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Holy Spirit Touches Hearts While Upper Room Fellowship Builds a Home
"I saw in them such a desire to bless God by blessing the poor and needy,” Janet Lambert, Youth With a Mission (YWAM) San Antonio Del Mar Campus director, said of a team of 26 missionaries from Upper Room Fellowship company (URF) who partnered with YWAM this February. The URF team spent a weekend in Tijuana, Mexico, with Homes of Hope, an organization that grew out of YWAM. Missionaries team up with Homes of Hope to build brand-new homes for deserving families in just a few days. While there was no shortage of hard work, the URF team was also blessed with many miracles as a result of constant and specific prayer. Just before the project was set to begin, Lambert discovered that...
SCC Office Hosts First Bilingual VBS Reveal
A number of Vacation Bible School (VBS) leaders gathered at the Southern California Conference (SCC) office on a Sunday in March for a bilingual VBS training to preview the theme for the upcoming summer program, titled, “Jamii Kingdom: Where We Are All Part of God’s Family.” Jamii Kingdom is just one of many VBS programs created by the Children’s Ministries Department of the North American Division for an Adventist audience. These programs are designed to offer church members a...
San Gabriel Academy Takes Mission Trip to Holbrook Indian School
In November, students and faculty from San Gabriel Academy followed in the footsteps of those who went on one of SGA’s first mission trips to Holbrook Indian School over 50 years ago. In the mid-1960s, students went to help install a walk-in freezer, plant crops, and handle deferred maintenance. In 2018, 43 students, faculty, and staff members made the 551-mile trip to paint, install drywall, do electrical work, clean horse stalls, and help with...