Friendly Together
“We have a good atmosphere here. This school is calm—nobody is fighting.”
“We have a good atmosphere here. This school is calm—nobody is fighting.”
He enjoys learning more about the Bible, and is especially happy that all of the teachers love God.
“God is here with us, and the teachers tell us about God and His character.”
“We have other priorities. . . . We want to do what God wants us to do.”
“My mother wasn’t interested in that information, but my sister and I were listening.”
“We had to trust in God, because we didn’t even have a kopeck in our pockets.”
“André really wanted to go to the air show, but he could see that his friend was serious about going to church.”
“Would you be willing to go without food for two weeks, but have a Bible instead?”
The Adventists asked the church members to pray that Nisha’s father would let God speak to his heart. The church members prayed for weeks that God would touch Ravi’s heart.
It was Sabbath, and Ruth was helping her younger sisters and brother prepare for church. Her mother was ill and couldn’t walk to church with the children. So Ruth made sure they got to Sabbath School.
While Priya was asleep, she dreamed that Satan came to her and told her that the mango she had eaten would make her die. While still dreaming, she prayed that God would make Satan go away. “I’ve given my heart to Jesus,” she told Satan. “I belong to Him.”
Kumari wondered about the new neighbors who had just moved in. They were friendly, but somehow different from the people in her small mountain village in northern India. One afternoon as she walked home from school she had an idea. She hurried home and ran into the house. “Mama, may I go visit the new neighbors?” she asked.