Junior’s Secret
By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission
Junior is only 14 years old, but he has led about 50 people to Jesus in his home country of Colombia. How?
Junior’s father is a farmer who grows cassava, rice, and corn. His mother is a seamstress who makes dresses and sandals. Junior has 12 brothers and sisters. He is the youngest. When Junior was 5, his parents joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Around the same time, flooding damaged the family farm, so the family moved to higher ground in a mountainous village called Floralito. The closest Adventist church was four hours away by foot. After making the long trek for four months, Junior had an idea.
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Lending Rice and Sugar
By Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission
Some university students seem to need more help than others. Beatrice, a mother of two, was a good example.
“Would you mind if I borrowed some rice?” Beatrice asked her landlord, Maria.
Maria, a fellow student who rented out rooms in her large house in Monetia, Colombia, gave her rice.
A few days later, Beatrice needed something else.
“May I borrow some sugar?” she asked.
Maria gave her sugar.
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