We have quickly plunged into a routine of busy days. But here in Mozambique especially, the busy days are full of surprises, both negative and positive ones.

While most of the passengers had been onboard for a sightseeing tour of the pristine Alaskan coastline, the ship also carried a special contingent of women with a vision for spreading the Good News through community service.

Fred Kinsey of Silver Spring, Md., is the new speaker/director of the "Voice of Prophecy," one of the longest-running radio programs delivering hope to a hurting world.

My husband and I played volleyball and went windsurfing. The children rode horses and swam. Together we sailed, built a robot, canoed across the lake to find a geocache, participated in an archery tournament, and took one of the wildest ski boat rides of our lives.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Vietnam received official recognition last month, granting the church in the Southeast Asian nation legal status to operate, church officials said.

Hundreds of previously illiterate Mozambican adults are reading and writing after completing the first part of a four-level literacy program last week.

Romanian national president Traian Basescu visited a Seventh-day Adventist Church in Madrid, Spain earlier this month, drawing attention to the country's significant Romanian immigrant population -- 6,000 of whom are Adventists.

Jere D. Patzer, North Pacific Union Conference president since 1996, died October 26 following a lengthy battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 61.

I was on my way home late one afternoon when out of the corner of my eye I saw a man ride past me on his motorcycle. My husband and I are members of the Christian Motorcycle Association (CMA), so I took more than a...

He confidently made the oath and the waiting crowd was amazed by the unexpected outcome! A Chinese man named Xu, who swore he didn't owe money that he had borrowed from a neighbor, was hit by lightning 60 seconds later.

The news on Wall Street these days is not very encouraging. I doubt financial investors are sleeping well, and neither are many average citizens. Uncertainty and confusion are common companions.

Okay, I'm finally convinced! I need glasses. Rather, I need to wear glasses. I remember when I got my first glasses a couple of years ago. I became quickly frustrated. I didn't like wearing them. I hadn't worn...