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Mission      CHILDREN’S

2022 • QUARTER 1 • SOUTHERN ASIA-PACIFIC DIVISION

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Contents
O n the Cover: KK was 8 when she learned that her mother was ill. She also was 8 when
she learned that Jesus was her Friend and that she could pray to Him. Story, p. 14.

* A “veiled country” is a country that Adventist Mission has chosen not to identify because of regional sensitivities involving Christianity.

Your Offerings at Work
Adventist Mission Southern Asia-Pacific Division

Thank you for your Thirteenth Sabbath Offering three
years ago that helped the Adventist International Mission ©2022 General Conference of
School-Korat expand into a high school and to construct Seventh-day Adventists ® • All rights reserved
a complex of classrooms and other buildings at a new site 12501 Old Columbia Pike,
Silver Spring, MD 20904-6601
in Korat, Thailand. Read related stories on pages 12-17. 1-800-648-5824 • AdventistMission.org

Dear Sabbath School Leader, Andrew McChesney
Editor

This quarter we feature the Southern Laos, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste. See the
Asia-Pacific Division, which oversees sidebar for more information.
the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s If you want to make your Sabbath
work in 14 countries: Bangladesh, Brunei School class come alive this quarter,
Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, we offer photos and other materials to
Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, accompany each mission story. More
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor- information is provided in the sidebar
Leste, and Vietnam, as well as Pakistan. with each story. For photos of tourist
The region is home to 1.1 billion sites and other scenes from the featured
people, including 1.7 million countries, try a free photo bank such as
Adventists. That’s a ratio of one pixabay.com and unsplash.com.
Adventist for every 636 people.
In addition, you can download a
This quarter’s four Thirteenth Sabbath
PDF of facts and activities from the
projects are in four countries: Pakistan,
Southern Asia-Pacific Division at bit.
ly/ssd-2022. Follow us at facebook.com/
missionquarterlies.
Opportunities You can download the PDF version of
The Thirteenth Sabbath Offering the Children’s Mission magazine at bit.ly/
this quarter will help the Southern childrensmission and the youth and adult
Pacific-Asia Division to establish: Mission magazine at bit.ly/adultmission.
The Mission Spotlight videos are available
 Health center in northern Pakistan at bit.ly/missionspotlight. A printable
 Elementary school in Luang Namtha, Laos mission bank image, which the children
can color, can be downloaded at bit.ly/
 Children’s learning center in Long
Thanh, Vietnam bank-coloring-page.
If I can be of assistance, contact me at
 Student dormitory at Timor- Leste mcchesneya@gc.adventist.org.
Adventist International School in Dili,
Timor-Leste Thank you for encouraging others to be
mission-minded! 
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LAOS | J a nua r y 1

Bald and
Scared
Th i p

her to a witch doctor, but he couldn’t do
anything. They took her to a fortuneteller,
but she couldn’t help. Thip visited many
witch doctors and fortunetellers, but no
T hip was a beautiful girl with long
black hair in Laos. She didn’t know
Jesus, and she didn’t care.
one could heal her. Father and Mother
spent a lot of money, selling a car and other
At school, she became friends with a valuables, but Thip grew worse. When the
girl who spoke often about Jesus. The girl sun went down and the sky grew dark, she
was a Seventh-day Adventist. hit herself all night. When the sun rose in
“Jesus created all things, including you,” the morning, she returned to normal.
the girl said. “He lives in heaven.” Father and Mother decided that their
Thip didn’t really understand what only hope was the stone image at the
her friend was saying. She honored an temple. They shaved off Thip’s hair and
image of stone at a temple, and she wasn’t left her at the temple. Thip was bald and
interested in hearing about Jesus. scared. She worked hard to memorize the
Then Thip fell ill. It was a strange teachings of the stone image, hoping that
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sickness. Everything was fine during the it would save her. But nothing changed.
day, but when the sun went down and the One day, Thip remembered her friend
sky grew dark, she began to hurt herself. who had told her about Jesus. She sent
She hit herself with her hands all night. a text message to her friend about her
She didn’t stop until the sun rose in the sad situation. The friend wrote a prayer
morning. Then she acted like normal. and sent it back. Thip had never prayed
Father and Mother were worried. Thip to Jesus. But when she read the texted
wasn’t sleeping at night, and she had cuts prayer, she gathered all her courage and
and bruises all over her body. They took prayed for the first time in her life. It was
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evening. The sun was going down, and
the sky was growing dark. Story Tips

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“Help me, Jesus,” Thip pleaded. “Please
 Find Laos on the map.
come into my life and save me.”
That night, when the sun went down and  Thip (a pseudonym) is carrying a Bible.
the sky grew dark, Thip didn’t hit herself.  Download photos on Facebook:
She slept for the first time in months. bit.ly/fb-mq.
When the sun rose in the morning, she  Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
woke up feeling like a new person. She from the Northern Asia-Pacific Division:
never again had trouble from evil spirits. bit.ly/ssd-2022.
Father and Mother were amazed at  This mission story illustrates the following
Thip’s healing, and they asked what had components of the Seventh-day Adventist
happened. She told them about Jesus. Church’s “I Will Go” strategic plan:
Mission Objective No. 1, “To revive the
Father and Mother called an Adventist concept of worldwide mission and sacrifice
pastor and asked him to teach Thip more for mission as a way of life involving not
about Jesus. Thip was happy. Now she only pastors but every church member,
wanted to know more about Jesus. young and old, in the joy of witnessing
for Christ and making disciples”; Spiritual
Not long ago, Thip gave her heart to Growth Objective No. 5, “To disciple
Jesus and was baptized. She knows Jesus individuals and families into spirit-filled
has made her beautiful inside and out. lives”; Spiritual Growth Objective No.
Jesus has given her a new heart, and she 6, “To increase accession, retention,
reclamation, and participation of children,
wants to live with Him forever.  youth, and young adults”; and Spiritual
Growth Objective No. 7, “To help youth
Part of this quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath and young adults place God first and
Offering will help open a school in Laos exemplify a biblical worldview.” The
construction of the school will help fulfill
where more children can learn about the Mission Objective No. 4, “To strengthen
Jesus who created all things, including Seventh-day Adventist institutions in
children. Thank you for planning a upholding freedom, wholistic health, and
generous Thirteenth Sabbath Offering. hope through Jesus, and restoring in people
the image of God.” Learn more about the
By Andrew McChesney strategic plan at IWillGo2020.org.

The first Seventh-day Adventist mission station was opened by Richard
C. Hall and his family in 1957 at Nam Tha, in one of the northwestern
MISSION

provinces. Unfortunately, in 1962 all mission personnel were evacuated
RECORD

from Laos because of war. Shortly after the missionaries left, military
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forces overran Nam Tha, and the mission buildings were destroyed. In
1975, because of Communist advances in Southeast Asia, all Adventist
contact with Laos was cut off until 1984, when the border with Thailand
was reopened. Two churches were still worshiping.
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LAOS | J a nua r y 8

Somphone

Book Goes to Hospital
S teps to Christ went to the hospital. No,
the book was not sick. The reason
that Steps to Christ went to the hospital
ever heard about God. But the people
in the hospital welcomed Noah gladly.
They were happy that someone wanted
was to save people. to talk with them. They were happy that
All people who go to the hospital someone wanted to pray for them. They
go because they are sick and want to were happy to receive his gift of a book.
be healed. People in the hospital have Nobody was happier than Somphone,
headaches and stomachaches. They have a little boy of about 8. Somphone was
broken arms and broken legs. They have in agony when Noah stepped into his
problems with their hearts, lungs, livers, hospital room. His left arm and part of
or kidneys. They are worried and in pain, his chest were covered with burns. He
and they want to get better. was moaning softly in pain as Mother and
Steps to Christ cannot heal a headache Father sat anxiously beside the bed.
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or a broken arm or a bad liver. It cannot be Looking sympathetically at the forlorn
swallowed like a pill or wrapped around the child, Noah said, “Can I pray for you?
arm like a bandage. But the book is good I would like to ask the wonderful and
medicine. It can give hope. It explains how loving God of heaven to take away your
to become friends with Jesus and learn pain and heal you.”
more about Him by reading the Bible. Somphone had never heard about God.
Noah took Steps to Christ to a hospital Nobody had ever prayed for him before.
in Laos. Nobody in the hospital was a But he liked the sound of a wonderful and
Christian. Nobody in the hospital had loving God in heaven who could take
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away his pain and heal him.
“Yes, please pray to God,” he said. Story Tips

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Noah prayed for the boy. He asked
 Show the children a copy of the
God to take away his pain and to heal his book, Steps to Christ, at the beginning of
burns. He prayed for Somphone’s parents. the story.
He prayed that Somphone would be able
 Find Laos on the map.
to return home soon.
The next day, Noah returned to the  Pronounce Somphone as: som-FO-ni.
hospital, and Somphone greeted him with Somphone is a pseudonym.
a beaming smile.  Know that just a few years ago there was
“God took away my pain!” he no complete Bible in the Lao language,
much less other Christian literature
announced, proudly, so everyone in the
like Steps to Christ. Now the Bible and
hospital room could hear. “And my burns other a several Ellen White books are
dried up overnight.” available in the Lao language and are
Mother and Father smiled. Their son being distributed across the country.
was no longer in pain, and his burns were  Download photos on Facebook:
healing nicely. It was a true miracle! God bit.ly/fb-mq.
had answered Noah’s prayer.  Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
Noah gave the boy’s parents a copy from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division:
of Steps to Christ. “You can read how to bit.ly/ssd-2022.
become friends with the God who hears  This mission story illustrates the
and answers prayer,” he said. following components of the Seventh-
Then he prayed again for Somphone. day Adventist Church’s “I Will Go”
“Thank You wonderful and loving God of strategic plan: Mission Objective No. 2,
“To strengthen and diversify Adventist
heaven for taking away Somphone’s pain outreach … among unreached and
and healing him,” he prayed. “Amen.” under-reached people groups, and to
When he finished praying, everyone in non-Christian religions”; and Mission
the hospital room wanted him to pray for Objective No. 3: “To make developing
resources for mission to non-Christian
them. They had seen Somphone’s pain religions and belief systems a high
and how God had taken it away. priority.” The establishment of the
Noah prayed with each of the other elementary school will help fulfill
people in the hospital room. Everyone Mission Objective No. 4: “To strengthen
Seventh-day Adventist institutions in
eagerly took a copy of Steps to Christ to upholding freedom, wholistic health,
read. They wanted to become friends with and hope through Jesus, and restoring in
the wonderful and loving God of heaven people the image of God.” Learn more at
who had helped Somphone. They wanted IWillGo2020.org.
to be saved by God. 
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Part of this quarter’s Thirteenth
Sabbath Offering will help open a school Thank you for planning a generous
in Laos to teach children about the Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
wonderful and loving God in heaven. By Andrew McChesney

LAOS | J a nua r y 15

Fire! Help!
Amy

“Fire!” Amy screamed. “Help! Help!”
But the fire was so hot that no one
dared come out of their rooms. Her
C rack! An odd noise woke up little
Amy late at night. Lifting her head,
she smelled a foul odor in the air.
father, mother, and brother quickly ran
to a window at the back of the house and
In another bedroom of the house, the jumped out. But Amy did not run. She fell
noise woke up Father and Mother, and on her knees.
they smelled the foul odor. Amy’s elder “God, please save us,” she prayed.
brother also woke up and sniffed the air. At that moment, the big flower vase fell
But no one wanted to come out of their over on the wooden cabinet and into the
rooms to see what was happening. Burglars fire. The flames decided to stop racing up
often broke into homes in their village in the ceiling, and to the kitchen and to the
Laos, and they did not want to be attacked. garage. The fire immediately died out.
Finally, Amy’s curiosity got the better Several neighbors had seen the fire and
of her, and she decided to take a look. were trying to help. They ran to the front
Peeking out of the door, she saw that the of the house and pounded on the closed
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television set was engulfed in a ball of wooden windows, trying to break them in
fire. The television set was in a wooden order to enter. No matter how hard they
cabinet in the living room. On top of the hit, the closed wooden windows would
cabinet was a big flower vase. not break. Then they saw that the fire
Now everything seemed to be had gone out. It was a good thing that the
surrounded by a big, hot fire. Orange windows did not break because it would
flames were licking at the ceiling. The have cost a lot of money to replace them.
fire was quickly spreading toward the Why did the fire go out? Why didn’t
kitchen and garage. the car window break? Those weren’t
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the only strange things that happened.
Mother and the children were Christians Story Tips

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and loved the God of heaven, but Father
did not know God. He allowed Mother  Find Laos on the map.
and the children to go to church on  Download photos on Facebook:
Sabbath, but he wasn’t interested in bit.ly/fb-mq.
going with them. Like many people in  Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
Laos, he had wooden images of his dead from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division:
great-great-grandfathers and great-great- bit.ly/ssd-2022.
grandmothers in a corner of his house,  This mission story illustrates the
and he honored them. Strangely, the fire following components of the Seventh-
did not destroy anything in the house day Adventist Church’s “I Will Go”
except the wooden images of his dead strategic plan: Mission Objective No. 2,
“To strengthen and diversify Adventist
great-great-grandfathers and great-great- outreach … among unreached and
grandmothers. The wooden images were under-reached people groups, and to non-
burned to ashes. Christian religions”; Spiritual Growth
Amy’s family repainted the living room Objective No. 5, “To disciple individuals
and families into spirit-filled lives”; and
after the fire, and they dedicated their Spiritual Growth Objective No. 7, “To
home to God. They realized like never help youth and young adults place God
before that their home and everything first and exemplify a biblical worldview.”
that they owned actually belongs to God. The construction of the school will
help fulfill Mission Objective No. 4,
Father gladly joined Mother and the “To strengthen Seventh-day Adventist
children in the prayer of dedication for institutions in upholding freedom,
the house. He saw that the God who had wholistic health, and hope through
answered Amy’s prayer was more powerful Jesus, and restoring in people the image
than his wooden images.  of God.” Learn more about the strategic
plan at IWillGo2020.org.

Thank you so much for your Sabbath
School mission offering that will help Offering will help open an elementary
spread the gospel to the people of Laos. school in Laos.
Part of this quarter’s Thirteen Sabbath By Andrew McChesney

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The UNESCO World
Heritage Site of the Plain
COUNTRY
AMAZING

of Jars is comprised of
more than 2,100 stone jars
that were used for funerals
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during the Iron Age from
500 BC to 500 AD.

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LAOS | J a nua r y 22

Singkham

Praying for Parents
C an you imagine having a Father or
Mother who didn’t know Jesus? What
would you do?
operation. He was scared. What if the
operation didn’t help?
But Singkham wasn’t worried. He knew
Singkham’s Father and Mother did Jesus, and he knew that Jesus would help.
not know Jesus. Like many people in Singkham told Father about Jesus, and he
Laos, they were not Christians, and they prayed for him. Father realized that Jesus
had never gone to church. Singkham, was his only hope, and he and Mother
however, loved Jesus and wanted his began to read the Bible.
parents to know Him, too. But how? The operation was a success! The kidney
He began to pray. He asked people at stone was removed, and the pain went away.
church to pray. Everyone prayed for Father Father was so happy that Jesus had saved
and Mother. his life! Mother also was happy! They
“Please, help Father and Mother to decided to read the Bible every day because
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know You,” Singkham prayed every day they wanted to know more about Jesus.
for a whole year. Singkham was especially happy! Jesus
Then Father fell ill with a terrible pain had answered his prayers, and his parents
in his belly. At the hospital, the doctor were beginning to know Jesus.
said Father had a kidney stone. A kidney But just as Father and Mother got to
stone is a small stone that forms in the know Jesus better, Father fell ill again.
kidney, which is in the belly. It hurts a lot. Something hurt in his belly. The doctor
The doctor said Father needed looked for another kidney stone, but
an operation. Father didn’t want an he couldn’t find one. For one and a
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half months, the doctor looked, but he
couldn’t find the cause of the pain. Story Tips

L AO S
Singkham didn’t know what to do. He
 Find Laos on the map.
couldn’t understand why Father was ill
again. He prayed for Jesus to heal Father.  Pronounce Singkham as: SING-kum.
Finally, the doctor said he wanted to  Download photos on Facebook:
perform an operation. bit.ly/fb-mq.
“We cannot find the cause of your  Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
sickness,” he told Father. “So, I want to from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division:
open up your belly to see what is causing bit.ly/ssd-2022.
the pain.”
 This mission story illustrates the
The doctor came out of the operating following components of the Seventh-
room after 30 minutes. day Adventist Church’s “I Will Go”
“I’m sorry,” he said. “We cannot strategic plan: Mission Objective No.
help Father.” 1, “To revive the concept of worldwide
mission and sacrifice for mission as a way
He said Father was very sick, and of life involving not only pastors but
nothing could be done to treat them. He every church member, young and old,
didn’t even want to sew Father’s belly in the joy of witnessing for Christ and
shut after the operation. making disciples”; Mission Objective No.
2, “To strengthen and diversify Adventist
Singkham kept praying. outreach … across the 10/40 Window,
Two weeks passed, and Father’s pain among unreached and under-reached
suddenly disappeared. His belly didn’t people groups, and to non-Christian
religions”; and Spiritual Growth
hurt anymore! The surprised doctor sent
Objective No. 5, “To disciple individuals
Father home. A month passed. A year and families into spirit-filled lives.” The
passed. Father grew strong and healthy, construction of a grade school in Laos
and his belly healed shut. will help fulfill Mission Objective No. 4,
“To strengthen Seventh-day Adventist
The doctor asked Father to come back to institutions in upholding freedom,
the hospital for an examination. He could wholistic health, and hope through
not believe his eyes when Father walked Jesus, and restoring in people the image
in. Father was in perfect health! of God.” Learn more about the strategic
plan at IWillGo2020.org.
“How can this be?” the doctor exclaimed.
Father knew how it could be. Mother
knew how it could be. Singkham knew whole family knew Him. Jesus really does
how it could be. God had done a miracle. answer prayers! 
After the miraculous healing, Father
and Mother gave their hearts to Jesus. Part of this quarter’s Thirteenth Sabbath
The rest of Singkham’s family saw what Offering will help open a grade school
had happened to Father, and they also in Laos to teach children — and parents
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gave their hearts to Jesus. — about the wonderful and loving God
Singkham loves Jesus with all his in heaven. Thank you for planning a
heart. He had prayed for Father and generous Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
Mother to know Jesus, and now his By Andrew McChesney

THAILAND | J a nua r y 30

Pradeepa Lakmali Fernando

Father of the Fatherless
A small girl believed in God, but she
had a big question: Can God really
do miracles? Perhaps the girl, Pradeepa,
boy’s five loaves and two fish into a huge
meal to feed more than 5,000 people. She
heard about Jesus raising a 12-year-old
had a good reason to wonder. She didn’t girl from the dead. She wondered, “Can
think that she had seen any miracles in God really do miracles?” Even though she
her short life in Sri Lanka. wasn’t certain that God could do miracles,
Pradeepa was born into a Christian she knew that she loved Him. She gave
home, but her father died when she was her heart to Jesus and was baptized.
9. Without Father, Mother had to work Mother also was baptized.
hard to raise the girl. Pradeepa saw how As Pradeepa grew older, she decided
difficult life was for Mother, and she that she wanted to become a teacher. But
wondered, “Can God really do miracles?” she had a big problem. She couldn’t pay
One day, Mother told Pradeepa that for college. Although Mother worked
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they would worship at a new church. hard, she didn’t have enough money to
Instead of going to their usual church on help. Pradeepa wished that she still had
Sunday, they would go to a Seventh-day a father. She prayed, “Dear God, if You
Adventist church on Sabbath. A friend of really are my Father, and if You really
Mother’s had invited them. want me to go to college, please raise up
Pradeepa liked the new church. She someone to help me.”
enjoyed learning about God in Sabbath Nothing happened. Nothing happened
School. She loved listening to stories from the next day, even though Pradeepa
the Bible. She heard about Jesus turning a prayed again. Nothing happened for a
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year, but Pradeepa kept praying. Her
prayer, however, changed. She stopped Story Tips
asking God if He really was her Father.
 Find Thailand on the map.
She realized that God was her Father,
and she was His child. “Dear Heavenly  Pronounce Pradeepa as: pra-DEEP-a.
Father,” she prayed. “You are my Father. If

T H A I L A N D
 Download photos on Facebook:
You want me to go to college, please raise bit.ly/fb-mq.
up someone to help me.”
 Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
Then someone called on the telephone. from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division:
“Hello,” said the unfamiliar voice. “Do bit.ly/ssd-2022.
you want to go to college?”
 Read one of Pradeepa’s favorite Bible
Pradeepa didn’t know who was verses: “Sing to God, sing praises to
calling, but she knew that she wanted His name; extol Him who rides on the
to go. “Yes,” she said, slowly. “But clouds, by His name Yah, and rejoice
Mother and I don’t have enough money. before Him. A father of the fatherless, a
defender of widows, is God in His holy
Only God, who is my Father, can help.” habitation” (Psalm 68:4-5, NKJV). Ask
Two days later, the caller called again. the children why she might like the text.
“Get ready to go to college,” the voice  This mission story illustrates the
said. “I will help you.” following components of the Seventh-
At that moment, Pradeepa knew that day Adventist Church’s “I Will Go”
God really can do miracles! Tears flowed strategic plan: Mission Objective No.
1, “To revive the concept of worldwide
down her cheeks as she thanked Him.
mission and sacrifice for mission as a
“I may not have a father on earth, but way of life involving not only pastors
I have the most wonderful Father in but every church member, young and
heaven,” she prayed. old, in the joy of witnessing for Christ
and making disciples”; Spiritual Growth
Today, Pradeepa is a teacher at a
Objective No. 6, “To increase accession,
mission school in Thailand. Many retention, reclamation, and participation
children do not come from Christian of children, youth, and young adults”;
homes. Many may wonder whether God and Spiritual Growth Objective No.
7, “To help youth and young adults
really can do miracles. Pradeepa loves
place God first and exemplify a biblical
introducing the children to her Heavenly worldview.” The construction of new
Father. “He loves you,” she says. “And, classrooms at Adventist International
yes, He really can do miracles!” Mission School also helps fulfill Mission
Objective No. 2, “To strengthen and BigStockPhoto.com

diversify Adventist outreach in large
Three years ago, your Thirteenth cities, across the 10/40 Window, among
Sabbath Offering helped the school unreached and under-reached people
where Pradeepa teaches, the Adventist groups, and to non-Christian religions”;
and Mission Objective No. 4, “To
International Mission School in Korat,
strengthen Seventh-day Adventist
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Thailand, to move to a new campus so institutions in upholding freedom,
even more children can learn about the wholistic health, and hope through Jesus,
God who does miracles. and restoring in people the image of
God.” Learn more at IWillGo2020.org.
By Andrew McChesney

THAILAND | Fe br ua r y 5

Trusting in God
W hen KK was 8, she learned that her
mother was ill with cancer.
The little girl didn’t know what to do.
and loving Mother,” KK repeated.
“Now Mother is sick. Please help her,”
she said.
As Mother suffered, she longed to help. “Now Mother is sick. Please help her,”
She spoke with Teacher Lynn at the KK repeated.
Seventh-day Adventist school where she “Amen.”
studied in Thailand. Teacher Lynn gave “Amen.”
KK a big, sympathetic hug. Teacher Lynn also showed KK how to
“Pray and trust in God,” she said, softly. read the Bible.
KK came from a family that was not KK prayed with Teacher Lynn every day
Christian, and she had never prayed. for four months. Whenever she felt sad
Teacher Lynn taught KK to pray. and wanted to pray, the two knelt down
“You talk to God in the same way that and prayed. Sometimes KK’s whole class
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you would talk to your father or to your prayed for her mother and her.
mother or to a friend,” she said. Mother heard that KK and people at
She suggested that KK repeat a prayer school were praying for her. She didn’t say
after her. anything, but KK could see that she was
“Dear God,” she said. happy that everyone at school loved her.
“Dear God,” KK repeated. The children did more than pray. They
“Thank You for giving me a wonderful made greeting cards out of colorful paper
and loving Mother,” she said. and gave them to KK and her mother.
“Thank You for giving me a wonderful KK’s favorite card read, “Cheer up!”
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Mother grew weaker, but KK refused to
doubt in God. She knew that God had a Story Tips
special plan for both her and Mother.
 Find Thailand on the map.
“If it is God’s plan for Mother to go
away and for me to live without her, I  Download photos on Facebook:
have to believe and trust in Him,” she bit.ly/fb-mq.

T H A I L A N D
told her classmates.  Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
Then Mother died. KK cried. She did from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division:
bit.ly/ssd-2022.
not understand why God had allowed
Mother to die, but she trusted Him.  This mission story illustrates the
following components of the Seventh-day
Today, KK prays when she wakes up Adventist Church’s “I Will Go” strategic
and before she goes to bed. She prays plan: Spiritual Growth Objective No.
during the day at school. She prays 5, “To disciple individuals and families
“without ceasing,” as the Bible teaches in into spirit-filled lives”; Spiritual Growth
Objective No. 6, “To increase accession,
1 Thessalonians 5:17. retention, reclamation, and participation
“God really knows what’s best for me, of children, youth, and young adults”;
and He knows what will happen in my and Spiritual Growth Objective No.
future,” KK says. “I trust Him.”  7, “To help youth and young adults
place God first and exemplify a biblical
worldview.” The expansion of Adventist
Thank you for your Thirteenth Sabbath International Mission School helps fulfill
Offering three years ago that helped KK’s Mission Objective No. 2, “To strengthen
school, Adventist International Mission and diversify Adventist outreach in
large cities, across the 10/40 Window,
School in Korat, Thailand, to construct among unreached and under-reached
a new campus so it could expand into a people groups, and to non-Christian
high school. The new school buildings religions”; and Mission Objective No. 4,
were constructed just in time for KK to “To strengthen Seventh-day Adventist
institutions in upholding freedom,
stay for high school. wholistic health, and hope through Jesus,
By Andrew McChesney and restoring in people the image of
God.” Learn more at IWillGo2020.org.

The forests deep in
Thailand are home
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COUNTRY
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to tigers, leopards,
elephants, wild ox,
and the Malayan tapir, whose fur is
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black on the front half of its body and
white on the back half. Crocodiles can
also be found in Thailand.

THAILAND | Fe br ua r y 12

Bowing Only to God
S ix-year-old DJ saw a shrine as she
walked down the hall of her school
in Thailand.
realized that she was his own daughter.
At home, Father and Mother sat down
for a talk with DJ.
Do you know what a shrine is? A shrine “Today, I saw you bend your knees to
is a place with a religious image. At DJ’s the image at school,” Father said. “Why
school, the shrine was a place with an did you do that?”
image of Mary, the mother of Jesus. DJ looked at Father and Mother with
DJ remembered that her teacher had wide eyes. She didn’t think that she had
told her and the other children to bow to done anything wrong.
the image of Mary when they saw it. So, “Teacher said we should do that,” she said.
DJ carefully bent her knees in front of the Father and Mother looked at each
image. Then she continued on her way. other. While they had taught DJ that they
She didn’t know it, but someone saw were Seventh-day Adventist, they had
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her bow. never explained that there were other
Far up on the fourth floor of the school, religions in the world and that some of
Father happened to glance down, and he them bowed to images.
saw his little girl bow to the image. Father Father opened his Bible to Exodus
was a Seventh-day Adventist, and he 20 and told DJ about the Ten
didn’t bow to images. At first, he thought Commandments. “Listen, to the first
that DJ was one of the many children commandment, DJ,” he said. “It says, ‘You
at the school whose parents bowed to shall have no other gods before Me.’ That
images. But then he saw her face and means that God wants us to worship only
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Him. We bow only to God. We do not
bow to anyone else.” Story Tips
Then Father read the second command-
 The photo shows DJ with her younger
ment, which says, “You shall not make for siblings. DJ’s mother is a fourth-grade
yourself a carved image.” teacher at Adventist International
He explained that the image at school Mission School in Korat, Thailand, while

T H A I L A N D
was a “carved image.” her father teaches high-school students.
The family is from the Philippines.
“God says we should not bow down to
them,” he said.  Download photos on Facebook:
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promised not to bow to anyone but God.  Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
But it was difficult to go to a school from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division:
where the other children bowed to the bit.ly/ssd-2022.
image. It was difficult when Teacher told  This mission story illustrates the
the children to bow. DJ wanted to be like following components of the Seventh-day
the other children, and she didn’t like Adventist Church’s “I Will Go” strategic
plan: Spiritual Growth Objective No.
disobeying Teacher. But even more she 6, “To increase accession, retention,
wanted to make God happy, so she didn’t reclamation, and participation of
bow to the image again. children, youth, and young adults”; and
Meanwhile, Father and Mother were Spiritual Growth Objective No. 7, “To
help youth and young adults place God
praying earnestly. They saw that it was first and exemplify a biblical worldview.”
difficult for DJ. They wanted her to be The construction of new classrooms at
able to study at an Adventist school. Adventist International Mission School
also helps fulfill Mission Objective
Then God answered their prayers.
No. 2, “To strengthen and diversify
Mother, who is a teacher, got a new job Adventist outreach in large cities, across
teaching at Adventist International the 10/40 Window, among unreached
Mission School in another part of and under-reached people groups,
and to non-Christian religions”; and
Thailand. Father, who also is a teacher, Mission Objective No. 4, “To strengthen
got a job at the school as well. Seventh-day Adventist institutions in
DJ loved her new school. Many of the upholding freedom, wholistic health,
children were not Christian, but all the and hope through Jesus, and restoring in
people the image of God.” Learn more at
teachers were Adventist, and they loved IWillGo2020.org.
God with all their hearts.
At the school, DJ learned more about
the Ten Commandments, and she even
memorized them all. 
more children can learn about the only
Three years ago, your Thirteenth God worthy of worship. Thank you for
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Sabbath Offering helped the school planning a generous Thirteenth Sabbath
where Dorothy Jeanne studies, Adventist Offering this quarter to help even more
International Mission School in Korat, children learn about God.
Thailand, to move to a new campus so By Andrew McChesney

INDONESIA | Fe br ua r y 19

The Real
Jesus
Arta Dasmasela

A rta, a young student missionary, felt
a little sad when he arrived on the
Raja Ampat Islands in Indonesia. He was
the elect. But take heed; see, I have told
you all things beforehand” (Mark 13:21-
23, NKJV).
supposed to teach school for one year in a On Sunday, two of Arta’s new friends
village where no Seventh-day Adventists took him to their church. When the
lived. But he was all alone. pastor asked him to introduce himself,
“Why am I alone?” he prayed. Arta said, “I am the new teacher at the
But was Arta really alone? No! Almost school. I also can help you if you are sick.”
immediately after he prayed, he realized It was true. In addition to being a teacher,
that Jesus was with him. So, he prayed Arta had learned how to help sick people.
a new prayer, asking for help to tell the But the pastor was not interested. He
villagers that Jesus is coming soon. wanted to tell Arta about the man who
Soon Arta learned that the villagers had claimed to be Jesus. “He was a great
thought that Jesus had already come. A man,” the pastor said. Arta prayed. He did
man who once lived on the island had not know what to do. When the pastor
claimed that he was Jesus. After he had saw that Arta did not praise the man who
died, the villagers began worshiping him. had claimed to be Jesus, he became angry.
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Arta knew that the man couldn’t be Everyone in church became angry.
Jesus. The Bible teaches that the real Arta sadly left the church. He didn’t
Jesus warned that some people would know how he would be able to tell the
falsely claim to be Him. Jesus said, villagers about the real Jesus.
“Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look, Outside, an old woman came up to him.
here is the Christ!’ or, ‘Look, He is there!’ “You said that you can help the sick,” she
do not believe it. For false christs and said. “Can you help my husband?”
false prophets will rise and show signs In her home, Arta checked her
and wonders to deceive, if possible, even husband’s blood pressure. It was very high.
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Arta suggested that the man eat healthy
foods that lower the blood pressure, and Story Tips
he prayed with the couple. As he left, he
 Find Indonesia on the map. Find Raja
heard the old man yell at his wife, “What Ampat Islands just off Papua to the east.
can that child teach me about health?”
 The photo shows Arta teaching at the
Back at his house, Arta fell onto his village school.
knees and prayed. “Lord, I surrender all to
 Know that Arta was a student missionary
You,” I said. “Please help me.” from Mount Klabat University, a
A few days later, the old woman Seventh-day Adventist University
appeared at Arta’s door. Her husband had outside Manado on Sulawesi Island. He
been eating healthy foods, and he wanted served as a student missionary with the
1,000 Missionary Movement.
his blood pressure to be checked again.
Arta was so happy! Someone in the  Download photos on Facebook:

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bit.ly/fb-mq.
village wanted to talk. Someone in the
village needed help.  Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
“Thank you, God,” he prayed silently. from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division:
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“Thank you for answering my prayers.”
The old man’s health improved every  This mission story illustrates the
following components of the Seventh-
day after that. He began to like Arta. day Adventist Church’s “I Will Go”
Soon he and his wife loved Arta as if he strategic plan: Mission Objective No.
were their own grandson. When the other 1, “To revive the concept of worldwide
mission and sacrifice for mission as a way
villagers saw their love, they began to be of life involving not only pastors but
kind to Arta, too. Arta soon had many every church member, young and old,
friends in the village, and he was able to in the joy of witnessing for Christ and
tell them about the real Jesus. making disciples”; Mission Objective No.
2, “To strengthen and diversify Adventist
Arta’s favorite verse in the Bible says, outreach … among unreached and under-
“I can do all things through Christ who reached people groups”; and Spiritual
strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). The Growth Objective No. 5, “To disciple
real Jesus can help us do everything!  individuals and families into spirit-filled
lives.” Learn more at IWillGo2020.org.
By Andrew McChesney

The first Seventh-day Adventist to visit Indonesia may have been
Abram La Rue, who is reported to have been in Java sometime between
MISSION

1888 and 1903. Adventist work in Indonesia began in 1900, when R. W.
RECORD

Munson, formerly a missionary for another denomination in Singapore,
and able to speak the language, opened a mission at Padang, on the
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west coast of Sumatra. One of his first converts was Tay Hong Siang,
a Chinese Christian preacher who had previously been an orphan in
Munson’s orphanage in Singapore.
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INDONESIA | Fe br ua r y 26

Anita

Anita’s Sabbath Adventure
H appy Sabbath!” Father’s voice cut
through the darkness.
Anita stirred in her bed.
the Seventh-day Adventist school in
Indonesia where Father and Mother
taught as American missionaries. The sky
“Rise and shine, Sunshine!” Father was dark, and few cars were on the street.
said, poking his head into the door of But Father still had to take care as he
Anita’s bedroom. drove. He carefully steered around dogs,
It was 4 o’clock in the morning. and sometimes he had to stop for cows to
Anita’s eyes popped open. It was time to cross the road.
get up! Anita slept on Mother’s lap.
After breakfast, Anita put on her About an hour and a half later, Anita
favorite Sabbath dress. Then she slipped awoke as the white van came to a stop.
her bare feet into flipflops. She gave her She liked this part of the trip to church.
Sabbath shoes to Mother to put in a bag. She and the others boarded a small
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Now she was ready for the trip to church. motorboat, and soon they were sailing
Anita climbed into the backseat of the on the ocean. Anita looked across the
family’s white van. Father slid behind the dark-blue water. Light was just beginning
steering wheel, and Pastor Kamu took a to crack on the horizon as the sun rose.
seat beside him. Mother sat with Anita Warm, humid air brushed against her
in the back, and they were joined by five cheeks as the boat navigated gentle waves.
university students. After an hour, the boat docked on
At 5 a.m., the white van left the an island, and the group transferred to
campus of Mount Klabat University, another boat for a 30-minute ride. Then
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they landed on yet another island dotted
with coconut trees and lush green jungle. Story Tips
Anita was glad that she had worn flipflops
 Find Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, on the map.
and not her nice Sabbath shoes. She had
to walk along a muddy trail. The mud  Know that this story occurred nearly
between her toes felt good. 40 years ago, but missionary kids still
make adventurous trips going to church
About 45 minutes later, Anita saw a
today. Nearly every Sabbath during their
small village with a small Seventh-day five years in Indonesia, Anita’s parents,
Adventist church. Sabbath School would Robert and Marja McChesney, traveled
begin soon, and the church was crowded from Mount Klabat University, where
already with people. The people greeted they taught, to a new church, sometimes
speaking to multiple congregations in a
Anita and the others with delight. single day.
Grandfathers and grandmothers smiled

I N D O N E S I A
 Ask the children what they think about
broadly. Fathers and Mothers beamed their trips to church on Sabbath morning.
with joy. They were so happy to welcome Would they like to get up at 4 a.m. for the
the visitors. They knew that it had taken trip? What advantages and disadvantages
an effort to reach their village. do they see between their trips to church
and Anita’s trip?
Little children waved excitedly at
Anita and clustered around her. A little  Encourage the children to be missionary
girl ran up and pinched the white skin kids. They do not have to live in a foreign
country or have missionary parents to be
of Anita’s arm. A little boy reached out a missionary kid. They only have to share
a daring arm and tugged on her red hair. Jesus with others.
The village children had brown skin and
 Ask the children how Anita shared Jesus.
black hair, and this was their first time to Possible answers: She showed love to the
see someone with white skin and red hair. children who pinched her and pulled her
Anita smiled back. She didn’t like hair. She shared Jesus simply by going
the children touching her, but she to church. Jesus went to church every
Sabbath: “And as His custom was, He
didn’t do anything. She understood that went into the synagogue on the Sabbath
they were curious. day” (Luke 4:16). Anita could have stayed
Inside the church, Mother pulled at home, but she followed Jesus’ example.
Anita’s Sabbath shoes from the bag, and  Download photos on Facebook:
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ready to worship God.  Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
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home. She was tired but happy. Every  This story illustrates Mission Objective
Sabbath, Father and Mother went to a No. 2 of the Seventh-day Adventist
new church to share Jesus. Every Sabbath, Church’s “I Will Go” strategic plan,
“To strengthen and diversify Adventist
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the trip was a new adventure. Best of all,
outreach … across the 10/40 Window,
every Sabbath they got to worship God. among unreached and under-reached
Anita liked being a missionary kid!  people groups.” More: IWillGo2020.org.
By Andrew McChesney

SINGAPORE | Ma r c h 5

Kind
Stranger
To n y

bus stop. Another woman was waiting for
the bus, and she saw the forlorn boy and

W hen Tony was 7 years old, he moved
with Mother to Singapore from their
home in another country. Father, who
his weeping mother. “What’s wrong?” the
stranger asked in English.
Mother didn’t understand. Tony didn’t
stayed at home, couldn’t speak English. speak English very well, so he also didn’t
Mother couldn’t speak English. But they understand. The woman saw their confused
both wanted Tony to live in Singapore so faces, and she switched languages.
he could learn to speak English. “What’s wrong?” she asked again but in
Tony started first grade in Singapore. another language.
It was hard to speak English, but he tried Mother’s face lit up. The woman was
his best and started to make new friends. speaking her language. Mother was so
But he felt very sorry for Mother. While happy! “I’m feeling sad because I miss my
he was at school, learning English and husband,” Mother said.
playing with friends, Mother was all alone The woman nodded her head,
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at home. Mother didn’t have schoolwork understandingly. She had an idea.
to keep her busy. She didn’t have any “I know something that might cheer
friends to play with. She missed Father. you up,” she said. “I belong to the
One morning, Tony and Mother stood Seventh-day Adventist Church, and we
at a bus stop, waiting for the bus. Mother are having a special program for children
began to miss Father, and she began right over there this afternoon.”
to cry. Tony didn’t like to see Mother The woman pointed to a building across
crying, and he also felt sad. the street from the bus stop. It was a
Tony and Mother were not alone at the Seventh-day Adventist church.
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Tony and his mother had never heard
about Seventh-day Adventists. They were Story Tips
not Christians and had never gone to
church before.  Find Singapore on the map.
Tony smiled with delight. He wanted to  The photo shows the Adventist school,
go to the children’s program and make new right, and church, left, in Singapore.
friends. Mother liked to see Tony smile, and  Know that Tony and his family come
she was pleased to meet the kind woman from a “veiled country,” a country that
who spoke her language. Tony and Mother Adventist Mission has chosen not to
went to the children’s program on that identify because of regional sensitivities
involving Christianity.
Sabbath afternoon.
Tony and Mother liked the program.  Ask the children whether the kind
Someone invited them to return the next stranger was a missionary. A missionary
is someone who brings others to Jesus.
week for Sabbath School and church.
The stranger may not have told Tony and
Tony and Mother returned the next his mother about Jesus directly, but she
Sabbath and every Sabbath afterward. directed them to the church, where they
They also participated in other Sabbath learned about Jesus.
afternoon programs. As the weeks passed,  Read more about Tony next week.
they learned about Jesus and His love,
and they began to love Him, too.  Download photos on Facebook:
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When Tony finished first grade, Mother

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wanted him to learn both English and the
Bible at the Adventist school. Tony also  This mission story illustrates Mission
wanted to go to the Adventist school. Objective No. 2 of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church’s “I Will Go” strategic
Then he could play with his friends from plan, “To strengthen and diversify
Sabbath School every day of the week. Adventist outreach in large cities, across
Soon Tony was able to speak English the 10/40 Window, among unreached
as if he had spoken it all his life. Father and under-reached people groups, and to
non-Christian religions” Learn more at
was very happy. He knew that knowing IWillGo2020.org.
English would open up new opportunities
for Tony. Mother also was happy that
Tony could speak English — and she was loved Jesus with all his heart, and he
particularly happy that she had made wanted to live with Him always. 
many good friends at the Seventh-day
Adventist church. Thank you for your Sabbath School
Tony especially was happy. He didn’t mission offering today that will help
know whether or not it was important spread the gospel in Singapore and other
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to speak English, but he was glad that countries in the Southern Asia-Pacific
Mother was no longer sad. Division, which will receive this quarter’s
Even more, he was happy because he Thirteenth Sabbath Offering.
had made a new best friend, Jesus. He By Andrew McChesney

VEILED COUNTRY | March 12

                                                                                                   To n y

                                                   Missionary Boy
                                                      Last week, we heard about Tony, who          Adventist church in their city. After six
                                                   moved with his mother to Singapore to learn     months of looking, she called the kind
                                                   English. While in Singapore, he and Mother      woman whom she had met at the bus stop
                                                   also learned about Jesus after making friends   in Singapore.
                                                   with a kind Seventh-day Adventist woman at         “Can you help me find an Adventist
                                                   a bus stop.                                     church?” she said. “Tony and I miss going to
                                                                                                   Sabbath School and church.”

                                                   W     hen Tony finished second grade at
                                                         the Seventh-day Adventist school
                                                   in Singapore, he spoke English as if he
                                                                                                      The woman didn’t know where to find
                                                                                                   an Adventist church, so she asked her
                                                                                                   pastor for help. The pastor found the
                                                   had spoken it his entire life. Father asked     telephone number of an Adventist leader
                                                   Tony and Mother to fly home.                    in Tony’s city, and soon Mother received
                                                     Tony said good-bye to his friends at          the phone number.
                                                   the Adventist school. Mother said good-            A short time later, Tony and Mother
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                                                   bye to her friends at the Seventh-day           met with the Adventist leader and heard
                                                   Adventist church near the school. Tony          an amazing story.
                                                   and Mother said good-bye to Singapore              Three years earlier, about the time that
                                                   and returned home.                              Tony had moved to Singapore to learn
                                                     Tony was 10 years old, and he and             English, a foreign missionary moved to
                                                   Mother were happy to be home. They              his city. The missionary arrived to share
                                                   were happy to see Father again. But they        Jesus’ love, but he couldn’t speak the
                                                   both missed going to the Adventist church       language. So, while Tony was learning
                                                   every Sabbath. So, Mother looked for an         English in Singapore, the missionary was
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trying to learn Tony’s language. But it was
very hard for him, so he prayed to God, Story Tips
“Please send someone who speaks English
 Know that Tony and his family come
to help me.” from a “veiled country,” a country that
Tony and Mother met the missionary, Adventist Mission has chosen not to
and they liked him a lot. When Mother identify because of regional sensitivities
saw that the missionary couldn’t speak her involving Christianity.
language very well, she said, “Tony speaks  The photo shows the Adventist school,
good English. He can help you.” right, and church, left, where Tony
The missionary liked the idea. For learned about Jesus in Singapore.
three years he wanted to preach on  Ask the children whether Tony is a
Sabbath, but he couldn’t because no one missionary. A missionary is someone who
brings others to Jesus.
could understand him.
The next Sabbath, he and Tony stood  The missionary told Adventist Mission:
up to preach. The church members were “Tony is very special. Without him, I
think it would be very different. That
surprised. But when they heard Tony boy changed our ministry. I kept praying
interpret the missionary’s sermon in their to God, ‘Send me someone who speaks
own language, their eyes lit up with joy. English. I feel so alone here.’ Then God
They were hearing the Word of God sent a boy to help me understand that I
needed to work with children. I realized
through the mouth of a child. that when he showed up. Now I am
Tony and Mother were happy to be working with children in the Sabbath
able to go to church again on Sabbath. School and elsewhere. I am really glad to
But the missionary felt sorry for Tony. He be able to work with the next generation.”
was the only boy in the church. So, the  Download photos on Facebook:
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just for him. Tony liked the class so much  Download Mission Posts and Fast Facts
that he invited his friends to come, and from the Southern Asia-Pacific Division:
he helped the missionary translate the bit.ly/ssd-2022.
lessons so his friends could understand.  This mission story illustrates the
Soon 15 children were attending Tony’s following components of the Seventh-
day Adventist Church’s “I Will Go”
Sabbath School every week. strategic plan: Mission Objective No.
God is changing the lives of people in 1, “To revive the concept of worldwide
a big city through a little boy who loves mission and sacrifice for mission as a way
Him. What can God do through you?  of life involving not only pastors but
every church member, young and old,
in the joy of witnessing for Christ and
Thank you for your Sabbath School making disciples”; Mission Objective No.
mission offering today that will help 2, “To strengthen and diversify Adventist
spread the gospel in Singapore and other outreach in large cities, across the
10/40 Window … and to non-Christian
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countries in the Southern Asia-Pacific
religions”; and Spiritual Growth
Division, which will receive this quarter’s Objective No. 7, “To help youth and
Thirteenth Sabbath Offering. young adults place God first.” Learn more
at IWillGo2020.org.
By Andrew McChesney

EAST TIMOR | Ma r c h 19

Bino

Life-Changing School
W hen Bino turned 3, Mother decided
that she wanted her little boy to go
to an international school in Timor-Leste.
number was on the sign, and Father called
for more information. To his delight, he
learned that he could afford to send Bino
An international school is not like a to the school.
regular public school. Going to a public Father and Mother were not Adventist,
school in Timor-Leste doesn’t cost but they had heard about Adventists.
any money, and the teachers speak in Mother’s uncle was an Adventist. Before he
Portuguese. Going to an international had become an Adventist, he had smoked
school, however, costs money, and the cigarettes and drank alcohol. His language
teachers speak in English. had been rough and he had eaten unhealthy
Mother wanted Bino to learn food. Because of the unhealthy food, his
English, so she asked Father to find an legs had been covered with sores. But after
international school in Dili, the capital of being baptized, he had stopped smoking
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Timor-Leste where they lived. and drinking, and he had become healthy.
Father walked up and down the streets, He read his Bible, and he encouraged
looking for an international school. He Mother and Father also to read the Bible.
found several international schools, but Mother and Father liked the new Uncle.
they were all too expensive. He was jolly and pleasant to be around.
Then Father walked past a Seventh- Bino started to study at the Adventist
day Adventist church. He saw a sign on school. He quickly began to learn English.
the church fence advertising the Timor Mother also began to learn English. Every
Adventist International School. A phone day, when he came home from school, she
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