Livingstone Adventist Academy (LAA) celebrated the grand opening of its brand-new school building on Aug. 22, 2019. Founded in 1898, LAA offers pre-K through 12th grade in Salem, Ore.

Chit came to Portland as a refugee from Myanmar. Recently, the sole of the shoe on his prosthetic leg wore out. That’s when his new friend, Adventist bible worker Do So, began working to get Chit’s leg repaired.

Adventist Health has named Eric Swanson as president of Adventist Health Tillamook.

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“Hello, I’m from Africa and I’d like to be your Internet friend.” For most people in America, that’s an invitation to “Delete” the message and move on. For Emily*, it was an invitation to make a new friend.

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Each summer at Big Lake Youth Camp, more than 200 campers accept Christ as their personal Savior and indicate they would like to be baptized.

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“Off, off and away I go to see Lebanon in a purple boat,”writes Isabella. “I am going to see Lebanon cedars because it is the oldest forest. I will eat Baba Ghannush because I like hummus and flat bread. I will look for honey badgers because they are black with a white stripe.”

Brent Plubell has accepted the invitation of the Oregon Conference Executive and Nominating Committees to become the next Oregon Conference vice president for finance.

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"I had my daughter in 2008. The moment she was born, I said, ‘Where does a love like this come from?’ I remember asking my husband in the operating room, ‘Is this what Jesus feels like when He looks at us?’"

In May, Oregon Conference Pathfinders gathered in Eugene for Pathfinder Fair, the annual finish to the Pathfinder year.

“It’s all about my shoes,” Huston explains. “Every night I placemy shoes far under the bed so that when I get up in the morning the first thingI do is kneel down to reach for my shoes. While I’m down there I stay awhile,talking to God about the day, asking Him to be my Guide, and then praying foreach member of my family.”

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