“In 2011, I lost my partner, and then in 2014, I lost my father. I started becoming more curious about where God was in my life. My name is Adelaide, and this is my story.”

“I started flicking through all the channels on the TV, and I found Hope [Channel]. I would flick it on as I had all these questions. And then, wow, I was amazed because questions I had in my mind were being answered more or less when I switched this channel on. That was an amazing thing.”

“I got to a point where I would tell my daughters, Hey, remember that question I just asked about God? Guess what? It's just been answered. You have to come and see, you have to come and listen. It just became the only thing that we would be watching on TV.”

“I had questions about where my father and my partner really were. So I went pretty deep on that one, but then I just turned on the channel to see if they had an answer. Once I had found the connection with the Seventh-day Adventists, I said to my girls, “Well, I'm sure there's a church down the road. Let's go have a look.”

“From then on, as I stalked (I call it stalking), I stalked the church for three months while I was having Sabbath at home with Hope Channel. Once we came, and we all got shy. We came down, we drove around, and then we went around the block again. The third time we came, we were all dressed and prepared. We took a debrief outside the door, and we saw why we're going to do this. “Alright, let's do this. Then we walked through the door, and we came and sat down. It just felt like home.”

“What I have learned, since coming into the Seventh-day Adventist Church, about death is that they are asleep. And it feels that I am really at peace with finally knowing the truth.”

“It's quite interesting to know what she learned through Hope Channel, not only about the Sabbath, but what happens when someone dies and that Jesus is coming again.”

“I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I was happy that I finally got a diagnosis. I didn't really understand the diagnosis. So when I got off the phone, I got down on my knees straight away.”

“Then I said, Okay, Lord, thank you, thank you for that. I know that I asked you to help me lose some weight, but I didn’t think it was going to be like this. But that's okay; it is what it is. Now I'm going to do this with you, and we're going to do this journey together.”

Unfortunately, one month after this recording, Adelaide passed away.

“Our mother showed us the path to follow, and we will try to remain on that path so that we can meet her again.”

“He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away… I am making everything new.”

Revelation 21:4-5

“I would love for my children to come to know that God is real and that he loves us.”

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