The stressors of daily life affect our adrenal glands. Much like putting pressure on a gas pedal stimulates forward motion, our adrenal glands will secrete cortisol and induce forward motion of our body until it runs out of cortisol.
A healthy balance of stress and relaxation is one way to keep the adrenal glands happy and well functioning and avoiding adrenal fatigue. Thus, it’s important to recognize stressors and find a healthy way to work through them.
Every year, the Temple Hills, Maryland church hosts a spiritual conference around the time of the blooming of the flowering ornamental cherry trees in the Washington, DC area (the capital of the United States.) This year it was held on the weekend of April 15-17 and the theme for this conference was “For Such A Time As This”. When the Jewish nation was threatened by jealous Haman, faithful Mordecai sent a message to Queen Esther, saying “Who knows if perhaps you were made a queen for just such a time as this?” Esther 4:14. We all have "golden" moments in o
As of earlier this year, the Seventh Day Adventist Reform Movement Church had only one member in Cuba. Brother Ricardo had come to know the Reform Movement in Roanoke, VA where he was baptized thereafter. In the last year, the General Conference has intensified the work in Cuba, sending a Bible worker from Venezuela to attend the group. As the work progressed, it was decided that the Cuban church would be assisted by the brethren from the Dominican Republic, as they are closer and can visit more frequently.
A huge 7.8 earthquake hit Ecuador on Saturday evening, April 16, when most of our church members were at church closing the Sabbath. Miraculously, none of the church structures were affected, but several felt the impact. Members exited the churches shaken but safe. Unfortunately, some members' homes did not endure the quake and many relatives of church members were even more seriously affetcted.
Brother John Bosco, the Regional Secretary for the Northern Africa Region, has been traveling in Africa the past couple of months, visiting brethren from various countries in Northern Africa. Below are a few photos from three of his most recent trips.
Photos 1 and 2: The work in North Kivu, DR-Congo is growing rapidly. However, the region has been devasted by a recent civil war, and the people are in dire need of help. In the photos, the brethren stand behind a banner thanking brethren who have sent them assistance.