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Mission CHILDREN’S
2021 • QUARTER 2 • INTER-AMERICAN DIVISION
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Contents
O n the Cover: Matthais, 10, was born with what some people call an “outie” in
Trinidad and Tobago. God answered his prayers for a successful surgery. Story, page 14.
HAITI 18 Baptizing Bullies | May 22
4 Do You Understand? | April 3 20 The Boy Preacher | May 29
6 Angry Mother | April 10 22 Patiently Persistent | June 5
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MEXICO
8 Discipling a Dentist | April 17 24 Praying at Recess | June 12
10 Stolen Money | April 24 26 Making Music for Jesus | June 19
12 Traveling Mercies | May 1 28 Thirteenth Sabbath: Gift of Life | June 26
14 The Outie | May 8 30 Future Thirteenth Sabbath Projects
31 Additional Activities
COLOMBIA 35 Leader’s Resources
16 Junior’s Secret | May 15 36 Map
Your Offerings at Work
Adventist Mission Inter-American Division
Your Thirteenth Sabbath Offering three years ago
helped construct a new wing for Southeast Hospital,
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a Seventh-day Adventist facility, in Villahermosa, Seventh-day Adventists ® • All rights reserved
Mexico. The new wing (the gray building in the 12501 Old Columbia Pike,
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Dear Sabbath School Leader, Andrew McChesney
Editor
This quarter we feature
Opportunities the Inter-American
The Thirteenth Sabbath Offering Division, which includes countries and
this quarter will help the Inter- territories in the Caribbean Sea, Central
American Division to open 13 America, and the northern part of South
Better Living centers of influence, America. The region is home to nearly
one at each of the following: 300 million people and has a Seventh-day
Antillean Adventist University (Puerto
Adventist membership of 3.75 million.
Rican Union), Puerto Rico That’s a ratio of one Adventist for every
80 people.
Colombia Adventist University (North
Colombian Union), Colombia
This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath
projects are unique: All thirteen
Cuba Adventist Theological Seminary universities and colleges in the division
(Cuban Union), Cuba
will receive part of the Thirteenth
Dominican Adventist University Sabbath Offering to establish a Better
(Dominican Union), Dominican Living “center of influence” where
Republic
students can train to become missionaries.
Haitian Adventist University Academy You can find a list of the institutions of
(Haitian Union), Haiti higher learning on this page. Thank you
Linda Vista University (Southeast for your Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
Mexican Union), Mexico three years ago that helped fund projects
Navojoa University (North Mexican at Antillean Adventist University in
Union), Mexico Puerto Rico, University of the Southern
Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago,
Montemorelos University (North
Mexican Union), Mexico and Southeast Hospital in Mexico. You
can read stories from University of the
Northern Caribbean University (Jamaica Southern Caribbean on pages 4-11.
Union), Jamaica
You can download the PDF version of
Central America Adventist University the Children’s Mission magazine at bit.ly/
(South Central American Union),
Costa Rica childrensmission and the youth and adult
Mission magazine at bit.ly/adultmission.
University of the Southern Caribbean
(Caribbean Union), Trinidad
Mission Spotlight videos are available
at bit.ly/missionspotlight. A printable
Adventist University Institute of mission bank image, which the children
Venezuela (West Venezuela Union),
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Venezuela can color, can be downloaded at
bit.ly/bank-coloring-page.
Belize Adventist Junior College (Belize
Union), Belize Thank you for encouraging children to
be mission-minded!
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HAITI | April 3
Maxo Dorlis, 40
Do You Understand?
F ourteen-year-old Maxo enjoyed reading
the Bible for about an hour every
afternoon in the grassy yard outside his
three times a week to study the Bible.
After a month of Bible study, Maxo was
convinced that Saturday, not Sunday, was
home in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. God’s Sabbath. Natasha showed him 86
He liked Bible stories, especially about verses about the seventh-day Sabbath in
Moses, and the Ten Commandments. the Bible.
Twelve-year-old Natasha saw Maxo Maxo asked his pastor about why their
reading one day. church worshiped on Sunday.
“Do you understand the Bible?” she said. “Can you show me in the Bible where
“Yes,” he said. “I understand.” Sunday is set aside as the Sabbath day?”
He invited her to study with him. he asked, holding up his black Bible.
He knew that Natasha was a Seventh- The pastor couldn’t show any verses
day Adventist and went to church on a that showed that Sunday is the Sabbath.
different day than him. He thought that “Yes, Sunday is the first day of the
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studying the Bible together would be a week,” the pastor said. “But Jesus was
good way to convince her that she should resurrected on Sunday, and that is why we
go to church with him on Sunday. keep it as the Sabbath.”
“Oh, I would be happy to study with Maxo opened his Bible and began
you!” Natasha exclaimed. “I would like showing the 86 verses about the seventh-
to share what I know about the Bible day Sabbath. The pastor was surprised.
with you.” “I’m a pastor, and this is the first time
Maxo and Natasha agreed to meet that I have seen these verses,” he said.
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“Where did you find them?”
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“Can I share these verses in church Story Tips
next Sunday?” Maxo said.
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“No!” the pastor exclaimed. “Jesus died
the map.
on the cross and was resurrected on Sunday.
That’s the end of the conversation!” Watch Maxo on YouTube:
bit.ly/Maxo-Dorlis-1.
The next Sunday, Maxo didn’t go to
church with his family. He continued Download photos on Facebook
studying the Bible with Natasha. He (bit.ly/fb-mq).
stopped eating pork, shrimp, and other Know Haiti also will get 13th Sabbath
unclean foods. He stopped drinking beer funds for a missionary training center at
with his friends. Haitian Adventist University Academy.
Natasha invited him to go to the
Seventh-day Adventist church. “Maybe
next week,” Maxo said. He wasn’t used to the next. On September 22, 1995, fifteen-
going to church on Saturday. year-old Maxo was baptized during an
But one Sabbath he decided to go to evangelistic series. Natasha was thrilled!
church with her. To go, he would have Maxo was the first person in his family
to skip school, which met on Saturdays to become an Adventist. Through
in Haiti. He didn’t want to tell his his witness, fifteen family members,
mother because he was afraid that she including his mother, are Seventh-day
would stop him. He packed his suit in his Adventists today.
backpack. Halfway to church, he stopped
in a restaurant restroom and changed his Maxo is grateful to Natasha for being
clothes. Then he met Natasha, and they a real missionary and teaching him about
went to church. the Bible. Today, he is studying to be
The worship service was new for Maxo. a pastor at University of the Southern
“I don’t understand,” he told Natasha Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago. Part
afterward. “They don’t play loud music, of this quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath
and the singing and preaching is different. Offering will help open a missionary
I like the way you worship.” training center on the university campus.
Maxo returned the next Sabbath and By Andrew McChesney
The first Seventh-day Adventist missionary, W.J. Tanner, arrived in
Haiti in 1905 and was surprised to find several groups of Adventist
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believers. He learned that someone in England had sent Adventist
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literature to Haiti in 1879. A Jamaican tailor, Henry Williams, and
his wife, living in Haiti, had read the literature and decided to keep
the Sabbath. The couple’s influence led to the establishment of the
Adventist groups that the astonished missionary found 26 years later.
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HAITI | April 10
Angry
Mother
Maxo Dorlis, 40
Natasha and later at the Adventist
church. Mother didn’t want to listen.
“Let me tell you something!” she
screamed. “If you get baptized, I will no
F ifteen-year old Maxo had told his
mother for the past year that he was
going to school on Saturday mornings in
longer pay your school fees! I will throw
you out of my house!”
Maxo felt sad to hear Mother talking
Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. But he was
that way, but he was convinced that he
going to a Seventh-day Adventist church
was making the right decision.
with his 13-year-old friend, Natasha.
“Jesus says in the Bible, ‘If your mother
Finally Maxo decided to give his life
and father forsake you, I will take care
to Jesus, and his baptism was scheduled of you,’” he said. “Even if you don’t pay
to take place in the Caribbean Sea on a my school fees and stop giving me food, I
Sunday morning. know God will take care of me.”
As Maxo prepared to go to the beach, “You have two options,” Mother said.
Mother asked him to accompany her to “Go to church with me on Sundays,
her church. Maxo solemnly shook his and I will pay your school fees. Or go
head. He told her that he planned to be to church on Saturdays, and I will stop
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baptized by an Adventist minister that paying your school fees, and you will
morning. Mother was an important leader have to leave my house.”
in her church, and she was furious. Maxo went to the beach and was
“Why do you want to be baptized?” she baptized together with 200 other people
demanded. “You already are a Christian.” who had attended an evangelistic series
Maxo explained that he had learned with him at the Adventist church.
about the seventh-day Sabbath in the Afterward, he returned home and packed
Bible, first through Bible studies with his clothes. He would leave the house as
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was surprised. “How did you manage to
H A I T I
Story Tips get good grades while skipping school?”
she asked.
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Maxo described how he had been
the map.
studying extra at home and somehow
Watch Maxo on YouTube: always received top marks on his exams.
bit.ly/Maxo-Dorlis-2.
“You can see that God has blessed me for
Download photos on Facebook keeping the Sabbath,” he said.
(bit.ly/fb-mq). Mother wanted to know more about
Know Haiti also will get 13th Sabbath the Bible, and she asked to study together
funds for a missionary training center at again the next day. As they read day after
Haitian Adventist University Academy. day, Maxo taught her from the Bible the
same way that Natasha had taught him.
mother had ordered. As he walked to the After a while, Maxo’s 13-year-old brother
door, carrying his suitcase, he felt a hand asked to join the Bible study. Then a
touch his shoulder. 16-year-old cousin who was staying in
“Why did you disobey me, my son?” their home joined the small group.
Maxo turned around and saw Mother The near-daily Bible studies continued
crying. “Mom, let me share with you what for three years. Then Maxo’s brother was
I have learned about God,” he said. baptized. A month later, Mother and the
The boy and his mother sat on a sofa cousin also were baptized. After that, twelve
in the living room, and Maxo opened his other family members were baptized.
black Bible. For the next four hours, the
two studied the Bible together. Maxo is a real missionary for bringing
Mother’s face softened as she read. fifteen family members to Jesus. Today,
“I’m sorry for being angry,” she said. “I he is studying to be a pastor at University
didn’t know anything about your beliefs.” of the Southern Caribbean in Trinidad
It was Maxo’s turn to apologize. He and Tobago. Part of this quarter’s
admitted that he had been going to the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will help
Adventist church every Saturday for open a missionary training center on the
the past year even though he had told university campus.
her that he was going to school. Mother By Andrew McChesney
Haiti has many kinds of bats, some of which
are unique to the country. Bat species include:
sooty mustached bat, Parnell’s mustached bat,
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Waterhouse’s leaf-nosed bat, greater bulldog
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bat, Mexican funnel-eared bat, Jamaican
fruit-eating bat, Cuban fig-eating bat, big free-
tailed bat, and Brazilian free-tailed bat.
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | April 17
Ma g d a l i n a , 1 2
Discipling a Dentist
L ittle Magdalina stood outside a
pharmacy waiting for Father to pick
her up after school every afternoon in St.
the next day. After school, she offered the
tracts to people coming in and going out
of the pharmacy. “Hello, how are you?”
Martin, a town in Trinidad and Tobago. she said. “Can I share with you this tract
Sometimes she had to wait an hour or about the love of Jesus?”
an hour and a half for Father to come after Everyone accepted the tract. Nobody
work and take her home. She saw so many refused one. When Father arrived to pick
people coming in and going out of the her up, she happily announced that she
pharmacy. She wondered if those people had given away all the tracts.
loved Jesus. Magdalina took more tracts the next
She had a question for Father when she day and the next. When Father ran low
hopped into the car one afternoon. on tracts, he made photocopies on the
“So many people come in and go out printer at home.
of the pharmacy,” she said. “Can I share After a while, the girl noticed that a
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some tracts with them?” dentist passed by the pharmacy every
Father smiled broadly. He was happy afternoon. He was walking to and from
to hear that his daughter wanted to share his office. Every afternoon, she gave
Jesus with other people. him a tract, and every time he took one.
“Sure, no problem,” he said. Magdalina told Father about the dentist.
Father found some tracts about the “Daddy, can I talk to him about Jesus?”
love of Jesus, and Magdalina put them in she asked.
her backpack when she went to school Father knew the dentist because he had
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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | April 24
Stolen
Money
E d d i s o n Yo u n g , 1 8
The next day, Teacher called Eddison
into his office.
“I was just talking with Antonio about
someone stealing $100 from a girl’s purse
Eddison’s eyes widened as his friend
pulled the money from his pocket. He
yesterday,” he said. “Antonio said that you
stole the money. Is that true?”
saw a $20 bill, three $10 bills, and a bunch
Eddison felt very sad. He told Teacher
of smaller notes. His friend, Antonio, had about his conversation with Antonio
100 Trinidad and Tobago dollars, or about and how he had accepted $20. Teacher
U.S.$15. was glad that Eddison hadn’t stolen the
“I stole this,” Antonio said with a big money. “But you still did the wrong thing
smile. “I want to buy something.” by accepting stolen money,” he said.
The two 15-year-old boys were walking The next day, Eddison found himself
across the street from the public school back in Teacher’s office. Also in the room
in Bonaire, a town in Trinidad and was the school principal, his mother,
Tobago. Antonio hungrily eyed food Antonio, and Antonio’s mother.
stalls selling fried chicken, fried fish, and “You are a good child,” the principal
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fried pies alongside the road. He stopped said to Eddison. “How did this happen?”
and handed $20 to Eddison. “I’m sorry,” Eddison said, sadly. “It will
“What do you want to buy?” he said. never happen again.”
Eddison was hungry, and he took the The principal announced that Eddison
money. None of the street food, however, would be suspended from school for seven
looked appetizing. “I don’t want to days as punishment for accepting stolen
buy anything here,” he said. “I’ll buy money. Antonio was suspended for one
something to eat near my home.” month for stealing the money. Both boys
10were required to make restitution to the
girl by giving back twice the amount of Story Tips
money that they had stolen. Eddison
Find Trinidad and Tobago on the map.
borrowed $40 from his mother to give to
the girl. Watch Eddison on YouTube:
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That evening, Eddison’s father bit.ly/Eddison-Young.
called when he heard about the school Download photos on Facebook
suspension. He and Mother were (bit.ly/fb-mq).
divorced, and he lived another town. Download mission posts and fast facts
“You should go to church,” he said. from the Inter-American Division at:
“Yes, I should,” Eddison agreed. bit.ly/IAD-Facts.
And he meant it. He hadn’t gone to
church since he was a small boy. He brother, 9-year-old sister, and an 11-year-
looked around his home for a church. old cousin. “I am happy,” Eddison said.
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It had to be within walking distance “Now we celebrate Sabbath together, and
because he didn’t want to ask his mother we have the same love for God.”
for money to take the bus. Then he
remembered that there was a Seventh- Today, Eddison attends an Adventist
day Adventist church only a 15-minute high school, Caribbean Union College
walk away. He went the next Sabbath Secondary School, on the campus of
and found everyone to be friendly and University of the Southern Caribbean.
welcoming. He went again the next He is a real missionary for bringing
Sabbath, and then the next. his family to Jesus. University of the
Three years passed, and big evangelistic Southern Caribbean wants to train more
meetings were organized at the church. missionaries, and part of this quarter’s
Eddison invited his family to go with him, Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will help
and they did. At the end of the meetings, open a missionary training center on the
Eddison was baptized together with university campus.
his mother, grandmother, 12-year-old By Andrew McChesney
Adventist teachings were probably introduced to Trinidad and
Tobago around 1879 through literature sent from England. As early as
1880 or 1881, a group of Sabbath keepers, led by James R. Braithwaite,
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met in Tobago. By the early 1880s, Adventist literature was being sent
to Trinidad and Tobago by the International Tract and Missionary
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Society (ITMS) in the United States. The first specific positive response
to Adventist teachings in Trinidad came through a copy of Ellen White’s
“Patriarchs and Prophets,” which was passed to an individual who
became one of the first Sabbath keepers on the island.
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E th a n , 1 0
Traveling Mercies
E than’s family likes to have
adventures. Once Ethan and
Father and Mother traveled seven
noon, however, the sun grew hot, and the
beach became crowded.
“Let’s go home,” Mother said.
days by train on the Trans-Siberian The family piled back into the car.
Railroad in Russia. Another time, Father sat behind the steering wheel, and
they rented a camper-van and Mother sat beside him. Ethan sat behind
traveled around Australia for three Father in the back seat. The family talked
weeks. But the one trip that Ethan merrily as they rode along the forested
will never forget took place in his mountain road. Suddenly …
home country, Trinidad and Tobago. BAM!
Early Sunday morning, Ethan piled into A terrific crash shook the car. The sound
the car with Father and Mother to go to of breaking glass and crunching metal
the beach on the Caribbean Sea. Before pierced the air. The car jolted to a stop.
turning on the ignition, Father prayed as Father turned around and looked
the family always did before a trip. at Ethan. “Ethan, are you OK?” he asked.
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“Heavenly Father, we ask You for your The boy was sitting calmly in the back.
traveling mercies on this journey,” he He didn’t have a scratch. “Yes, I’m fine,”
prayed. “Please guide us as we go to the Ethan said. “What happened?”
beach. Thank You.” “Something fell on the car,” Father said.
Then the family set off for the beach. Mother was screaming. She didn’t
It was a pleasantly warm morning. The hear Father and Ethan’s conversation. “Is
beach wasn’t too crowded, and Ethan Ethan OK?” she screamed.
happily splashed in the water. Around “He’s fine,” Father said. “He’s fine.”
12“It’s a good thing that we prayed for
Story Tips traveling mercies,” Ethan said.
Father and Mother immediately agreed.
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“Thank You, Jesus,” Father said.
Watch Ethan on YouTube: “Thank You, Jesus.”
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bit.ly/Ethan-IAD. After that day, Mother always reminds
Download photos on Facebook Ethan that it is very important to pray
(bit.ly/fb-mq). for traveling mercies. “If You reach out to
Download mission posts and fast facts Him, He will protect you,” she says.
from the Inter-American Division at: Father kept a piece of the tree as a
bit.ly/IAD-Facts. reminder of God’s traveling mercies. When
Ethan sees the piece of tree, he remembers
People quickly surrounded the car. that God is always with him and that he
Someone wanted to call an ambulance. can be grateful for His protection.
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Someone else offered water. He likes to pray before the family goes
Ethan, Father, and Mother got out of on adventures.
the car. They weren’t hurt at all. “Dear God, please be with us we travel,
“Don’t worry about calling an and please give us traveling mercies,” he
ambulance,” Father said. “We’re fine.” prays. “In Jesus’ name, amen.”
Ethan looked at the car. The
windshield was shattered, and the front Ethan and his parents, Leon and
of the car was smashed in. In front of the Corine, attend the University Church at
car lay an enormous tree. The tree had
University of the Southern Caribbean in
fallen from a cliff high above the road and
Trinidad and Tobago. Your Thirteenth
landed on the car. Now the tree was lying
Sabbath Offering three years ago went
across the entire road, blocking traffic in
to help build a new University Church.
both directions.
It was a miracle that Ethan and his Thank you for your Thirteenth Sabbath
parents were alive. If the tree had fallen Offerings that help spread the gospel
a few seconds later, it would have hit around the world.
the car roof right above Ethan’s head. By Andrew McChesney
The only new acoustic instrument invented
in the twentieth century came out of Trinidad
TRINIDAD
and Tobago’s oil industry. Steelpans, or steel
AMAZING
drums, are considered the island’s national
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instrument, and the first ones were made from
oil drums. Calypso music and steel drum bands
feature in carnival celebrations on both islands.
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13TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | May 8
The Outie
Ma t t h a i s , 1 0
It took another three years to find a
time to have the operation. Father and
Mother prayed about the operation.
M atthais was born with what some
people call an “outie” in Trinidad
and Tobago’s capital, Port of Spain.
Church friends prayed.
Matthais was scared when Father took
him to the hospital for the operation. He
His belly button stuck out. But the didn’t want to be operated on.
doctor said it was not an “outie.” Instead, The doctor asked Father whether the
part of Matthais’ intestine was protruding boy had a cold.
from his belly button. “No, he is well,” Father said.
“Don’t worry,” the doctor said. “It will “That’s good,” the doctor said. “We
probably close by itself by the time he is 3 cannot operate if he has a cold.”
years old.” Matthais began to cough in the waiting
But the doctor also told Mother and room. The doctor looked alarmed when
Father to be careful to protect the belly he heard the boy coughing. “We cannot
button from damage. If the skin was operate if he has a cold,” he said.
injured, Matthais would become very ill. “He doesn’t have a cold,” Father said.
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Mother and Father waited and prayed “He is just scared about the operation.”
that the belly button would close. If it The doctor shook his head. “We cannot
didn’t close, Matthais would have to take any chances,” he said. “We will have
undergo an operation. to reschedule the operation.”
One year passed. Two years. Three Matthais smiled with relief when he
years. Matthais’ belly button did not close. heard the news. Father was disappointed
The doctor said he would have to undergo that his son was faking a cold, but he
an operation. understood that the boy was scared. He
14would be scared, too.
Father and Mother continued praying. Story Tips
“Please give Matthais the strength to
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go through the operation,” Father prayed.
Matthais also prayed. “Dear God, I do Watch Matthais on YouTube:
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not want the operation,” he prayed. bit.ly/Matthais-IAD.
After a year, when he was 7 years Download photos on Facebook
old, the doctor said it was time for the (bit.ly/fb-mq).
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Mother took the boy to the hospital. bit.ly/IAD-Facts.
“What is your name?” the doctor asked.
“Matthais,” Matthais said. looking belly button.
“How old are you?” he asked. Matthais’ life changed. Before the
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“Seven,” Matthais said. operation he could not run and jump so as
“Do you get good grades in school?” to avoid damaging his belly button. Today
he asked. he is 10 years old and the fastest runner
“I get A’s,” Matthais said. in his class. He remembers the operation
Mother took a picture of Matthais
while running and jumping during recess
before the doctor put him to sleep. Then
at school, and he pauses to thank God.
she went to the waiting room and prayed.
“Dear God, thank you that the operation
When Matthais woke up, he was lying
was a success,” he prays silently.
on the same bed, but he was in a different
room. Mother was standing by the bed
Matthais’ mother, Sylette, is a teacher
with a smile. She said Matthais was now
at University of the Southern Caribbean
in the recovery room. “I’m glad that you
did the operation this time,” she said. in Trinidad and Tobago. Part of this
The doctor said the operation was a quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
success. When the bandage came off will help open a missionary training
several weeks later, Matthais’ belly button center on the university campus.
no longer was an outie. It was a regular- By Andrew McChesney
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The Moruga Scorpion, originating in
southern Trinidad, is officially the second-
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hottest pepper in the world, reaching
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2 million units on the Scoville heat
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scale. In comparison, a bell
pepper registers zero to 100,
and a jalapeno reaches 10,000.
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Junior’s
Secret
J u n i o r, 1 4
Junior and one of his brothers knocked
on the doors of the neighbors’ houses.
“Good afternoon!” Junior said. “Would
Jhome
unior is only 14 years old, but he has
led about 50 people to Jesus in his
country of Colombia. How?
you like to come to our house for worship?”
Some neighbors said yes, and others
Junior’s father is a farmer who grows said no. When a neighbor said no, Junior
cassava, rice, and corn. His mother is a mentioned that lunch would be served
seamstress who makes dresses and sandals. after the worship service.
Junior has 12 brothers and sisters. He is “We will have yummy food,” he said.
the youngest. When Junior was 5, his “What kind of food?” the neighbors
parents joined the Seventh-day Adventist asked. Many of the neighbors were poor,
Church. Around the same time, flooding and they didn’t have much food after a
damaged the family farm, so the family poor harvest that year.
moved to higher ground in a mountainous Junior rattled off the whole menu.
village called Floralito. The closest “Mother will make homemade whole-
Adventist church was four hours away by wheat bread, bollo sweet corn wrapped
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foot. After making the long trek for four in corn husks, lentil patties, beans, and
months, Junior had an idea. shredded palm and tomatoes cooked in
“Daddy, the church is too far away,” he lemon juice,” he said.
said. “Why don’t we invite the neighbors On the first Sabbath, seven neighbors
to meet in our house?” came to worship and eat lunch. The next
Father liked the idea. Sabbath, 16 people showed up. On the
“Amen!” he said. “We also can invite third Sabbath, the whole village of 32
them to lunch after the worship service.” people came. Eight people were baptized
16his brother decided to go door to door
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After giving Bible studies at one house,
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the whole household of six was baptized.
Ask the children what Junior’s secret is The house church grew into a full-fledged
to leading about 50 people to Jesus. (He church, and the owner is now its elder.
loves Jesus and wants others to go with
him to heaven.) Junior wanted to do more, so he began
preaching on the street. Junior, a brother,
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(bit.ly/fb-mq). and his parents took turns preaching every
evening for four months. Twenty-three
Download mission posts and fast facts people were baptized.
from the Inter-American Division at:
bit.ly/IAD-Facts. Seeing that everyone in the village
was familiar with the Adventist message,
Father decided to move to another
over the next seven months. village, Turbo. Ten-year-old Junior led
After some time, Junior’s father found three evangelistic series and children’s
it too expensive to transport his cassava, meetings there, resulting in 17 baptisms.
rice, and corn to the market. So, the Today, the family lives in Mutatá,
family moved to another village, Chalán. where Junior has led two evangelistic
The church was an hourlong walk away, series, resulting in 13 baptisms.
and Mother suggested opening a house “I like to tell other people about
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church in a neighbor’s home. Three Jesus,” Junior said. “I want other people
families worshiped the first Sabbath. to come with me to heaven.”
Father asked Junior whether he
was brave enough to lead evangelistic Part of this quarter’s Thirteenth
meetings. The boy was 7 and had recently Sabbath Offering will help open a
given his heart to Jesus. He agreed to try missionary training center at Colombia
at the house church. Three people were Adventist University in Junior’s
baptized after the seven days of meetings. homeland, Colombia.
As the house church grew, Junior and By Andrew McChesney
In the early nineteenth century, Adventists went to the islands of San
Andres and Providencia, which belong to Colombia but are located
north of Panama. In 1901, S. Parker Smith (son of Uriah Smith) and his
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wife opened a school on San Andres. In 1908, Smith wrote in the Review
and Herald that there was a church of 19 members on San Andres
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and a larger one on Providencia, and that Adventist work was carried
largely through the school on the islands. During 1916 and 1917, several
colporteurs entered mainland Colombia.
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Baptizing
Bullies
Elina, 10
Now Elina really didn’t want to go
to school.
SHolding
even-year-old Elina arrived home from
school in tears in Colombia.
out her hands, she showed
One day Teacher told each of the
children to bring a toy for a school activity.
Elina brought her baby doll. Two other
Mother that her palms were covered with girls, who also were friends of the 9-year-
black lead and red spots. old boy, snatched the doll and hit her hard
At school, a 9-year-old boy had taken a on the head.
sharp pencil and poked her hands. Mother decided to send Elina to
Teacher had refused to intervene, another school.
telling Elina to fight back. The girl ended up in a public school in
“I don’t want to go to school anymore,” the town of Janeiro.
Elina cried. Unfortunately, the bullying started again.
Mother and Father asked Teacher to A group of 10-year-old boys saw that
stop the boy from bullying Elina or they Elina was smart and began to make fun
would go to the police. of her.
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The boy didn’t bully her again. But The principal overheard and
on another day, two girls who were scolded them.
friends of the 9-year-old boy kicked “Why are you laughing at Elina?”
Elina in the stomach. he asked the boys. “She hasn’t done
Father and Mother spoke with anything wrong.”
Teacher again. “She knows everything,” one of the
“Elina has to learn how to protect boys said, as if that were a bad thing.
herself,” Teacher said. Elina stopped playing with the other
18children. She preferred to be alone.
But she did have one friend, a girl Story Tips
named Shaila.
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Mother had an idea.
“Let’s form a small group for children,” Download photos on Facebook
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house and listen to you tell Bible stories.” Download mission posts and fast facts
Elina liked Bible stories, and she from the Inter-American Division at:
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invited her one friend, Shaila, to come
over at 5 p.m. Friday.
Without telling Elina, Shaila invited the Today Elina is 10 years old, and every
mean boys to come to the meeting as well. Friday evening she tells Bible stories to
On the first Friday, twelve children a small group of children in her home
came to hear Elina tell the story of David in Colombia.
and Goliath. Afterward, Mother fed the She no longer worries about bullying.
children a meal of empanada pies and red Instead she plans to spend all her time
palm juice. All the children enjoyed the looking for ways to share her love for Jesus.
meeting and wanted to come again. “I dream of bringing people to Jesus,”
The next Friday, the same twelve she said. “It is not for my own glory but
children returned and brought four for His glory.”
friends with them.
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Soon thirty children were coming Elina is a real missionary for telling
Elina’s house every Friday to hear Bible stories to other children in her
Bible stories. In three months, ten home every Friday evening. This quarter’s
children gave their hearts to Jesus and Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will help
were baptized. Four of those who were open a center to train missionaries
baptized were the boys who had laughed at Colombia Adventist University in
at Elina for being smart. They were no Elina’s homeland, Colombia. Thank
longer mean to her. They had become you for planning a generous Thirteenth
her friends. Sabbath Offering to help students train
to become missionaries.
The mother of one of the children also
was baptized. By Andrew McChesney
Literacy rates in
Colombia are higher than
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can read and write.
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The Boy
Preacher
Gabriel, 12
W hen Gabriel was 6, he saw older
children preaching at his church in
Necocli, Colombia. He liked to listen to
Creation. He couldn’t read well, so he
asked Mother to read the story of Creation
in Genesis 1 and 2. Then he found an
them preach about Jesus, and he wondered Adventist animated film about Creation
what it would be like to preach. and watched it.
After one Sabbath sermon, he went As he waited for the pastor to make
to Mother. a decision, he grew excited about the
“I want to preach,” he said. “I want to thought of preaching the sermon that he
know what it is like to preach in front of was preparing. Every day he worked on
all the people.” improving the sermon.
Mother was surprised but pleased. After three months, Father asked
“Let me ask the pastor,” she said. the pastor whether Gabriel could
Gabriel felt happy that he might be able preach his sermon at prayer meeting
to preach. the next Wednesday.
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Mother spoke with the pastor right away, “I’m scheduled to speak,” Father said.
and the pastor said he would think about it. “Could Gabriel preach instead of me?”
Gabriel decided to prepare his first The pastor agreed, and Father
sermon while the pastor was thinking. He announced the news to Gabriel.
loved the story about how God created the “The day that you have been
world, and he especially liked how God waiting has arrived,” he said. “You
blessed the seventh day and made it the will preach next Wednesday!”
holy Sabbath. He decided to preach about Gabriel was thrilled. “God has given me
20Gabriel wanted to preach again, and
Story Tips his parents spoke with the pastor. While
Gabriel waited for a decision, he prepared
Find Colombia on the map. a sermon about Jonah and the big fish.
Watch Gabriel on YouTube: Several months later, he preached the
bit.ly/Gabriel-IAD. sermon at another weeknight meeting.
Download photos on Facebook Today, Gabriel is 12, and the pastors
(bit.ly/fb-mq). in his hometown have given him the
Download mission posts and fast facts nickname “Preacher Boy.” He preaches
from the Inter-American Division at: once every two months in the three
bit.ly/IAD-Facts. churches in the city. Sometimes he
preaches during the week. Other times he
preaches a Friday evening sermon for the
Pathfinders or the Sabbath sermon.
a time to preach,” he said. Children have been impressed by his
Gabriel put on a nice shirt and arrived sermons. They want to know God the
at the church carrying a small notebook same way that Gabriel does, and some
with his sermon notes. The congregation wish that they could preach like him, too.
of 25 people was surprised to see Father Eight children have been baptized through
place a large concrete block behind the his sermons. “I like to preach because
pulpit. They were surprised to see Gabriel preaching changes lives for God’s glory,”
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stand on the block and preach. Gabriel said.
Gabriel felt nervous in front of all
the people, but he was very happy. The Gabriel is a real missionary for
congregation listened attentively. Before preaching about Jesus. Part of this quarter’s
Gabriel knew it, his 30-minute sermon Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will help
was over. He no longer felt nervous, and open a center to train other missionaries
he wished that he had something more at Colombia Adventist University in
to say. People left the prayer meeting Gabriel’s homeland, Colombia.
praising God for the young boy’s sermon.
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Patiently
Persistent
Alejandro, 10
O ne morning 3-year-old Alejandro
woke up crying in his bed in Santa
Marta, Colombia.
to church,” he said.
Mother had grown up in a Seventh-day
Adventist family, but she hadn’t gone to
“Waaaaa!” he bawled. church for a long time. She didn’t know
Mother came running. where Alejandro had heard about church,
“What’s wrong?” she asked. and she didn’t want to go.
Alejandro said he had had a scary dream. “Don’t be so annoying,” she said.
“Mommy, I dreamed that you were “Waaaaa!” Alejandro cried.
going to be lost in the lake of fire and He went to his room, where he
brimstone,” the little boy said. cried some more. After he couldn’t cry
Mom was astonished. She had never anymore, he returned to Mother.
spoken to Alejandro about how the Bible “Mommy, I want to go to church,”
says wicked people would die in a lake of he said.
fire after Jesus’ Second Coming. Mother was not pleased. “Stop! I don’t
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“How can you talk about a lake of fire if want to go to church,” she said.
I’ve never told you about it?” she asked. “Waaaaa!”
Alejandro said he had seen the lake of This happened day after day.
fire in his dream. Finally, Mother took the boy to an
He had the same dream again and Adventist church on Sabbath. Alejandro
again, and he woke up crying every time. was overjoyed and begged to return the
One day the boy came to Mother with next Sabbath. Mother took him. After a
an unusual request. “Mommy, I want to go while, he learned that the church also had
22“I will only baptize Alejandro if you
Story Tips agree to raise him as an Adventist boy,”
the pastor said.
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Mother promised and, to Alejandro’s
Pronounce Alejandro as: joy, he was baptized.
aleh-KHAN-dro Then he got another idea. He liked to
Download photos on Facebook listen to the preachers in church, and he
(bit.ly/fb-mq). also wanted to preach about Jesus.
Download mission posts and fast facts “Mommy,” he said, “I want to be like
from the Inter-American Division at: them. I want to be a child preacher.”
bit.ly/IAD-Facts. Mother found some books on how to
teach people about the Bible, and she read
them to Alejandro. He began to preach.
meetings during the week, and he begged
One day Alejandro announced that he
to go. Mother took him to the prayer
wished that Mother would be baptized.
meetings on Sunday, Thursday, and Friday
Then he wanted his 20-year-old brother
nights. But that also wasn’t enough.
and his father to be baptized. Do you
“Are there other days when we can go,
know what happened? Mother, Father,
too?” he begged.
and his big brother all ended up giving
After several months, Alejandro moved
with Mother, Father, and his older brother their hearts to Jesus.
Alejandro is so happy! His patient
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to another city, Cartagena. Mother again
took Alejandro to all the church programs. persistence paid off. He brought his whole
Shortly before his fourth birthday, family to Jesus.
Alejandro had a special request.
“Mommy, I want to be baptized,” Alejandro is a real missionary for
he said. bringing his whole family to Jesus. Part
Mother spoke with the church leaders. of this quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath
“No,” the pastor said. “He is too young.” Offering will help open a center to
But Alejandro kept begging to be train other missionaries at Colombia
baptized. He wanted to give his heart to Adventist University in Alejandro’s
Jesus. Mother returned to the pastor and homeland, Colombia.
pled with him to baptize her son.
The national flower of Colombia is the
Cattleya trianae orchid; the national bird
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bird in the world by combined weight and
wingspan; and the national tree is the wax
palm tree, the tallest palm in the world.
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Angie, 17
Praying at Recess
A ngie’s older brother, Elmer, called
all the teens into the church
sanctuary after the Sabbath worship
to join us,” Elmer said.
On Monday, eighteen students gathered
at recess in a large school courtyard circled
service in Tacotalpa, Mexico. by classroom buildings. Five students were
“I have an idea,” Elmer said. “School from other Adventist churches, and three
starts on Monday. Let’s have a prayer were not Adventists.
group once a week during recess.” The group sang a song, prayed, and then
Angie was happy at the thought of Elmer read a story from a devotional book
praying, singing, and discussing Jesus for young people. Afterward, he led a
during the 45-minute recess at the public discussion about the story. The students
high school that she and her brother sang another song and ended the meeting
attended. Elmer was just starting his last with prayer.
year in high school, while she had two Other students noticed the meeting and
years to go. walked by to listen.
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But she felt nervous about how her The next day, twenty-two students
church friends would react. As she gathered for the prayer group.
looked around to see the response, a girl The teachers began talking about the
exclaimed, “That’s a great idea! Let’s have prayer group, and before long the principal
the prayer group every day!” heard about it. He was not pleased. He
Ten students agreed to meet every day called Elmer to his office.
to pray. “Stop having the prayer group at
“And invite everyone in your classroom school,” he said.
24Elmer broke the news to the other
Adventist students, but they didn’t want Story Tips
to stop. They spoke with their parents
and prayed. They read the law and saw Find Mexico on the map.
there was rule against students having a Watch Angie on YouTube:
prayer group during recess. bit.ly/Angie-IAD.
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pray for the Holy Spirit to change the
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Several weeks passed, and the time bit.ly/IAD-Facts.
came for an annual Pathfinder challenge.
Pathfinders are challenged to wear their
yellow scarves every day for a week and to
tell everyone that they were Christians. Angie joined her brother, Elmer, and
Elmer boldly asked the principal for other Adventist students at recess to
permission for the Adventist students to thank God for hearing their prayers.
wear their Pathfinder scarves to school. “Thank you for working on the hearts
The principal became quiet. of the students, the principal, the teachers,
After thinking for a moment, he asked, and especially on me,” Angie prayed.
“Why are you guys doing this?”
“We are celebrating being Angie is a real missionary for sharing
Pathfinders, and Seventh-day Adventist Jesus through the prayer group at school.
leaders have challenged us to wear our This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath Offering
scarves,” Elmer said. will help open a center to train other
To the students’ surprise, the principal missionaries at Montemorelos University
allowed them to wear their scarves. in Angie’s homeland, Mexico. Elmer is
Even more surprisingly, after the now studying at Montemorelos University
Pathfinder week ended, the principal to become a pastor, and Angie is the new
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said the students could have their prayer leader of the school prayer group.
group during recess. By Andrew McChesney
The earliest Seventh-day Adventist missionary work in Mexico dates
to 1891, when an American tailor, S. Marchisio, went to Mexico City to
sell the English edition of “The Great Controversy.” Two years later, in
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1893, a group of missionaries, including Dan T. Jones, Dr. Lillis Wood,
Ida Crawford, Ora Osborne, and Alfred Cooper and his wife, arrived at
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Guadalajara and helped open a medical mission and a school. Later,
the clinic developed into the Guadalajara Sanitarium, the first Adventist
attempt at medical missionary work outside of the United States.
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Miguel, 11
Making Music for Jesus
Miguel didn’t feel like doing his
homework.
When he come home from school
make dinosaurs out of clay.
Before he knew it, the sun was setting,
and Mother was not pleased.
shortly after 1:30 p.m., he reasoned to “Miguel, come here!” she cried. “You
himself, “I have all afternoon and evening must do your homework!”
to do my math, science, and reading.” Miguel picked up his backpack and very
First, he ate lunch. It was his favorite: slowly made his way to the dining room
spaghetti with red tomato sauce and table. “I’m coming, I’m coming,” he said.
vegetarian meatballs. He also liked the Mother sat with him while he did his
salad of tomatoes, cucumbers, and spinach. homework. She wanted to make sure that
After he ate, Mother reminded him he finished it.
about his homework. “Miguel, go and do The same story happened every day.
your homework,” she said. Mother wasn’t sure what to do to make
Miguel looked sad. sure that Miguel did his homework.
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“Later, Mom,” he said. One day Miguel learned about musical
He went to his room and pulled out his instruments at Vacation Bible School,
collection of plastic dinosaurs to stage a and he announced to Mother that he
dinosaur fight. After growing bored of the wanted to learn to play Christian music
fights, he turned on the television and on the violin. Mother found a young
watched cartoons. When the cartoons got music teacher who had just graduated
boring, he grabbed Mother’s cellphone from Montemorelos University and asked
and watched YouTube videos on how to him to teach Miguel to play the violin.
26But then she thought, “Why should only
Miguel learn to play a musical instrument? Story Tips
All the children at church can learn to
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play — and so can their friends who don’t
know anything about Jesus!” Watch Miguel and listen to music from
his music school on YouTube: bit.ly/
Mother organized music classes for Miguel-IAD.
Miguel and the other children at church.
The group of children started small but Download photos on Facebook
(bit.ly/fb-mq).
grew as children and parents heard about
it. After a year, Miguel started playing the Download mission posts and fast facts
violin for special music in church. Other from the Inter-American Division at:
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children saw him play and wanted to play
like him. Soon forty-five children were
coming to the church every Thursday and television or takes her cellphone to watch
Friday to learn to play the violin, guitar, videos. He doesn’t want to play video
recorder, bells, flute, and piano. games or spend time on the Internet.
Miguel loves to play the violin. Now Why? He doesn’t have time. He has violin
when he comes home from school, he lessons on Thursdays and Fridays and
eats lunch and then immediately takes needs lots of time to practice the violin.
his dirty dishes to the kitchen and wipes Miguel doesn’t miss his old life.
the table clean. Mother does not have “I don’t want to go through life wasting
to remind him to do his homework. He my time playing video games,” he said. “I
wants to do it so he can play the violin. want to serve the Lord.”
When his homework is completed, he
goes to the living room and plays the Miguel is a real missionary with his
violin. He loves to play from the church music. This quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath
hymnal, especially the song, “I’d Rather Offering will help open a center to train
Have Jesus.” If any time remains before other missionaries at Montemorelos
University, not far from Miguel’s home,
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bedtime, he plays with his dinosaurs.
Mother is surprised about how Miguel in Montemorelos, Mexico.
has changed. He no longer watches By Andrew McChesney
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Mexicans take their sports seriously. In
pre-conquest times, losers of a ritual ball
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still dangerous sports, like bullfighting
and rodeo (invented in Mexico), where
competitors risk their lives. The most
popular sport in Mexico is soccer.
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Adrian, 15, front left
Gift of Life
T he Sabbath School teacher had a
big announcement to make to the
children’s class in Montemorelos, Mexico.
room also had a two-burner stove and a
small refrigerator.
All fifteen children crowded into the
“I know a boy who isn’t well,” Teacher room and stood around Adrian’s bed.
said. “Let’s go to his house this afternoon Twelve-year-old Eli opened his Bible and
to pray with him and give him a gift.” read Psalm 23. “The Lord is my Shepherd,
Teacher thought that a few children I shall not want,” Eli read.
might show up at the scheduled time Adrian wasn’t interested in listening to
in Los Sabinos Seventh-day Adventist the Bible. He had multiple sclerosis and,
Church. He arrived with a plastic bag although he was only fifteen, had suffered
filled with canned food and chili peppers several heart attacks. He was worried
to present as a gift on behalf of the class. about his health.
To his surprise, all fifteen children from But the words of the Psalm caught his
the class showed up, and each had a gift. attention. “Yea though I walk through the
Some had toilet paper and soap. Others valley of the shadow of death, I will fear
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had beans, rice, sugar, and salt. no evil, for you are with me,” Eli read.
The children rode in two cars to a A desire was kindled in Adrian’s heart
small house. The house consisted of only to know more about God.
one room with two beds. The children The children sang a song about God,
found 15-year-old Adrian sitting on one and Teacher prayed for Adrian.
bed. His crutches were resting against “Thank you, God, that we were able
a wall. Adrian’s father and 7-year-old to meet Adrian,” he said. “Please bless
brother slept on the other bed. The Adrian, his family, and his life.”
28Teacher offered to take Adrian to
church every Sabbath. Story Tips
“That’s a great idea!” the boy
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exclaimed. “I would really like that.”
The children piled into the two cars Know Teacher’s name is Gabriel, and his
two sons, Junior and Diego, are among
and headed back to church. They rode the boys who befriended Adrian. See
in silence. Each thought about how they Teacher and the others in the photo.
had nice houses and good health. They
Watch Adrian on YouTube:
felt ashamed for complaining to their bit.ly/Adrian-IAD.
parents about small things like not having
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The next Sabbath, Teacher picked up
Adrian and brought him to church. The Download mission posts and fast facts
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warmly welcomed him, and he liked
hearing the Bible stories. As the weeks
passed, he learned more about God and Before 13th Sabbath
especially liked the story of Job, who Send home a note to remind parents
suffered much but never stopped believing of the program and to encourage the
in God. He wanted to be like Job. children to bring their Thirteenth
Sabbath Offering on June 26. Remind
Adrian attended church for three everyone that their mission offerings
months. Sometimes the children’s Sabbath are gifts to spread God’s Word around
School class came to visit him at home. the world, and that one-fourth of our
One day, Adrian’s father called Thirteenth Sabbath Offering will go
directly to help 13 projects in the Inter-
Teacher. “I have big news,” Father said. American Division. The projects are
“But it is not my place to tell you what it listed on page 3 and on the back cover.
is. One minute.”
He passed his cellphone to Adrian. The narrator doesn’t need to memorize
the story, but he or she should be
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“I’ve been thinking about something,” familiar enough with the material so as
Adrian said. “I want to be baptized. What not to have to read it. Alternatively,
do you think?” the children can act out the story,
“This is the best news ever!” Teacher playing the roles of Adrian, Teacher,
and the Sabbath School class.
exclaimed. “This is the best choice you
could ever make!” Before or after the story, use a map
He promised to make arrangements for to show the thirteen countries in
the Inter-American Division that
the baptism.
will receive the Thirteenth Sabbath
Adrian handed the phone back to his Offering. Describe how each of the
father. “My son has more courage than thirteen Adventist universities and
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me,” Father said, his voice breaking. colleges in those countries will receive
missionary training centers with
“I have never been able to make the assistance from the offering.
decision to be baptized.”
The children in the Sabbath School
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