July 2016 marked a special event in the Rwanda Union Mission. Twenty individuals, including men, women, and young people, graduated from a special intensive course on natural medicine. The yearlong program focused on natural treatments using herbs and nature-based medicines to treat illnesses.
Our church in Kingston, Jamaica is in its beginning stage, welcoming a group of visitors every week. On June 9, 2016, our Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement church gathered together for the first time in the Jamaican capital, Kingston. The congregation included a group of local visitors, Brother Segundo Guzman (the GC Central American Regional Secretary), Brother Rolly Dumaguit (the GC Second Vice President and GC Pacific Regional Secretary), and Brother Vernon Rankine (a Bible Worker from Jamaica, currently living in the USA).
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Sunday, June 26, 2016, was a high day for the church in Puslinch, Ontario, and the East Canadian Field Conference as we had the opportunity to witness the Koert family—Brother Arend, Sister Yvonne, Martin, and Ashley—sealing their covenant with the Lord through baptism. On this day our church was rejoicing and there was great joy in heaven as these dear souls entered into the family of God.
At 9 a.m. on Sunday morning we met at the Puslinch Church and proceeded to Emerald Lake—a place in nature surrounded by lovely evergreens.
Bethany, West Virginia has been the home of our field-wide annual camp meetings for many years. This year, the camp meeting was held from June 17-19, 2016. The theme was “Walk in Love,” the divine principle around which all family relationships are centered. In attendance were approximately 110 brethren and friends from Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Canada.