Merry-Go-Round Helps Prevent Infant Deaths A merry-go-round built and installed by Spokane (Wash.) volunteers this year is preventing infant deaths in the village of La Canoa, Guatemala. In this village of nearly 400 people, three babies died in 2008 due to contaminated drinking water. Pre... Read more
Local Talent Recognized At SonScreen Film Festival The Upper Columbia Conference was well represented at the 2009 SonScreen Film Festival held April 16–18. There were three entries from Walla Walla University, and two of the seven entries from Southern Adventist University were submitted by Philli... Read more
A Dream Comes True UCC Holds First Hispanic Weekend Retreat What once was a dream became reality as the first Upper Columbia Conference Hispanic Women’s Ministry Weekend Retreat was held at the Richland, Wash., Clarion Convention Center, April 17–19. But it almost became a disappointment.The night before t... Read more
Pancakes, Fruits and Juice Anyone? Pancakes, fruit, and juice anyone? Students in the Rogue Valley Adventist School's HOPE (Helping Others Praise Eternally) Bible class heard fellow students at school were lucky if they were getting meals during the week and decided to make a diffe... Read more
Volunteers Spend Spring Vacation at an Orphanage For many students and teachers, the words, "spring vacation" translate to going on a mission trip.This spring break, Elaina Mathisen, Mid-Columbia Adventist Christian School kindergarten teacher, along with her husband Curt, planned their third tr... Read more
This 96-Year-Old is Serious About Evangelism Leona Miller, a 96-year-old member of the Canyonville (Ore.) Church has found her niche in evangelism. About three years ago, she began handing out copies of The Great Controversy at store fronts, ladies' rooms and sitting areas.Miller says, “I st... Read more
PAA Sponsors Third Trip for Gulf Coast Relief Portland Adventist Academy continued a three-year tradition by sending students to the Gulf coast of Mississippi for a Katrina relief mission trip this spring.PAA worked again with His Hands and Feet Ministries, a nonprofit group of Adventist fami... Read more
Ohana Women Search for Hidden Pearl Seek and Find—In Search of the Hidden Pearl (—Proverbs 31), was the theme for a teen retreat organized by the Ohana Christian Fellowship of Seventh-day Adventists in West Linn, Ore. The young women's retreat was held at the property and home of Ma... Read more
Milo Students Share Real-Time Jesus Student week of prayer gave Daniel Dahlman III a new perspective on his fellow students. "God has done amazing things in their lives," he says. Rianne Margart adds, "I really liked that kids went up and spoke. It was easier for me to understand be... Read more
