Author: dammang

Always Pressing Forward FIJI | September 14 Joeli Rabo, 67 Joeli Rabo, an insurance agent in Fiji, looked up from his hospital bed and into the face of his distraught …

FIJI | September 21 Funeral Conversion Kositela Tito, 33 Nobody wanted to help Tito when his father died. “You can’t have a church funeral for him,” said one. “Just go …

 No Leg, New Life 13th SABBATH | September 28 Lepani Kuruduadua, 60 The narrator doesn’t need to memorize the story, but he or she should be familiar enough with the …

Gangster to God NEW ZEALAND | September 7 Jayson Rogers, 36 Jayson Rogers cried out to a God who he didn’t know at the age of 12. “I don’t know …

Working on Sabbath NEW CALEDONIA | August 17 Sophie Buama, 44 Sophie Buama accepted Saturday as the biblical Sabbath when the pastor spoke about the Fourth Commandment at evangelistic meetings. …

SOLOMON ISLANDS | August 10 Making a Bed Kinnie Aitorea, 18 Although Kinnie Aitorea is only 18, she was appointed a deaconess at the church at a Seventh-day Adventist boarding …

Inspired by an Employee SOLOMON ISLANDS | August 3 Geoffrey Samuel, 51 Geoff Samuel, chief executive of a housing construction company on the Solomon Islands, couldn’t believe his eyes when …

SOLOMON ISLANDS | July 27 Losing 90 Pounds Herik Dun Siope, 46 Herik Dun Siope, who grew up in a Seventh-day Adventist home, was flying high as a martial arts …

No Retirement Plans PAPUA NEW GUINEA | July 20 Okanama Kevi, 66 Many elderly Seventh-day Adventist pastors return to their native villages when they retire in Papua New Guinea and …

PAPUA NEW GUINEA | July 13  Two Black Eyes Talitha Hoyato, 19 Nineteen-year-old Talitha Hoyato was shocked to see her roommate with two black eyes. “What happened?” she asked. Her …