March 2015

Volume 12

Issue 03

To reach London with the distinctive, Christ-centered, Seventh-day Adventist message of Hope and Wholeness.

NEWSLETTER

London, Ontario

Not So
Perfect
Cup of

In This Issue
Not-So-Perfect Cup of Coffee........1

Heal thyself...1

CNN, About Healthy Living..6

Australian Adventist Takes Unusual

Stand for Sabbath...6
Global Youth Day, March 21, 2015...8

Kenyas President Says Adventist Church

Is Transforming Country.....8

Global Youth Day.......9

Western District schedule of speakers,
March 2015.10

BY ELIZABETH OSTRING, Adventist physician in Auckland, New Zealand

Heal thyself
BY JASON KELLY | THE UNIVERSITY
OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEJANFEB/15

For 100 years Seventh-day Adventists stood out as social oddities because
we did not smoke. But by accepting the insights of church co-founder Ellen G.
White, we were spared the now well-known major health issues that tobacco
use causes.
Today the world has finally caught up with us on tobacco. It's even recognizing the benefits of an alcohol-free and meat-free lifestyle. But there's one area
of health that finds society moving in precisely the opposite direction from Adventist teachings. Today, in some societies, four out of five adults drink coffee,
and many of those who dont, drink tea or caffeinated soft drinks.
This use of caffeine is not generally viewed as a health concern by contemporary society. Rather its celebrated. As the news website New Zealand.com
joyously put it: In the last couple of decades, New Zealand has undergone a
coffee revolution as many Kiwis have become connoisseurs of their favored
black beverage.
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Not-So-Perfect
Cup of Coffee
For Ellen White, using tea and coffee as a beverage is a sin, an injurious
indulgence, according to the comprehensive book The Prophetic Ministry of
Ellen G. White (1998) by Herbert E.
Douglass. After the immediate stimulating effect a feeling of depression
sets in. With continual use, the abuser
of the nervous system will experience
headaches, wakefulness, palpitation of
the heart, indigestion, trembling, and
many other evils, for they [tea, coffee,
and many other popular drinks] wear
away the life forces. Both tea and coffee are poisonous, and Christians
should let it [them] alone.
But was her advice correct? Or did
she misunderstand something?
To answer this question, the place
to start is at the beginning.
Coffee was developed in Ethiopia in
the ninth century. It was originally
known as the wine of the bean because it was used to circumvent the
Muslim prohibition against alcohol. It
became an essential part of the performance-driven religious behavior of the
whirling dervishes associated with the
mystical Sufi branch of Islam. Christian
churches originally outlawed it, but in
the year 1600 the pope blessed its use.
Even as caffeine is being embraced
as the fuel necessary to sustain our
24/7 culture, the scientific evidence,
although at times contradictory, continues to raise questions and concerns.
And it isnt looking good for coffee.
Kenneth Kendler, director of the
Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and
Behavioral Genetics, studied 3,600
twins. Because of caffeines widespread use, it's extremely difficult to
obtain appropriate controls that is, to
find enough people who dont use caffeine to form the population of similarly
situated people necessary to compare
with those who do. Thus his study
could only show what a reduction in
coffee use demonstrated.

He found that more than five cups of

coffee a day doubled the risk of antisocial personality disorders, panic attacks, anxiety, depression, and the use
of cannabis, cocaine and alcohol. He
said coffee is a substance that
influences the way you think. Caffeine
is a mind-altering drug.
Five cups of coffee a day is a lot.
However, there are two things to remember.
First, the caffeine in a cup of coffee is generally measured by a traditionally sized cup of regular brewed
coffee. But the amount of caffeine in a
cup of coffee varies dramatically. A
U.S. study, for example, found Starbucks coffee had roughly twice the caffeine content of some other widely
available brands.

ments of the cardiovascular health

benefits of red wine which have

subsequently been shown to be
equivocal and even nonexistent on
re-analysis of many studies
many of the health benefits of coffee reported in the media are based
on small studies that have yet to be
proved with larger populations.
So what can we conclude? Caffeine
is increasingly recognized by the scientific community as posing significant
health issues.
But what about our Adventist community? Sadly, just as the scientific
community is beginning to wake up to
the toll coffee takes on health, many
Adventists are embracing its consumption.

In addition, coffee cup sizes have

expanded dramatically. A large (venti)
Starbucks coffee contains roughly 3.3
times the volume of a standard-sized
cup. Put another way, just one venti
cup of Starbucks coffee may have the
caffeine content of 6.6 standard cups.

We should not forget, however, that

it's the same vindicated source of information that protected us from tobacco
use that advises against caffeine. God
used Ellen White to give us this advice,
not to keep us from something good,
but to help us live healthy, balanced,
positive lives.

Caffeine has been shown to increase blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and, tragically, the rate of stillbirth.
It's also associated with an increase in
heart attacks in people with a particular
gene variant, and, as is well known,
significantly increases sleep disorders.

Caffeinated drinks do not improve

the quality of life; they merely raise the
financial and health costs. Its time for
all of us to make the better, healthier
choice and live caffeine-free.

But arent the performance benefits

worth it? The Cochrane Library, the
worlds foremost collection of evidencebased medical information, concludes
that there's no evidence that caffeine
improves physical or mental performance.
And what of the claimed health benefits? The most common health benefit
touted for coffee is that its rich in antioxidants. What is the alternative? Antioxidants are prevalent in fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts none of
which have the significant health concerns that accompany coffee. Similarly,
many of the other health benefits reported can be obtained using healthy
foods. In addition, in most cases, the
benefits reported for coffee dont outweigh the substantial negative impacts.
Additionally, caffeine is addictive.
Finally, like the loud pronounce-

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range considered optimal. Since then Williams has eaten

no animal productsno meat, no fish, no eggs, no dairy.

Heal thyself

Unlike those who find enjoyment or comfort even in foods

BY JASON KELLY | THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MAGAZINEJANFEB/15

lief that, with each bite, hes doing no harm. I dont mind

they know are unhealthy, Williams takes solace in the bedying, he says, I just dont want it to be my fault. When
advising patients on diet, Williams does not expect them to

The president of the American College of Cardiology advocates a plant-based diet as part of shifting heart disease
treatment from event to prevent focused. Cardiologist Kim Williams, AB75, MD79, admits hes an extreme
case. When research indicts certain dietary choices as
health risks, he cuts out any offending foods without a
pang.

share his mind-set. Hes sensitive to the truth embedded in

the exaggeration that some people would rather die than
give up foods they love. Instead of hectoring, he probes for
a particular hook that could alter risky behavior. Maybe its
the promise of fewer pills to manage high blood pressure
or diabetes. Maybe its a reduced risk of cancer. We really

Last year, for example, a large trial linked sugar consump-

can move the needle by just finding out where they are

tion to cardiovascular mortality. My tea was an excuse to

along that risk-averse versus enjoyment spectrum, he

have sugar, Williams says, but he eliminated it immediate-

says. I think thats one of the most important things we are

ly, gladly accepting more bitterness in exchange for peace

lacking. Not every prescription or every diet is going to

of mind. It doesnt taste as good, but on a comfort level, I

work for every person. Genetics also contributes to the

very much more enjoy it. Green tea improves memory, he

effect of dietary changes on risk factors such as cholesterol

notes, and now he sips it without the risk associated with

level. Nevertheless, Williams remains a vocal advocate of

increasing his blood sugar. Williams also goes easy on

plant-based eating to prevent and even reverse cardiovas-

ketchup that contains high fructose corn syrup, which he

cular disease. His diet is often called vegan, although he

once enjoyed as a source of prostate-protecting lycopene.

avoids the term because of its moral implications. For

Ill use a dollop of ketchup here and there, he says, but

many, the choice is an ethical issue. Williamss motivation

not much. Those are minor modifications compared to the

is purely medical. But that does not make his position un-

shift Williams made more than a decade ago after a blood

controversial. Few physicians go as far as Williams

test revealed a high level of LDL, the so-called bad choles-

does in promoting a diet free of animal products, but hes

terol. Not long before that, he had seen dramatic improve-

no fringe figure. In 2015 hes serving as president of

ment in a patient with cardiovascular disease who had

the American College of Cardiology.

adopted a plant-based diet. Impressed, and a little surprised, by the progress the woman madeshe also ad-

From that perch, he thinks big and his voice carries. Wil-

hered to an exercise and meditation regimenhe decided

liams acknowledges that in his single year as president he

to try the diet for himself.

will not be able to lead the organization to a milestone he

Williams, a professor and clinician at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, had no trace of heart disease, just
the one risk factor. He already avoided fried foods and favored skinless chicken over red meat. Many people in his
position would have perceived little room to improve how
they ate, or wouldnt have felt the motivation to try.

covets: dislodging heart disease from its perch as the No. 1

killer of Americans. Demoting heart disease from the position it has held since the 1918 flu pandemic is within reach,
he insists, perhaps within three years. Its going to happen. edicine has made dramatic inroads in reducing cardiac-related deaths. Statins have been revolutionary choles-

Outlier that he is, when he received the news of his choles-

terol-lowering drugs. Bypass surgery, balloon angioplasty,

terol level, Williams gave up eating all animal products that

and nuclear heart scans have made life-saving progress

day. In less than two months, his bad cholesterol level

during Williamss career.

plummeted from a risky 170 to 90, comfortably within the

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He jokes that nuclear scans have
been especially important. Jokes
because hes a founding member and
past president of the American Society
of Nuclear Cardiology, and he leavens
his professional pride with a wry
awareness of his personal bias.

was still running. Thats essentially

what were doing.
Diet and lifestyle issues, along with
insufficient care in underserved communities, keep the spigot open. To
turn the water off, Williams wants to

Theres another reason Williams

shift cardiology from event-driven to

avoids heaping too much praise on

prevent-driven treatment. When it

such medical advances. While they

comes to how people eat, though, an

have all contributed to real improve-

ounce of prevention can feel like a

menta 50 percent decline in cardio-

heavy burden.

vascular mortality over the past three

decadesthe progress is partial. We

Williams detailed his individual im-

have become really good, Williams

provement after adopting a plant-

says, at treating complications. That

based diet in a guest blog post this

is, saving the lives of heart attack and

past July for MedPage Today, a news

stroke victims and identifying cardio-

and continuing education website for

vascular disease earlier.

physicians and other health care workers. He described the patients pro-

Preventing the underlying problems

gress that inspired his personal experi-

that cause these life-threatening

ment with plant-based eating, the re-

health crises has proven a much more

search that undergirds his advocacy

stubborn challenge. Cardiovascular

over the past decade, and his wish for

disease remains the preeminent

widespread improvements in diet and

health menace, maintaining its top

exercise habits to revolutionize heart

ranking despite everything medical

health.

science has marshaled against it. Like

nuclear scans. Diagnostic testing has
improved our ability to identify patients
with disease and approach them earlier, Williams says. But in order to
flunk a nuclear test you already have
to have disease, though, so were not
getting ahead of the game by doing
this.
A conference presenter once illustrated the point with a memorable slide. In
a cartoon, two doctors mopped up a
flooded floor around an overflowing
bathtub, Williams recalls, but the water

Reactions were extreme. Vilification

and canonization, Williams
says.Matthew Sorrentino, MD84, a
UChicago professor of medicine and a
preventive cardiologist, has a more
measured perspective. The important
thing is to recognize that there are
multiple dietary approaches, he says.
Kims been talking about a vegan or a
vegetarian diet. For the right person,
theres nothing wrong with that type of
diet.
The American Heart Associations recommended diet, Sorrentino notes, includes high levels of fruits and vegetables, and whole foods over processed.
But it does not eliminate animal protein and suggests that fat make up 25
to 35 percent of nutrients. Its not a
low-fat diet, he says, but its a low

saturated-fat diet. And the Mediterranean diet has also been shown to be
effective in reducing heart disease.
Most doctors, including Williams, call
for more research to establish the benefits of plant-based eating.
In response to the tide of comments
on Williamss blog, MedPage Todaysought the perspective of Dean
Ornish, clinical professor of medicine
at theUniversity of California, San
Francisco, and founder of
the Preventive Medicine Research
Institute. Ornish is perhaps the bestknown doctor touting the preventive
and healing power of a plant-based
diet.
Praising Williamss courage
and leadership in raising the issue,
Ornish emphasized the impact of what
he calls lifestyle medicine. We tend to
think of advances in medicine as a
new drug, laser, or surgical device,
something high-tech and expensive,
Ornish wrote. Yet, the simple choices
we make in what we eat and how we
live have a powerful influence on our
health and well-being.
Ornishs program fuses exercise,
stress management, and social support with a plant-based diet. Sorrentino
also notes that diet, although essential
to heart health, is just one facet of disease prevention. A persons weight,
smoking or drinking habits, and exercise levels also play an important role.
As a matter of fact, Sorrentino says,
most studies will suggest that a cardiovascular exercise program will give
you greater risk reduction than any
change in diet.
The dietary changes Williams advocates can be daunting and confusing
for patients. He mentions no brand
names in public, but in the privacy of
the clinic room,

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disease more than 50 percent of the time.He sees increased awareness that a typical American diet can lead to
a surgical suite and an intensifying interest in avoiding that

Ill show them the things that Im buying and where they can

fate. But few people have his aversion to food-borne health

get it, Williams says. If you tell people to change their diet

risks or commitment to immediate diet modification. Tradi-

and they dont know how, its not going to help very much.

tion and temptation remain huge obstacles.

In underserved communities, in particular, many people

dont know how to help themselves. They lack access to
preventive careand the counsel that comes with itand
affordable, healthy foods. For Williams, who grew up in such
a community on Chicagos South Side, rectifying those circumstances would be another crucial nudge toward making
cardiovascular disease No. 2.
To do that, though, requires bringing medical care directly to
the people who need it most. For example, going into
churches and instituting heart programs, Williams says,

where we measure lipids,

blood pressure, and hemoglobin A1C to check for diabetes. We need to be able to do
more of that and find people
early.

Our culture defines good food or healthy food in a certain

way that has led very much to the epidemic of heart disease. We have to redefine marketing in a more healthy
way, Williams says. We have to find other mechanisms in
life to provide comfort rather than calories. Until we make
those changes, were going to have one epidemic after anotherobesity, diabetes,
Instead of feverishly mopping up the overflow, though, Wil-

Too many first encounters with patients are in the clinic after
untreatedoften even undiagnoseddiabetes or high
blood pressure leads to a cardiac event. If the first manifestation of high blood pressure is presenting with a stroke, he
says, then weve failed.
Even with access to medical care and healthy food, Williams finds that, for many people, dietary choices are deeply
rooted, almost religious. Others feel, like he did before his
cholesterol wake-up call, that they make reasonably healthy
choices and have little incentive to change. Some shrug and
say they eat like their parents did, Williams says, without

liams approaches his American College of Cardiology presidency and his interactions with patients as opportunities to
tap into peoples latent interest in prevention before its too
late.

Our job is to try and capture

more of the population, he
says, so that it makes it easier to get people to take care
of themselves.

connecting the dots that their parents actually died of heart

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CNN Features Adventists Australian Adventist Takes

on Show About Healthy Liv- Unusual Stand for Sabbath:
ing: Seventh-day Sabbath He picks up his pen when an Anglican leader suggests that
contributes to long healthy Christians can choose their day of worship.
What are Adventists supposed to do when an eloquent
lives
and influential person writes something that they believe
CNN television is featuring Loma Linda University and
the surrounding Seventh-day Adventist community in southern California on a program about how to live a longer,
healthier life.
The 30-minute program, Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay
Gupta, is being broadcast on CNN International throughout
February and tackles the question, What can one do to live
a healthier, happier, and longer life?

contradicts the Bible?

That was the question that Australian Adventists faced
when the Australian Bible Society ran a commentary in its
influential newspaper questioning Sabbath observance.
Little did they expect that their solution to submit a
counter-commentary would be published in the same
newspaper and start a discussion.
The initial article, written by Michael Jensen, rector at
St. Mark's Anglican Church in Sydney, uses Scripture and
historical records to suggest that Christians began to observe Sunday in the New Testament but today can worship
on any day of the week.

Richard H. Hart, president of Loma Linda University Health

The setting for the opening portion of the show is the
city of Loma Linda, and interviewees mention the key factors of healthy living as maintaining a plant-based diet, regular exercise, rest and relaxation, and having close social
connections. They also speak of the importance of a sense
of mission, which for Adventists is closely linked to their
faith in God and their hope in Jesus soon coming.
One of the key factors to a better life is having a purpose in what you are doing, Richard H. Hart, president of
Loma Linda University Health, tells the program.
Gupta, CNNs chief medical correspondent, notes that
Adventists observe the seventh-day Sabbath, giving them a
break from everyday stresses and a chance to gather with
fellow Adventists.
"Adventists also observe a strict Saturday Sabbath. It's
a time to unplug, and unwind, and share time with other like
-minded people," he says.

We should feel free to meet together

on any day and on every day! But it is
good that churches set aside certain
times for this habit and it is a great
blessing when governments help them to
do this, Jensen writes in the article,Take This Sabbath Day.
He concludes: Does God command us to meet on
Sunday? No. Is it good that there is a day set aside for
church-going by human beings? Yes. Can a real church
meet on Wednesday? Indeed!
Rather than let the article pass by, James D. Standish,
director of communications and public affairs for the Adventist Churchs South Pacific Division, submitted an unsolicited response that the Australian Bible Society published
this month.
I read the piece. It sparked me, Standish said Monday. Heres his opinion article Does Gods rest still need a
special day of the week?

Author and explorer Dan Buettner explains on the program that a secret to living longer is to spend time with
health-minded people rather than those who eat poorly and
don't exercise.
In the show, Gupta focuses on the commonalities within the worlds five Blue Zones, which Buettner has identified as areas where residents live the longest. Loma Linda
is the only Blue Zone in the United States.
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I read Michael Jensens beautifully written piece on the
Sabbath with interest. He refers to the Sabbath as a foreshadowing of Christ. In this he is only half right. The Jews
had two different kinds of Sabbaths: Weekly Sabbaths and
annual Sabbaths. The failure to make the distinction is the
basis of much confusion.
The weekly Sabbath was instituted by God at creation
(Genesis 2:2 & 3). It was then confirmed in the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:8). Jesus clarified how to keep the
Sabbath (Mark 3:4) and early Christians followed His example of Sabbath celebrations (Acts 16:13). The weekly Sabbath does not foreshadow Christs coming, but rather was
instituted explicitly to commemorate Gods creative power.
Listen to the words of the Fourth Commandment:
Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Why? For
in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the
sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh
day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and
made it holy. (Exodus 20:8-11). The weekly Sabbath harkens back to creation, not forward.
So how is Michael partly right? Because there were
also annual Sabbaths that were part of the Jewish ceremonial cycle, some of which pointed forward to Christs coming (see, e.g., Leviticus 23:7&8).
The reason Christians like Eric Liddell, whose courage
was captured in Chariots of Fire, refused to work on Sabbath was that they correctly viewed the weekly Sabbath
command as relevant to Christians today, just as the other
commands found in the Ten Commandments are (e.g. the
command to honour parents, refrain from stealing, lying or
killing, etc.). They did not believe they were saved by keeping those commandments, but believed keeping those commandments is a natural reaction of receiving Christs grace
(see Roman 6:1&2).
The passages Michael quotes about confusion over
which days to keep, refers to the annual Sabbaths, not the
weekly Sabbath (Romans 14:5-6). How can we know that
with confidence? Context. For Jews to abandon weekly
Sabbath keeping would have created an enormous controversy in the early church. It would have dwarfed the welldocumented controversy over circumcision a controversy
that is referred to extensively in Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians and Colossians. And yet there
are only a couple of ambiguous passages that are pointed
to as evidence of the abandonment of the Sabbath one of
the Ten Commandments. The cited evidence doesnt hold
water.

Not only is there a compelling lack of evidence that the

Sabbath was abandoned in the New Testament, there is a
compelling body of evidence that the Sabbath was retained. The book of Acts, which tells the story of the Christian church after Christs return to Heaven, mentions the
Sabbath explicitly nine times. In every single instance, it is
clear that it is referring to the same weekly Sabbath as followers of God kept from creation. And these Christian Sabbath celebrations were not limited to synagogues. For example, early Christians met together on a river bank one
Sabbath (Acts 16:13).
Why does this all matter?
First, Michael correctly laments our collective loss of a
weekly rest. As Christians have turned away from Eric Liddell-style Sabbath observance, they have lost something
very precious: time to connect with God, with families and
with our community. In the rush towards a 24/7 world, we
are rich and have need of nothing but have lost our families, our mental health, and our faith in the process. While
celebrating Sabbath on any given day of the week may
sound good, how are families and church communities
meant to connect if everyone is off on a different day? God
knew human beings need a coordinated break when we
can fellowship together. That may be one of the reasons
He gave us the Sabbath.
But it isnt just what the Sabbath gives us; it is what it
says about our hearts. If you love me, said Jesus, keep
my commandments. (John 14:15). The question of the
Sabbath is all about love.
The Sabbath isnt a burden for me or my family: it is far
and away the best day of the week. We dont keep the Sabbath to earn Gods grace; we keep it because we have
Gods grace. And it is a fabulous blessing. Why not give it a
try? Turn off the TV Friday night, drop your work and study,
your bill paying or home improvement projects. And just
spend 24 hours in communion with God, your family, your
church community, Gods creation and your friends. By
sunset on Saturday, youll feel like a new person. And, I
suspect, youll understand why Jesus said the Sabbath was
made for us (Mark 2:27). Why not accept His gift?

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Kenyas President Says

Adventist Church Is
Transforming Country:
He also donates funds toward a new facility at
the Adventist University of Africa

Global Youth Day,

March 21, 2015
I'd Rather See a Sermon
by Edgar Guest
I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day:
I'd rather one would walk with me than merely tell the way.

President Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenyas president has praised the

Seventh-day Adventist Church as a
major force in improving the African
country and donated $22,000 toward a
new health science building at the Adventist University of Africa. President
Uhuru Kenyatta, speaking at a fundraising event for the university building
in Rongai, Kenya, said he was grateful
for the churchs work in many education and health institutions across the
country.

"You have established hospitals, educational facilities,

and other socially beneficial amenities. You have uplifted
communities, empowered our citizens, and built our nation,"
Kenyatta said,according to a statement published by the
AllAfruca.com news site on Sunday. Turning his attention to
the Adventist University of Africa, he expressed appreciation for the fact that it is stands alone among the countrys
22 public universities and 37 private universities in its strong
focus on post-graduate studies.

The eye's a better pupil, and more willing than the ear,
Fine council is confusing, but example's always clear.
The best of all the preachers are men who live their creed,
For to see good put into action, is what everyone needs.
I can soon learn how to do it, if you let me see it done,
I can catch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast
may run.
And the lecture you deliver may be very wise and true,
But I'd rather get my lesson by observing what you do.
For I may misunderstand you in the high advice you give,
But there is no misunderstanding how you act and how you
live.
When I see an act of kindness, I am eager to be kind;
When a weaker brother stumbles, and a stronger stays behind.
Just to see if I can help him, then the wish grows strong in
me, To be as big and thoughtful as I know that friend to be.
And all travelers can witness that the best of guides today,
Is not the one that tells them, but the one that shows the
way.

"This university is pan-African in scope, and it is the

only university which solely focuses on the provision of post
-graduate studies," he said. The university is also the only
post-graduate institution in Africa to offer studies in public
health and leadership, which university vice chancellor
Brempong Owusu-Antwi linked to a desire by the Adventist
Church to see people live healthier and happier lives. This
is because of the philosophy of the SDA church on health
status in Africa," Owusu-Antwi said. Kenyas president is

spearheading a government drive to transform Kenyas economy, and education plays a key role that policy.
Kenyatta reminded his audience at the university that
the government needs 1,000 doctoral graduates yearly for
the next decade to meet the planning requirements.
The Adventist University of Africa raised more than 50
million Kenyan shillings (about $550,000) toward the construction of the new health science building at the fundraising event, including 2 million Kenyan shillings (about
$22,000) from Kenyatta. Several African countries are looking to Adventist education to raise living standards. Earlier
this month, Rwandan Prime Minister Anastase Murekesi praised the church at the grand opening of a $2.4
million state-of-the-art facility that is expected to turn the
Adventist University of Central Africa into a leading provider
of IT and communication specialists for the region.

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Date

PRAYING MEETINGS

Mid-week Prayer meeting at 805 Shelborne Street, Wednesdays at 7 P.M. London ( South ) SDA

Western District schedule of speakers, March 2015

10

Marta Lara

Junior Garcia

Junior Garcia

Alex Capote

Windsor Spanish
3325 Walker
Road