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Story by Taashi Rowe
Photos by Ruben Ramos
Chesapeake Conference’s Parksley Spanish company is located in a tiny rural town midway through Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The congregation has some 20 members. How then did this small congregation manage to attract some 300 people to a service where noted evangelist Alejandro Bullón spoke? Friendship and prayer, says Anibal LHansell, the church’s pastor.
“One of the challenges we have is that my district is the southernmost district in the conference, and the closest other Spanish church to Parksley is more than an hour and a half away,” said Lhansell. “So it was kind of difficult to have another Spanish church or district work with us.” READ MORE AND SEE PHOTOS
Story by Visitor Staff
Mountain View Conference’s Logan and Williamson churches in West Virginia recently moved their thrift store to the downtown area of their tiny community. The move had the added benefit of a more prominent location, but also provided an opportunity for them to make big changes, which included opening the Logan Better Living Center. READ MORE
Story by Diana Troese
In conjunction with American Heart Month, this month Washington Adventist Hospital (WAH) begins a yearlong celebration to mark 50 years since the area’s first heart surgery was performed at the hospital in 1962. Since that first surgery, the Takoma Park, Md.-based hospital has been continually recognized for the comprehensive, quality heart care provided to residents and other regional firsts. READ MORE
Story by Kim Peckham
The Review and Herald Publishing Association in Hagerstown, Md., began 2012 by shipping one million copies of an abbreviated version of Ellen White’s
The Great Controversy to Nigeria. They are also printing editions in Spanish and Portuguese. “It has been so exciting to see this project catch fire,” says Mark Thomas, the publishing house’s president.
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