT THE THIRD 0ERSON OF THE 'ODHEAD GAVE THEM POWER TO LIVE GODLY RIGHTEOUS LIVES 4HE 3ABBATH WAS PART OF THAT LIFE OF OBEDIENCE 4HE (OLY 3PIRIT LONGS TO DO FOR US WHAT (E DID FOR THOSE BELIEVERS ,ET S SUBMIT OURSELVES TO (IM

/UR NEXT "IBLE STUDY WILL EXAMINE THE ROLE OF THE SEVENTH DAY 3ABBATH IN THE lNAL EVENTS OF WORLD HISTORY

!DVENTIST 7ORLD \ -AY

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) CELEBRATE THE -ARCH ARTICLE h4HE 4HIRD 0ERSONv AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT 2OY !DAMS PLACED UPON THE COMING OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT IN POWER -Y KEY CONTENTION WITH THE ARTICLE IS THAT ) THINK !DAMS UNDERSTATED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE (OLY 3PIRIT 7HAT WOULD THE WORLD LOOK LIKE IF EVERY CHURCH BECAME A PLACE WHERE THE (OLY 3PIRIT THE &ATHER

THE 3ON AND THEIR PRESENCE IN OUR MIDST BECAME OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE IN EVERY GATHERING AHEAD OF OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR IDEA OF WHAT OUGHT TO HAPPEN AT CHURCH OR OTHER GATHERINGS 7HAT IF PROGRAMS AND THE THINGS WE HAVE CRAFTED BECAME SECONDARY TO 'OD AND EVERYTHING WE DID AS BELIEVERS BECAME ABOUT (IM 7HAT IF EVERY PRAYER WAS CRAFTED BY THE (OLY 3PIRIT IF EVERY WORD SPOKEN WAS ONLY THAT WHICH WE COULD RECALL OF WHAT THE (OLY 3PIRIT GAVE US TO SAY 7HAT IF WE LEARNED HOW TO HEAR FROM THE (OLY 3PIRIT SO CLEARLY THAT WE COULD DO JUST WHAT (E SAID THE &ATHER WANTED US TO DO 7HAT IF WE ALL WERE TO ASK (IM HOW TO USE THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS (E PROMISED TO GIVE US 7HAT IF WE ALL WERE TO ASK (IM HOW TO DIE TO THE THINGS THE ENEMY HAS IN OUR LIVES AND MAKE ROOM TO BE FULLY lLLED WITH THE (OLY 3PIRIT SO (E COULD mOW OUT OF US LIKE A RIVER BRINGING LIFE TO EVERYONE IN OUR PRESENCE ,ET S START CRYING OUT MORE EARNESTLY h(OLY 3PIRIT #OME v /WEN 2OBINSON 0ERTH 7ESTERN !USTRALIA

) RECEIVED A RECENT ISSUE OF THE !DVENTIST 7ORLD MAGAZINE AND WAS VERY PLEASED WITH THE CONTENT

ESPECIALLY THE 7ORLD 2EPORT NEWS

IN WHICH WE MEET THE CHURCH S ADMINISTRATION AND THOSE CHOSEN BY 'OD TO LEAD (IS WORK ) WAS ALSO VERY HAPPY TO RECEIVE THE NEWS IN THE -ARCH ISSUE THAT $ANIEL $ .TANDA .SEREKO WAS NOMINATED A JUDGE FOR THE )NTERNATIONAL #RIMINAL #OURT 4HIS NOMINATION IS A REASON FOR THE 3EVENTH DAY !DVENTIST #HURCH TO BE PROUD !FTER ALL THE PRESENCE OF AN !DVENTIST JUDGE IN THE COURTROOM WILL PROMOTE THE DIVULGATION OF OUR MESSAGE THROUGH HIS EXAMPLE AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS ) WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST AN INTERVIEW WITH .SEREKO SO THAT THE !DVENTIST COMMUNITY CAN KNOW HIM BETTERˆHIS ASPIRATIONS IDEALS DREAMS AND MISSION ) AM ALSO A JUDGE HERE IN "RAZIL "ECAUSE OF MY PROFESSION ) M VERY PLEASED TO KNOW THAT A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH HAS SUCH A RESPONSIBILITY 7E SHOULD PRAY FOR HIM HIS FAMILY

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/HIO HEADED BY 0ASTOR !LEJANDRO 2ODRIGUEZ %LDER &ELIX $ANIEL &IGUEROA AND h"ROTHER 2AlEL v WHO VISIT INMATES IN THE .ORTHEAST /HIO #ORRECTIONAL #ENTER EVERY 7EDNESDAY AND 3ABBATH 4HEIR LONGTIME INVOLVEMENT IN REACHING PRISONERS WENT A LONG WAY IN SHARING "IBLE

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THANK YOU *OHN /GANDO +ARURA +ENYA

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