Mission
Suddenly, he fell backward. Mother saw Khachik tumble from the arm of the highchair. She wasn’t too far away from him in the kitchen, but she was too far away to catch him.
The cry tugged at her heartstrings. She got up to search for the baby. A nurse showed her little Daniil in the children’s ward and said he had been abandoned by his mother.
“Everything is difficult,” Arsenio said about his efforts to share Jesus with his tribe. “People don’t always like the gospel.”
Lera boarded an airplane with seven other children and flew to South Korea. It was scary seeing new doctors in South Korea. The doctors seemed a little scared to see Lera.
“I have a daughter who isn’t feeling well,” the sobbing voice said. “She has serious epilepsy. She has lost all hope. You can talk with her if you like.”
The more the UCI staff mingle with the refugees they serve, the more needs they discover. “Depression is a very big problem with the refugees,” Pastor James explains.
Dasha ran up behind the girl and pulled down the rumpled part of the skirt. The girl was surprised. She didn’t know what was happening. But then she realized that Dasha had helped her by straightening out her skirt.
One of the pastors called out to Chogik, “Sister, are you baptized?” “No,” she said. “I need you,” he said, and invited her onto the platform.
With nine miles left in the race, I wondered whether I could complete it. Suddenly, a question came to mind, a question I believe the Lord was asking. “Why are you running? Do you run to be the best or to represent God?”
The Institute of World Mission provides appropriate cross-cultural training for all missionaries. The Institute cooperates with a tentmaker program and further serves the church with consulting, training and strategic planning for the worldwide mission of the church.
The needs and challenges of the worldwide Adventist Church are great and varied. The need is for youth, and the young at heart, to respond to the call to share the good news of the gospel with those who need to hear it.
More than half the world's population will live in urban areas today. As the world's urban landscape changes, so will our approach to mission. The Adventist Church is committed to finding the best way to tell the world about Jesus.
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