Field Stories

Featured stories from the most recent issue of Adventist Frontiers.

Cream of the Crop

The life stories our high-school students, Timuk, Dyilin, Hilin, Arlin and Maribel, told were horrific. Only one of them still had two living parents.

Leonda George
May 1st, 2014

What’s the Connection?

I had just come to the end of a detailed Bible study on the identity of the Little Horn power of Daniel chapter seven. My new Buddhist monk friend Sanga had seemed to understand quite well.

Kyle Tumberg
May 1st, 2014

Suiting Up

Arriving in Michigan for field director meetings and being met by heaps of snow reminded me of our previous winter in Alaska with our twin grandchildren.

Janella Abbey
May 1st, 2014

Carry On, Soldier

Niagara Falls seems to roar in my ears as I slowly try to stand up. Thousands of black spots crowd into my vision.

John Holbrook
May 1st, 2014

Mutarli’s Decision

“I like to learn about other religions,” Mutarli said to Quentin, our student missionary.

Michée Badé
May 1st, 2014

Possotomé

For months we had been working towards this event, and now it was finally here. We were anxious and happy at the same time.

Ulrike Baur
May 1st, 2014

Practical Christianity

Three times a week, I try to visit the members of our groups to see how they are doing, pray with them, and see what I can do to meet their felt needs.

Fred Coker
May 1st, 2014

When we are in the States on furlough and mention to people that we live in Africa, their eyes usually get big, and they say something like, “Wow, Africa! Do you get to see lions, giraffes, and elephants all the time?”

Holly Lovitt
May 1st, 2014