This year our brethren in Rovinj, Croatia rented a room in the city's culture house for four public health lectures to be held throughout the first part of 2016. The first two lectures were held on February 24 and 25 on "Food acidity and its influence on the organism" and "Protein and Inflammation". Pastor and nutritionist from the Italian Field, Brother Abel Morales, delivered the messsages.
The SDARM conference and campmeeting center in Porumbaco, Romania is often the site of special meetings for our church. Earlier this year, the brethren in Europe, under the leadership of the GC European Regional secretary, Brother Ferenc Matyas, collaborated to put together a seminar at the center. The seminar was for all of the pastors and Bible workers working in the European fields and unions. There, various topics were presented and discussed concerning the progress of the Lord's work in the region.
This spring, our brethren in Madrid were blessed with the inauguration of a new church. Not only has it been a blessing for the Madrid congregation, but the brethren have also used the church to bless their community through free health seminars and cooking classes. After the inauguration, Brother Abel Morales visited the church in order to deliver health lectures during a health seminar, which was paired with a cooking classes with delicious sample dishes for the attendees.
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).