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MISSIONS

HEALTH EVANGELISM

YOUR TURN

MESSAGE FROM A PIONEER

ISLAM, GOD’S FORGOTTEN BLESSING

The testimony of blessings from the GYC Intermissions, Alberta participants.

A fun and easy way you can get involved in your area.

What does surrender really look like? Ever wonder?

Lessons on gathering fruit.

Add this book to your summer reading list.

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“Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;” 2 Corinthians 4:1(KJV).

This was our theme scripture for the GYC INTERmission trip to Honduras, this past June. Canada was defiantly  represented on the trip in-cluding five of attendees from our very own Alberta! The trip was a busy two weeks full of construction, medical mis-sionary work, evangelistic meetings and VBS at three locations : Suyatal, Honduras ,and Agalteca. It was amaz-ing to see how God impacted so many people on the trip and how we were able to help the long term missionar-ies in Honduras who are a part of the organization Vida International.   I had two personal experiences that really stick out in my mind. The first was translating for the doctors during the mission trip.

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One girl that came in to visit had been bleeding from her colon for seven years and the doctor told her it was because of vegetables! In that moment I knew that God really wants to use medical ministry and our churches health message to help heal the nations and point them to Jesus. Through prayer, council and a very important doctor check up, we were able to help the girl take steps to clearing the disease that could easily take her life. I also had the opportuni-ty to have the Lord speak through me at an evangelistic meeting in Agalteca. One night when I was preaching, the rain was so heavy that no one could hear anything. We gathered the people in groups to pray and many of the visitors seemed a little uncom-fortable but we prayed non the less for the rain to stop. And it did !! The torrential rain storm hit everywhere except around the building we had the meetings!

The people saw the answer to prayer and it increased their faith ! We did not need rain to fall on our building as the Holy Spirit’s rain was more then enough. Jesus has been so faithful in moving the Seventh-day Adventist mission forward in Honduras. Many of these missions are in communities that have only recently had a Adven-tist church built. As one elderly man that came to our meetings said “I have never heard the Word of God more beautifully, exciting and  biblically cen-tered in my life. For the first time I can say I have seen and now know Jesus.” Please pray for the mission In Hondu-ras and pray that God will reveal your you personal mission!

Interested in our August mission trip to Honduras? Register online @ gycweb.org

DIANA LARA

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There are many books that I have read over the past 8 years that have both inspired and challenged me. Of all the books that I have read, some of the ones that have challenged me the most where books written by individuals who have done amazing things for God. This would include people like George Mueller, David Gates, James and Ellen White, Hudson Taylor, Amy Carmichael, and Francis Schaeffer. The aspect of these life stories that chal-lenged me was how they moved forward into the most impossible situations, knowing that their God would meet all of their needs according to His plans; in essence, that they had faith in a living God who was actively involved in their lives. Continuation on page 15

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1

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LOSSIt’s your

It’s time to join the forces, all over Alberta, and become witnesses in a simple,fun and encouraging way!

AYA’s focus this year is Health Evangelism and we need your help! We have developed a weight loss program, It Your Loss, for our Adventist churches to help reach reach our community and foster great friendships that will lead people to the cross.

The program includes workout sessions, motivational weigh-in, health meetings, biblical, spiritual, health helps, and cooking lessons! This program is modifyable if needed.

We hope that you, the young adults in our conference, will lead out in this program. With the help of other church members you will lead a successful weight loss club!

Let us know if you are interested and desire to obtain more information. We will make sure you get your training manual in hand.

Get ready, Alberta, to witness to others by leading out or taking part of your local It’s Your Loss club. Let’s make friends and truly be there for our community so they may know that we care about them! Let’s get active in evangelism by helping our church members and community become more active and fit!

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A JOURNEY OFJOYFUL SURRENDER“What is the secret to great living? Entire separation to Christ and devotion to Him. Thus speaks every man and woman whose life has made more than a passing flicker in the spiritual realm. It is the life that has no time for trifling that counts.” - Amy CarmichaelANONYMOUS WRITER

An adventure of joy-ful surrender is something that I continuously long for. I hope that this current journey is leading me, with God’s guidance, towards a life of entire separation and devotion to Him. The choice to live a set-apart life, to live out an adventure of joyful surrender, is a daily choice that one must make – it is a choice that holds significant eternal value. Throughout my life it is brought to my attention that modern day Christianity is held to a dismally low standard. My heart begins to

long for more than this standard. I desire, with a deep desire, to

love Christ with a love that did not ask, “How little?”

rather, “How much?”. I long to ask,

“How far can I go for my King?” It is this question that leads to my decision, my decision to sur-render, to lay everything before Christ, and to hand the pen of my life over the most qualified Au-thor, my Jesus. At about the age of twelve, I realize the power of the devil and his ability to impact the lives of the children of God. The first memory that I have of this is watching my family fall to pieces. It happened so quickly and, in an instant, all that I had once known was gone. This event led to my development of defence mecha-nisms. I learned, very quickly, that if I closed my eyes, and told myself that I would be okay, I could be. I buried myself in school, work and extracurricular activities. I forced myself to be so busy that I didn’t have time to think, to deal with the events that were taking place in my life. It became easy for me to smile, and to continue on in a state of blissful ignorance.

I was never unhappy; I just floated from day to day. I knew of nothing else. This practice continued through-out my high school years and well into my years at university. Throughout this time, my rela-tionship with God became almost non-existent. I was doing many things for God however; He was not in any of it. As this realization became apparent to me, my heart began to long for something more. I began to long for a relationship with Christ. Oswald Chambers stated, “It is a tremendous free-dom to get rid of all self consid-eration and learn to care about only one thing – the relationship between Christ and ourselves.” That was new goal. One Sabbath afternoon as I lie on my bed, I begin to feel God pursuing my heart. Slowly, I kneel down on the floor and just spend time in His presence. I was unsure of what to say, however my

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FOR MY SON WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE AGAIN. HE WAS LOST AND IS FOUND.LUKE 15:25.

LifeAfter DEATH

What is life like after death —not in the next world but in this world? What is it like to be dead in this world?

For the wages of sin is death...

Pursue a career in drug dealing is what I decided to do at the young age of 14.In high school I sell ounces of marjuana. It is then I decide to live this lifestyle on a full time basis: hanging friends, sell and smoke weed. I, however have another little job I do with my dad, and I hat doing it. I want to stop working with my dad says that if I stop, he will disown me as a son, meaning I will no longer have him as my father figure, whom I saw as being respon-sible for me.

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In a d ream gi ven me Se p tem-ber 29, 1886, I was wa lki ng wi th a la r ge c ompany wh o were lo ok i ng for ber r ies. There were many you ng men and women i n the c ompany wh o were to help i n ga ther i ng the fru i t. We seemed to be i n a c i ty , for there was very li t t le vacan t gr ou nd; bu t a r ou nd the c i ty there were open fields, beau tiful gr oves, and cul ti va ted ga rdens. A la r ge wa gon laden wi th pr ov i s i o ns for ou r c ompany wen t before us.

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We seemed to be i n a c i ty , for there was very li t t le vacan t gr ou nd; bu t a r ou nd the c i ty there were open fields, beau tiful gr oves, and cul ti -va ted ga rdens. A la r ge wa gon lad-en wi th pr ov i s i o ns for ou r c ompany wen t before us.

Gathering the Fruit

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Even if the whole berry is spoiled, I can a t leas t show the bre thren wha t they migh t have found if they had no t been too la te.”

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In a dream given me September 29, 1886, I was walk-ing with a large company who were looking for ber-ries. There were many young men and women in the company who were to help in gathering the fruit. We seemed to be in a city, for there was very little vacant ground; but around the city there were open fields, beautiful groves, and cultivated gardens. A large wagon laden with provisions for our company went before us. Soon the wagon halted, and the party scat-tered in every direction to look for fruit. All around the wagon were both high and low bushes, bearing large, beautiful whortleberries; but the company were all looking too far away to see them. I began to gather the fruit near by, but very carefully, for fear of picking the green berries, which were so mingled with the ripe fruit that I could pick only one or two berries from a cluster.Some of the nice large berries had fallen to the ground, and were half consumed by worms and insects. “Oh,” thought I, “if this field had only been entered before, all this precious fruit might have been saved! But it is too late now. I will, however, pick these from the ground, and see if there is any good in them.Even if the whole berry is spoiled, I can at least show the brethren what they might have found if they had not been too late.”Just then two or three of the party came sauntering around where I was. They were chatting, and seemed to be much occupied with each other’s company. Seeing me, they said, “We have looked every-where, and can find no fruit.” They looked with aston-ishment at the quantity I had. I said, “There are more to be gathered from these bushes.” They began picking, but soon stopped, saying, “It is not fair for us to pick here; you found this spot, and the fruit is yours.” But I replied, “That makes no difference. Gather wherever you can find anything. This is God’s field, and these are His berries; it is your privilege to pick them.” But soon I seemed to be alone again. Every little while I heard talking and laughing at the wagon. I called out to those who were there, “What are you do-ing?” They answered, “We could not find any berries, and as we were tired and hungry, we thought we would

come to the wagon and take a lunch. After we have rested awhile, we will go out again.” “But,” I said, “you have brought in nothing as yet. You are eating up all our supplies, without giving us any more. I cannot eat now; there is too much fruit to be picked. You did not find it because you did not look close enough. It does not hang on the outside of the bushes, youmust search for it. True, you cannot pick it by handfuls; but by looking carefully among the green berries, you will find very choice fruit.” My small pail was soon full of berries, and I took them to the wagon. Said I, “This is the nicest fruit that I ever picked, and I gathered it near by, while you have wearied yourselves by searching at a distance without success.” Then all came to see my fruit. They said, “These

are high-bush berries, firm and good. We did not think we could find anything on the high bushes, so we hunted for low-bush berries only, and found but few of these.” Then I said, “Will you take care of these berries, and then go with me to look for more fruit on the high bushes?” But they had made no preparation to care for the fruit. There were dishes and sacks in abundance but they had been used to hold food. I became tired of waiting, and finally asked, “Did you not come to gather fruit? Then why are you not prepared to take care of it?” One responded, “Sister White, we did not re-ally expect to find any fruit where there were so many houses, and so much going on; but as you seemed so anxious to gather fruit, we decided to come with you. We thought we would bring enough to eat, and would enjoy the recreation, if we did not gather any fruit.” I answered, “I cannot understand this kind of work. I shall go to the bushes again at once. The day is already far spent, soon the night will be here, in which

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we can gather no fruit.” Some went with me, but others remained by the wagon to eat. In one place a little company had collected, and were busily talking about something in which they seemed much interested. I drew near, and found that a little child in a woman’s arms had attracted their atten-tion. I said, “You have but a little time, and might better work while you can.” The attention of many was attracted by a young man and a young woman who were running a race to the wagon. On reaching it, they were so tired that they had to sit down and rest. Others also had thrown themselves down on the grass to rest. Thus the day wore on, and very little was accomplished. At last I said: “Brethren, you call this an unsuc-cessful expedition. If this is the way you work, I do not wonder at your lack of success. Your success or failure depends upon the way you take hold of the work. There are berries here; for I have found them. Some of you have been searching the low bushes in vain; others have found a few berries; but the high bushes have been passed by, simply because you did not expect to find fruit on them. You see that the fruit which I have gathered is large and ripe. In a little while other berries will ripen, and we can go over the bushes again. This is the way in which I was taught to gather fruit. If you had searched near the wagon. You might have found fruit as well as I. “The lesson that you have this day given to those who are just learning how to do this kind of work, will be copied by them. The Lord has placed these fruit-bearing bushes right in the midst of these thickly settled places, and He expects you to find them. But you have been altogether too much engaged in eating, and amusing yourselves. You did not come to the field with an earnest determination to find fruit. “You must hereafter work with more zeal and earnestness, and with an altogether different object in view, or your labors will never be successful. By working in the right way, you will teach the younger workers that such matters as eating and recreation are of minor importance. It has been hard work to bring the wagon of supplies to the ground, but you have thought more of the supplies than of the fruit you ought to carry home as the result of your labors. You should be diligent, first to pick the berries nearest you, and then to search for those farther away; after that you can return and work near by again, and thus you will be successful.”—Gospel Workers, 136-139.

desire to know Him is overwhelming and He under-stands. This is the beginning of a wonderful adventure of joyful surrender! This is the first step: surrender. I begin to understand the importance of allowing Christ complete access to my existence--the second step-- and it is much more difficult for me. This step requires trust, something that I alone a, not capable of , how-ever, God is faithful and I begin to understand the im-portance of laying everything down at His feet so that I could be empty of myself and only full of His presence. So deeply, I desire to give up myself so that I could be better able to further His Kingdom, so that I can simply serve others with no self affirmation. Following this, I make a decision to hand the pen of my life to the most wonderful Author; so that He may script my life. He is faithful. Each of these decisions are decisions that I must make every day, every moment: entire separa-tion and devotion to Him. This is my choice. By God’s grace, this will forever be my goal and, until I reach it, I will continue on my adventure of joyful surrender!

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I love this sermon and have watched it many times over. Da-vid Asscherick takes a unique look at God’s love for humanity, more specifically he highlights what we are worth in God’s eyes and what the Lord was/is willing to do in order to spend eternity with you and me. As a Christian, I find this sermon very encouraging. It is a beautiful reminder of God’s love. Personally, through this message, the Lord has challenged me to see the people in my life with the eyes of Christ. In conversation I have come to realize that the secular world paints God in an unloving manner. Many are afraid to come to our Creator because they fear He will not accept them. I have shared this sermon with some of my non-Christian friends as a way of showing them just how much they are worth to God. I encourage you to listen to this sermon and to share this important message. “But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgres-sions—it is by grace you have been saved.” ~ Ephesians 2: 4-5

SERMON REVIEW

by: David AsscherickWhat Wondrous Love is This?

RAQUEL LARA

Adventist Young Adults Leadership

See you in November!

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Life

My dad is the “pack leader” in my home. Everyone listens to him. He tells us what to do, so if I stop working with my dad, I no longer have to report to him. To me this is a win-win situation, I can now do whatever I want. And so I continued selling drugs and living the “street life”. Parties, sex, drugs, is my life at 15. Soon enough I am stealing cars, participating in high-speed chases with the police as a result of the stealing, and eventually getting caught for it. This not only hap-pened once, but twice! I am still selling drugs throughout the expe-rience. In grade 11, I am kicked out of my high school for smoking weed and suspicion of selling drugs. I transition to a new school where, once again, I get caught with an ounce of weed, a scale, and about $500. Every following school in my division no longer desired to have me as their student. Following this realization, I am caught by the po-lice with a quarter pound of weed, a scale, and a few hundred dollars. Age 16: Being kicked out of school allows me to hang out with my other buddies, those that are already kicked out of school and older guys. I want to expand my horizons, by making more money, so selling crack and cocaine are my next best options. One early morning in Feb-ruary, I go to complete deal. Shortly after, swarmed by police— about 10 cop cars, guns everywhere—I am arrested. As it turns out, I sold to a undercover cop! This time, I am on my way to the youth center.

At the youth center, be-cause I did not have any crack on me when caught, they think I swallowed it! So they place me in a room, the “Suicide room”, a pink room. The room is entirely pink with 2 cameras. You are to strip

naked and put on a heavy vest

which impossible to remove on your

own, by the way. There are leather mattress, with

no covers, and a blanket made of the same material as the vest. When you sleep, you are not aloud to cover your face with the blanket or else guards will rush. They perceive you are killing yourself. I have to stay in this room till morning—till I have to go to the washroom—in order for them to inspect my stool to see if I have swallowed any-thing. When morn-ing finally arrives, they learn I did not swallow anything and they let me out of the Suicide Room. A week in jail passes. Friday, the judge tells me that I am a dan-ger to society, I have a long criminal record, and I am not getting bail.

Bail denied. The next court date is about a month away. I remember walking back to my cell, wanting to cry, not knowing what to do. Selling drugs now isn’t on my mind. I call on God around this time. I find that when we are in a tight situation,

A month later, I get out of jail. Out of jail, I have the mentality that I am not going back to selling drugs. I do not want to go back. In fact the judge says that If I ever came back, I’d get instantly five years in jail. I am not trying to go back. I try not to go back. I am working, going to school, staying out of trouble. I try not to back.Soon enough, I am hanging out with my old friends again; I started selling drugs again, going bigger now—pounds of weed, now—living like a drug-dealer life again.

Around this time, I am robbed by a close friend.

I try stopping my lifestyle after the robbery, but the incident makes

want more, more pounds,

The robbery causes a lot of problems on the street. My friend and I

are constantly retaliating against each other: house smashing, ruin-ing each other’s deals, until one night my house is shot at, a shot gun to the window, bullets every-where!

AfterTurns out I sold to a undercover cop!

So they placed me in a room, the “Suicide Room”, a pink room.

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DEATH

This is a big deal to my family because the room, that is shot at, is where my nephews sleeps every night, but that night from some reason they decided not to sleep there. I thank God for this! My family then meets with me and tells me to choose between my current lifestyle or the family. I choose my family for the time be-ing... I try stopping, I try cutting off my ties to this lifestyle, but I can’t and I am back to my old self again. Again, going bigger, going harder. About this time, I am at peak of my drug career. Life seems good. One night in October, at the back of the house, I am met by men with ski masks on. They rob me. the damage is about two pounds of drugs worth roughly $5000. I consider my self lucky this night. These men, after they have robbed someone will stab them. They also were planning on kick-ing down my door, breaking into the house where while mom and girlfriend where home. A friend later related this information. I use to rob people with them. The guys who shot at my house were my friends. Lifestyle like smoking, you get lung cancer, then mouth cancer, then throat cancer,then you get that

hole in your neck. Why does some-thing really bad happens before you decided to change? After that last incident, I finally stopped. When I look back at my life, God called me out of that lifestyle so many times. I choose to never listen, to never hear His call. But our God, God of the universe, never stops calling us out of our life of sin. After that robbery, I sold my phone, put away all my money, and am clean. Staying clean, living a “normal”, as you would say, life. A few months went down the road, I see there is a time in my life where my dad left my life completely. He did not quite leave me when I was I was 14, he was still around, but this time he had actual-ly left when I was 17. He packed up his things, told no one and left to El salvador. My mom suffered the most, as for me i continued living. Besides the fact, four years have gone by and my mom and him have finally worked things out. It was on Sabbath when we arrive home and my mom tells us that our father is coming back today. It has been four year since we have seen him, so we believe that things have been worked out

between my mom and dad. When he arrives home, he is completely drunk, stumbling everywhere

and with a 12 pack of beer...you get the picture. My sister, after watching all of those for a while, walks right up

to him and tells him to

choose between his family or the

liquor. He grabs a beer. She kicks

him out. My sister, after watching all of those for a while, walks right up to him and tells him to choose between his family or the liquor. He grabs a beer. My sister kicks him out. I am quiet throughout the whole ordeal. I do not have any-thing to say, but my mind is rac-ing. I have been clean from selling drugs for five months, and on this day I contemplate going back into my old life style. I find “peace” in drug dealing. It is the one thing I am good at doing. With my dad gone, n this day, I feel like the world is on my shoulders. It is a feeling I have never felt. I have never known how to feel. This night there speaker is speaking at a church. For some reason my mind convinced me that I am going (my girlfriend isn’t going).My sister also decides to go. My friends text me, but I tell them that I am busy. My mind is made up and I am going,I wasn’t convinc-ing myself to go, my mind is made up that I am going. Pastor Guzman is the speaker at the church this evening. After the meeting, we crossed paths, “ I’d like to get a chance to talk to you,” he motioned. “Why does this guy want to talk to me; he doesn’t know me!” I thought to myself, but out loud I said, “When? Now?”

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“Sure.” I told him my whole life story and what had happened earlier this day. Pastor told me that one day I am going share my story with others. I told him, “No, I am a finance major. Who wants to hear from a finance major?”

“Yeah man, one day your going to speak and share your life story; speak the Word of God to people,” he said. I didn’t believe him. God is known as the Comforter and that day I was comforted. Within a few months I gave my life to God and here I am now. I now share my testimony to churches, I am president of Y.U.I ( Youth Under the Influence of Christ), I run my own business, El Torrito Taco & BBQ, and I will be going to CUC to study Theology! By the mercy and grace of God, I am here where I am now. There are times in our lives where we see no hope, no future for us,but God differs.Jeremiah 29:11 says, “‘For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”Hold on to His promises. Seek Him, you’ll find Him, Life after death: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom 6:23).The Lord has a future for us which we do not see.

My brothers a sisters, God is calling us out of our sinful lifestyles, He knows if we stay in them we are risking our salvation. He is calling us out to a better life. I have lived both lives. My new life is better, and the grass is greener. Many times Jesus challenges us, we can choose to accept the challenge or it or ignore it. I know that if you choose to accept Him and listen to Him your lifestyle will change, miracles will happen. I’ve experi-enced it! Leave the sinful lifestyle, come to Jesus. He is life. I don’t know how you live, I don’t know what you are holding on to, but if we give it to God, and sacrifice whatever it is to God, He will provide a better way! Too many, many times we let our past stop us from moving forward. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” Leave it all behind, Jesus will make you new! Be new (2 Cor 6:2). Paul wrote, “ This is the hour to receive God’s favor. Today is the day to be saved” (Heb 3: 7, 8). If you hear God’s voice today, do not be stubborn.If you hear God’s call today, and today you are no longer stubborn, the today is the day of salvation!

Jorges Torres currently resides in the province of Saskatchewan.

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Are you interested in attending?

Visit www.gycweb.org for more information about the conference.

Contact Jon-Ross at: [email protected] from travel information.

See you there!

GYC 2011 – Fill Me: Our Earnest Plea

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sensibly discusses commonalities and differences between Seventh Day Adven-tists and Islam. And above all the book provides the beginnings of a simple and unique witnessing tool. The book illuminates and traces Islam’s (The Children of the East’s) character, role and divine function through the Bible, through the linage of Abraham from Genesis to Revelation. Spiritual issues addressed include the Sabbath, morality and lifestyle. Historic issues addressed include the role of Islam in the Reformation, Islam’s impact on the Holy Roman Empire and impact on pres-ent day apostate Christianity. Although unconventional in its scope

and subject matter I have found this book to be a blessing when used as an aid to open witnessing op-portunities to Muslim simply because it uses Seventh Day Adventist doctrine, principle and prophesy as its central weapons.

I DISCOVERED Islam: God’s Forgotten Blessing whilst looking for Biblical resources to form a foundation to witness to Muslims in the vicinity of my church in London (UK). This book cuts through some of the rhetoric, disinformation and misinformation that litters professed and apostate Christianity to give a refreshing Seventh Day Adventist biblical perspective to a people and religion (one third of the world’s population, and grow-ing) who desperately need to see Christ through our unique gospel message, if we ever hope to see Jesus come in this genera-tion The book’s narrative demonstrates that it is seriously unwise for us to leave it up to any old professed Christian group/ denomination to reach Islam. This is a dereliction of duty as we have been entrust-ed with God’s final warning message to the world. Without unnecessary confrontation on debatable, peripheral and non-salvational issues the book calmly and

BOOK REVIEW

by: Stephen DickieIslam, God’s Forgotten Blessing

STEVE SIMON

As I write this article, I am sitting at the till of a new little store in Blackfalds that was finally able to turn the “open” sign on just a couple of weeks ago. The journey to this point has been one that none of us in-volved could have predicted, but which not one of us would have any other way. God is slowly teaching us what it means to have living faith amidst the secular onslaught of Canadian culture and lifestyle. We had no idea how we were going to arrive at this point, but nevertheless God had placed upon our heart a desire to reach people through health, and so we determined to move forward regardless of the apparent

obstacles before us. The best part is that turning the open sign on is not the end of our journey of faith, but rather the beginning. Since this store belongs to God it will be intriguing to see where he leads us from here and how He will continue to supply all our needs as He has done so faithfully up to this point.

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Please visit our website for more information on AYA and / or other information regarding Young Adults in Alberta: adventistyoungadults.org

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Our Objective:

It is our objective to seek to (1) train young adults to work for and with other young adults, (2) recruit young adults to help their church and those “who profess to be Sabbath keepers,” and (3) work “for those who are not of the faith.

Our Vision:

“The Advent Message to all the world in this generation”

Our Mission:

In seeking to reach these objectives, young adults are called upon to pray together, study the Word together, fellowship together in Christian social interaction; act together, in small groups, to carry out well-laid plans for witnessing, develop tact skills, and talents in the Masterʼs service, and encourage one another in spiritual growth.

Adventist Young AdultsLet this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Him-self of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in the appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even to the death of the cross...Do all things without complaining or disputing, that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and per versed generation, among whom you shall shine lights in the world., hold fast to the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or laboured in vain.