World News Briefs July 2008 ChinaQuake Destroys Adventist ChurchesThe 7.9 magnitude earthquake in May in central China has claimed more than 15,000 lives, including several Adventists. The director of the Chinese Union Mission reported eight Adventist churches destroyed in t... Read more
School of Engineering Hosts Youth for LEGO Challenge Nineteen teams participated in the FIRST LEGO League and Junior FIRST LEGO League competitions in April on the campus of Walla Walla University.FIRST—For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology— was founded in 1989 by Dean Kamen, New... Read more
AMC Provides Emotional Support Through Palliative Care Like so many mothers, Linda's life was busy, working and taking care of her husband and three children. Then last spring, when the 47-year-old mother went to her doctor, he admitted her to Adventist Medical Center in Portland, Ore., with shortness... Read more
Washington Women Pray for the Holy Spirit Ever wonder what 400 women pray for? If you listened to the prayer requests shared at the conclusion of the annual Washington Conference women's ministry day program this spring, you would have heard requests for non-believing spouses, healing in ... Read more
Kenya Mission Projects Bring Answers to Prayer Missionaries from western Washington returned for the fifth time to Kenya, Africa, to assist Andrew and Debbie Aho of African Mission Services with projects for the Olopikidong'oe (o-le-picka-dong-way) Mixed Boarding School.Girls typically receive... Read more
Grays Harbor Ministers in Prison I was "in prison, and ye visited me not," will not be said of Tom and Pamela Stone, Howard and Berta Brenton, Kathleen Abbott, and Cristian Bobocea, who minister to inmates at Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Grays Harbor, Wash.The ministry be... Read more
San Juan Islanders Celebrate Creation on Earth Day San Juan Islanders and friends converged in Friday Harbor to celebrate Earth Day with a Creation Fest in mid-April."Earth Day is about celebrating our Creator," explains William Hurtado, district pastor.The day's festivities featured John Baldwin,... Read more
Auburn Stocks Food Bank When volunteers in Auburn, Wash., prayed at supper that night, they weren't just thankful for the pizza, but for a generous community who gave to the local food bank.In a two-hour period, nearly 130 volunteers visited 11 neighborhoods and collecte... Read more
Bremerton Serves in Practical Ways The Serving With All Talents Team, a Bremerton Church ministry, likes to find loving and positive ways to serve Kitsap County and represent the Seventh-day Adventist Church.Some of their monthly activities have included giving free roses to Puget ... Read more
