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Driving Distracted
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Ellen G. White
Weve all been conscripted; but none of us fights alone.
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Publisher General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Executive Publisher Bill Knott, Associate Publisher Claude Richli, Publishing Board: Ted N. C. Wilson, chair; Benjamin D. Schoun, vice chair; Bill Knott, secretary; Lisa Beardsley-Hardy; Daniel R. Jackson; Robert Lemon; Geoffrey Mbwana; G. T. Ng; Daisy Orion; Juan Prestol; Michael Ryan; Ella Simmons; Mark Thomas; Karnik Doukmetzian, legal adviser. Editor Bill Knott, Associate Editors Lael Caesar, Gerald A. Klingbeil, Coordinating Editor Stephen Chavez, Online Editor Carlos Medley, Features Editor Sandra Blackmer, Young Adult Editor Kimberly Luste Maran, KidsView Editor Wilona Karimabadi, News Editor Mark A. Kellner, Operations Manager Merle Poirier, Financial Manager Rachel Child, Editorial Assistant Marvene Thorpe-Baptiste, Assistant to the Editor Gina Wahlen, Marketing Director Claude Richli, Editor-at-Large Mark A. Finley, Senior Advisor E. Edward Zinke, Art Director Bryan Gray, Design Daniel Aez, Desktop Technician Fred Wuerstlin, Ad Sales Glen Gohlke, Subscriber Services Steve Hanson. To Writers: Writers guidelines are available at the Adventist Review Web site: www.adventistreview.org and click About the Review. For a printed copy, send a self-addressed envelope to: Writers Guidelines, Adventist Review, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600. E-mail: revieweditor@gc.adventist.org. Web site: www.adventistreview.org. Postmaster: Send address changes to Adventist Review, 55 West Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21740-7301. Unless otherwise noted, Bible texts in this issue are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide. Unless otherwise noted, all photos are Thinkstock 2013. The Adventist Review (ISSN 0161-1119), published since 1849, is the general paper of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It is published by the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and is printed 36 times a year on the second, third, and fourth Thursdays of each month by the Review and Herald Publishing Association, 55 West Oak Ridge Drive, Hagerstown, MD 21740. Periodical postage paid at Hagerstown, MD 21740. Copyright 2013, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. Vol. 190, No. 6 Subscriptions: Thirty-six issues of the weekly Adventist Review, US$36.95 plus US$28.50 postage outside North America. Single copy US$3.00. To order, send your name, address, and payment to Adventist Review subscription desk, Box 1119, Hagerstown, MD 21741-1119. Orders can also be placed at Adventist Book Centers. Prices subject to change. Address changes: addresschanges@rhpa.org. OR call 1-800-456-3991, or 301-393-3257. Subscription queries: shanson@rhpa.org. OR call 1-800-456-3991, or 301-393-3257.
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January 24, 2013, Adventist Review may have left readers scratching their heads. Gina Wahlens article Whats a Body to Do? quoted Fred Hardinge, M.D., as saying, Further, we know genetically that the choices of our parents and grandparents . . . may be impacting us and causing suffering today. To my knowledge, genetics does not transmit knowledge to us; that is, we do not genetically know anything. I believe that Hardinge meant we know that genetically the choices . . .; i.e., the that was misplaced, which changed the meaning. Richard M. Davidsons article, And There Was Gossip in Heaven, referred to a table of insights on Eden as sanctuary, but the table was not included in the article. Just a couple of glitches in two otherwise-fine articles. Also, I especially appreciated C. D. Brooks KidsView story, Who Finished the Building? What an inspiring account of Gods faithfulness in fulfilling His promise: those who honor me I will honor (1 Sam. 2:30).
Curtis Wiltse
My thanks for Nicholas P. Millers article Religious Freedom in America (Jan. 17, 2013). Miller has given us a third option between the secular left and the religious right. In that same issue, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Martin Proebstles Divine Assassin. I would like to see more articles along these lines, which will exegetically tackle difficult texts. The donkey motif Proebstle pointed out was quite insightful. And thank you for printing Gina Wahlens article Whats a Body to Do? (Jan.
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24), in which she shared with us her bout with cancer. The historical survey of Ellen Whites counsel regarding drugs and modern medical treatments was refreshing. I also enjoyed Allan R. Handysides Coping With Cancer (Jan. 24). The distinctions he made between alternative therapies, preventative, and curative measures were very helpful. I would also like to thank Handysides for having the courage to stand up and call this renewed appeal toward
ture Religious Freedom in America, by Nicholas P. Miller (Jan. 17)! Millers historical look at the religious heritage of American politics, and his explanation of Adventisms true birthright, was outstanding. It was refreshing to have someone articulate so well what I have been feeling for a long timethat there really is a middle ground politically, that there is a difference between spiritual morality and civil morality, and we do not have to espouse all of the views of the far Right in order to be a Christian, even an Adventist Christian. Miller is correct in realizing that the compromises he suggests are not going to satisfy the extremists on either end of the spectrum fully, but would provide at least a common language for discussing moral concerns. Its unfortunate that extreme elements seem to have taken over our countrys government, and our leaders in Washington are unlikely to take Millers advice (even if they were to actually read the article), but I dont see that changing. There are so many signs that our earths history is rapidly drawing to a close. The political landscape of America is just one more indication of the times we are living in. I expect the Review will take some heat for publishing this
Gray, Tennessee
I really enjoyed Sandra
Tried and True
Blackmers editorial regarding change (see Tried and True, Jan. 24). Its like a modern-day parable that one can draw from to bring home a point. Jesus used many parables, and I like the way Blackmer did the same. Regarding change, many humans think they have to have the latest gadget, car, etc., when the one they have still functions. Its good to see that Blackmers car still runs with all those miles, and it looks mighty pretty since her husband had it detailed and a few repairs done. Just goes to show that we dont always need the latest model or up-to-date gadget. Our 1991 Honda Civic has 420,000 miles on it, and its still going strong. Our mechanic told us that they dont build Hondas today the way they did back then. So a word to Blackmer: hang on to your Honda Prelude! It has served you well and will probably continue to do so for a long time!
Judy Winkle
Hedgesville, West Virginia
Jan Malans article Gods
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Peddler (Jan. 10, 2013) caught my attention and awakened some dormant cells in my memory bank. I had been working as a rocket
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his mother to read some stories to him, and he said, Yes. The surprised mother bought a set on the spot. What a lift to know that Bible stories trumped TV!
John McConnell
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scientist at the California Institute of Technology during World War II. Then the war ended in 1945 and the project folded, so I was without a job. I got married and started looking for a teaching job, but there were none available. I needed a job, and in desperation decided to try my hand as a literature evangelist. Door-to-door selling is rigorous work, and it was often discouraging, then something would happen to encourage me to keep going. I vividly remember one of those events. At the time I was selling The Bible Story, by Uncle Arthur Maxwell, and as I approached a humble cottage, I prayed that God would give me a sale. I knocked on the screen door, and when the lady of the house appeared, I explained to her that I was selling childrens Bible stories. She informed me that her son was so addicted to TV that he wouldnt listen to a Bible story. I asked if I could read a story to her, and she agreed. So I started reading to her through the screen door and pretty soon the boy was listening right beside her. When I was through reading, I asked him if he would like list of the Theology of Ordination Study Committee (TOSC; see Mark A. Kellners Theology of Ordination Study Committee Names Released, Jan. 10). Now Im hoping and praying that the General Conference, in two years, will not have a repeat of the spiritual condition of the conference of 1888. May the Lord prevail!
Virginia E. Myers
Theology of Ordination Committee
Lincoln, Nebraska
I read with interest the January 10 report publishing the names of the individuals who are charged with the responsibility of giving study to the issue of ordination to ministry without regard to gender in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. I am confident that they all love the Lord and they all love the church deeply. And Im sure they are committed to the mission of the church worldwide. The last paragraph of the article left me with a degree of concern, particularly the line that reads: At present, the church does not ordain women to ministry, following votes at General Conference sessions in 1990 and 1995 on the question, where the issue was a major focus of the
international deliberations. I had the privilege of attending the ordination of four ministerial candidates at the Loma Linda University church in California this past year, when the ordained ministers in the congregation were invited to come to the platform and be part of the ordination prayer and dedication. With the other ordained ministers, I took partit was an honor and sacred privilege for us. Two of the four ministers are womeneach with unique gifts and all four with moving testimonies of their call to ministry. My concern is the line in the article that states, At present, the church does not ordain women to ministry. Does this mean that the two women ordained in Loma Linda are not ordained as ministers of the Adventist Church? I believe that a clear definition of the church is in order and must be considered by the members of the TOSC.
Daniel C. Robles
ordination. In the Adventist Church there is the need to change the policy so that leadership positions of church organizations can be open to everyone who is qualified, not only to ordained pastors. Our organization should lead pastors and laypersons together. Our organization is not Catholic, and this structure has been around for 150 years. We need the change and reformation. I hope the TOSC considers this.
Jason Kim
Berrien Springs, Michigan
In Richard M. Davidsons
Correction
article, And There Was Gossip in Heaven (Jan. 24), we neglected to include a table displaying insights on Eden as sanctuary. We regret the error. Please visit www. adventistreview.org/issue. php?issue=2013-1503& page=22 to read the article and see the table.
Simi Valley, California
Your concern is valid. The Pacific Union, in whose territory you attended the ordination, is one of two unions within the North American Division that have recently taken actions that differ from decisions voted by the world church in 1990 and 1995.Editors.
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as always, that inclusion of a letter in this section does not imply that the ideas expressed are endorsed by either the editors of the Adventist Review or the General Conference. Short, specific, timely letters have the best chance at being published (please include your complete address and phone numbereven with e-mail messages). Letters will be edited for space and clarity only. Send correspondence to Letters to the Editor, Adventist Review, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 20904-6600; Internet: letters@ adventistreview.org.
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a biblical teaching, but women could become leaders as the prophets, judges, etc., did in the past. In our church, leaders have to open their eyes. Women can be president of the GC, divisions, unions, and conferences, but not through
Editorials
Questions
Respecting Gods questions makes the eternal difference:
Where are you? (Gen. 3:9). Where is your brother Abel? (Gen. 4:9). Instead, Cain tried sidestepping, or brushing God aside, with a question of his own: Am I responsible for Abel? It was a rather inauspicious beginning to human asking. Inauspicious, but not inconsequential, as in: Hows things? Do you want fries with that? Triviality is no prerequisite for human tragedy: Who is [Yahweh] . . . ? (Ex. 5:2). Is it I? (Matt. 26:25, KJV). What is truth? (John 18:38). Major, tragic questions, posed by Egypts pharaoh, Jesus CFO, Romes Judean procurator, all characters of major tragedy destined to become memorials of disgrace, because of arrogance and stupid genius and cowardice: undertaking responsibilities no human need shoulderplaying God in Yahwehs place; believing human beings can outwit Godby making a profit on the sale of Jesus; seeking to escape an inevitable decisiona decision on the question What shall I do with Jesus? Last December Paul Young told National Public Radios [NPR] All Things Considered that losses in the face of evil . . . ask some of the best questionsquestions about why if God is good and powerful, why didnt God stop this.1 One example of tragic loss: a parent losing a child. True, parents are not supposed to bury their children. It is a disorder of nature. Young could not know how many would be asking just those questions for just that reason in two weeks time. His book, The Shack, that made him famous, is a novel that had sold 18 million copies by the time of his interview. Thirteen days after NPR broadcast his interview, the world heard of Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut: 20 innocents, 6 and 7 years old, slaughtered all at once, shot multiple times one morning at school. Men wept in public; the world groaned (in travail?); mothers and fathers, first responders and first-graders, asked why. Why? Guns in America? That very day 22 children were attacked by a knife-wielder at another school 8,000 miles away in China. Why? Knives in China? The formulation of a question, Karl Marx has optimistically said, is its solution.2 How much more horribly, miserably, tragically wrong could Marx be about the particular question he thought he could solve in 1843the question of the German Jew? While optimisticand cynicalAmerican and Chinese, ancient, modern, and postmodern talking heads blunder, flounder, and stumble in the search for constitutional and uniquely national answers, unthinkable evil forces questions we fail to solve again and again, proving Marx and the world of intellect incapable of saving answers. And while we cogitate, legislate, medicate, and fail, God, whom we would sidestep, outwit, avoid, or defy, puts His question: Why, why, why do you want to die? (see Eze. 18:31; 33:11). Marx was so pathetically, wretchedly wrong about humans. He would have been so right if he had been thinking of God. For when God formulates a question, He knows its answer. Why will you die when you can live forever? Why die when you can have Jesus? The question is put for our sake. We need answers because we are creatures. Divine inquiry is different from creaturely questioning. God never asks because He is uninformed. He asks because we need His questions. He asks because His questions can help. He asks so we can get answers. He asks so we can get Jesus. When He asks, we should pay attention. Not try to sidestep, or browbeat, or wash our hands in hope of avoidance; or defy. Respecting Gods questions makes the eternal difference. n
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Driving Distracted
Exercise was important to 55-year-old Dave Muslovski, who
was out for his nine-mile morning walk. Whitney Yaeger, 19 years old, looked down for about 10 seconds while driving. Texting, she hit Muslovski, who later died from his injuries. Why would you take your eyes off the road? Muslovskis wife, Denise, asked.1 According to the Rock Center report, people know that theyre gambling with their safety. In a Kansas University study they shared, 97 percent of students admitted to texting while driving and they said it was about the most dangerous thing to do while driving. Yet they do it anyway. Texting while driving is a dangerous and deliberate choice, not an accident. We fool ourselves into thinking maybe its not so bad, says Kansas University cognitive psychology professor Paul Atchley. Bing, goes the alert, and someone wants to talk to [you] . . . it gives you a little rush of dopamine.2 The need for that good feeling overrides the knowledge that doing this is unsafe. Common sense should tell us its not a good thing to do. But it seems that we need to be connectedand feel validatedand were trying to do more with the same amount of time. Our needs have blinded us to the dangers of using devices to communicate while driving. More than once drivers have swerved, almost hitting my car. Ive looked over to see fingers tapping keysand their eyes focused on a phone screen. Ive done it beforebut even typing those two characters OK wasnt. Consider this editorial a public service announcement. Please dont text while driving. Dont drive distracted. Spiritual application? Quotes above apply. n
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Information from the Fatal Distraction, January 10, 2013, segment of NBCs Rock Center news show. 2 Ibid.
Say It Again!
This month we remember the words from some Adventist African-Americans.
G. E. PEtErS I am not a radical. I am not an agitator. Nothing is accomplished without God. Pardon my personal reference, but I have, through the help of God, brought in about 3,000 souls. In one meeting I baptized 145 without stopping. At the close of the meeting 250 souls were won to Christ. God has given me the ability to lead. I suppose that I have erected more churches than any of the brethren, but yet I am standing for progress today. . . . Who am I to say that we should have Colored conferences? Whatever it is that it takes to bring classes of Negroes into this message, that is the thing that I am after. E. E. ClEvElAnd I have seen God, for so long, do so much, with so little, I now believe He can do anything with nothingmeaning me.
On the possibility of regional conferences, April 8, 1944
Pastor, Evangelist, and Former Associate Ministerial Director for the Ministerial Association (1954-1977)
BEn CArSon Happiness doesnt result from what we get, but from what we give.
Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Photos and quotes are courtesy of www.blacksdahistory.org. Visit the site for more information on African-American Adventists.
World News & Perspectives
I mages by Libna Stevens / I A D
standing in commitment: Israel Leito, president of the IAD, stands with union and regional leaders as Inter-Americas Holy Convocation begins, January 21, 2013.
INTER-AMERICA
Adventist Church Leaders Renew Commitment to Spiritual Revival

At Holy Convocation, year of lay action celebrated
By Libna Stevens, assistant director of communication, Inter-American Division, reporting from Miami, Florida
Top Seventh-day Adventist leaders
overseeing the fast-growing membership throughout the church in InterAmerica gathered to pray, review strategies, and renew their commitment to spiritual revival and reformation during a program called Holy Convocation, which took place January 21-23, 2013, at the Miami, Florida, headquarters of the Inter-American Division (IAD). The meetings set in motion a year dedicated to celebrating the work of thousands of laypeople throughout the region. This is not a new gathering, nor
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another meeting full of seminars, nor another picnic, said Israel Leito, IAD president, as he spoke to the more than 250 church leaders gathered. We are here to help you help the church, to come together in dedication to the Lord, to recommit our hearts to be led by Him, and serve so the church can progress with greater zeal toward the work of the Lord in readiness for His coming. The convocation aimed at furthering spiritual leadership in an atmosphere of revival and reformation, an atmosphere the church has been fostering
for the past two years, explained Abner De Los Santos, an IAD vice president in charge of overseeing member retention and spiritual revival and reformation. Our goal is to continue maintaining the healthy spiritual leadership we need in studying the Word of God daily, setting aside time for prayer every day and to monitor a good orientation toward God, family, church and community that will help us witness in the best way possible, said De Los Santos. Speaking via videoconference, Ted N. C. Wilson, president of General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, thanked IAD leaders for their committed work in revival and reformation and their role in continuing to focus on reaching the cities leading others to the foot of the cross and the Lords soon coming. The three-day event reminded regional and local church leaders to continue to nurture a spiritual revival
emphasis on the word: Evangelist Mark Finley, assistant to the president of the Adventist world church, stressed the need for leaders to be saturated with the Word of God as they motivate church members to study the Bible daily.
environment among the 3.6 million members through a number of special messages focused on prayer, the study of the Bible, and testifying of the gospel. ngel Manuel Rodrguez, former director of the Adventist world churchs Biblical Research Institute, spoke to leaders reflecting on the important lessons found in the book of Samuel: dependence on Gods guidance through prayer when facing challenges and problems in leading Gods people. In order to be an effective leader, prayer has to be a lifestyle, said Rodr-
guez. Your long experience as an administrator will never be enough . . . you will need every moment of your work to be in communion with God. Rodrguez reminded leaders that prayer is vital in leadership and as Gods appointed leaders, they must see themselves as empty vessels so the Lord can do the work He wants to do through them and in others. Evangelist Mark Finley, a special assistant to the General Conference president, spoke about leaders being fed daily with the Holy Scriptures. You will find many challenges as an administrator, said Finley, but if you want to be filled with the Holy Spirit, saturate your mind with the Word of God, saturate your mind with the lessons of Christ. The pulpit must be a place that inspires our members to read Gods Word, added Finley. Finley pointed out methods of studying the Bible coupled with prayer to guide laypeople and others to see farther in carrying out the mission of the church. Top IAD church leaders led several panel discussions on evaluating perfor-
life of prayer: ngel Manuel Rodrguez, formerly of the Adventist world churchs Biblical Research Institute, spoke to leaders on the importance of making prayer a lifestyle.
mance and ways of keeping the spiritual revival and reformation emphasis fresh throughout the territory in the coming months and years. We must keep the church focused on spiritual revival and reformation, the vision of a constancy in prayer, that vision of the Word of God, to prepare a people for His coming, because the fields are ripe, said Leito during a discussion segment. Attendees were able to see the growth of the church numerically and financially through special reports by the top three executive administrators of the
Image by Jamaar Daniel/IAD
division delegates: Church leaders packed the Bender Archbold Auditorium at the Inter-American Division headquarters in Miami, Florida, during the Holy Convocation event.
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consecrated by prayer: Inter-American leaders pray in commitment as the Holy Convocation concluded.
church in the Inter-American Division. Church leaders from Inter-Americas 22 unions, or regions, reported on the progress and activities surrounding revival and reformation and their impact during the past two years. The event was highlighted with several daily prayer sessions focusing on the ministry of the family, youth, children, and laypeople, or active members. For Richard James, president for the church in Guyana, the convocation was the inspiring push he was excited to take home as he headed back to his team of leaders overseeing the church there. With some 35 district pastors shepherding more than 180 churches and congregations, corporate prayer and study of the Word of God has been key to successful revival and reformation in a membership of more than 58,000 in Guyana, James explained. It was clear with this event that as leaders, we must model a life of prayer based on faith and confidence in a God who hears and answers prayer, James said. Modeling Christian spiritual leadership to church members has been a
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work of setting aside time with church leaders every first Wednesday of the month away from the headquarters office to pray and study the Word of God for three hours since 2011, according to James. It has brought us to become better spiritual leaders and has resulted in a visible response to this spiritual revival among our membership, said James. He is heading a new plan to set aside time to pray for church administrators every Monday, as well as mobilize department and ministry leaders to visit police commissioners, community leaders, schools, and hospital patients to pray with them every month. For Jos De Gracia, president of the church in East Panama, the convocation was an opportunity to see the unity among church leaders, departments, and ministries all under joint efforts toward spiritual revival and reformation. This was an extraordinary event that tunes us with the world church, moving forward in the same direction, said De Gracia, who heads a team of 33 pastors ministering to some 35,000 church
members in the eastern portion of Panamas capital, Panama City. De Gracia explained that the commitment of laypeople involved in spiritual revival has been instrumental in planting some 32 congregations in Panama City in just the last year. Our leaders and members are pursuing a closer relationship with the Lord, and that has led them to engage more actively in sharing the gospel in their communities, De Gracia said. Previous to Inter-Americas Holy Convocation, church leaders met for a special consecration Communion service for a committed and spiritually revived membership across the territory. The coming weeks and months will include territory-wide activities geared toward a spiritual revival and reformation during the Year of the Laity celebrations, including a virtual council for thousands of church elders, evangelistic deployment, discipleship celebration, and more. For additional information on activities during Inter-Americas 2013 Year of the Laity, visit http://2013.interamerica.org. n
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Prayer and Support Flood In for Burned Engineer

By Jarrod Stackelroth, South Pacific Division Record, reporting from Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
respond to each personally, but I Linden Millist, the Adventist Avihave passed on comments to Lination Services (AAS) engineer who den and let him know you are prayreceived burns over 50 percent of ing for him; it means so much. his body when a fuel tank exploded, Lindens younger brother, Jared, is in stable condition after receiving arrived in Brisbane from Norway, his first skin graft operation. where he is serving as a student dean At deadline Millist was still being at an Adventist high school. Proviheavily sedated, but some of the dentially, Jared had already schedswelling to his face had gone down, INJURED WORKER: Screen capture of video inter- uled a trip to Australia for a friends and he had had skin graft operaview featuring Linden Millist, an Adventist Aviation wedding. tions on his lower legs. His doctors Services (AAS) engineer, who received burns to 50 Jorge Munoz, president of the are reportedly positive about his percent of his body when a fuel tank exploded. He South Queensland Conference, visprogress so far. is currently recovering from his injuries. ited the hospital to pray with and Prayers and messages of support show his support of the family. have flooded in from around the world on the South Pacific The family has set up aGoFundMe account (www. Divisions Record magazine Web site, as well as on the Facegofundme.com/1wssao?) to receive donations. The money book page Prayer for Linden Millist & Bri NortonHis will go toward medical bills and rehab, lost wages for Linfianc & family. (www.facebook.com/PrayerForLindenBri). dens caregivers, car hire, food, accommodation, and other A message posted on the page expressed appreciation at the costs over the next few months. So far they have had more overwhelming response. Thank you so much for all of your than A$12,300 pledged online. n prayers and support; Im sorry I havent been able to
UNITED STATES
Adventist Hospital Staff, Volunteers Provide Medical Care in Honduras

From Hinsdale unit came basic, emergency, care, along with witnessing
By Julie Busch, regional director, public relations, Adventist Midwest Health, writing from Hinsdale, Illinois
More than 30 people representing the four hospitals of Adventist Midwest Health traveled to Honduras to provide medical care and assistance to the residents there. The hospital representatives from Adventist Bolingbrook, Adventist GlenOaks, Adventist Hinsdale, Adventist La Grange Memorial hospitals treated more than 1,200 patients in Honduras
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January 20-27, 2013. The team partnered with Hospital Adventista Valle de Angeles (Valley of the Angels Hospital), a 30-bed PATIENT CARE: Team member Jennifer Orde facility located in the town of Valle de Angeles, which is about wraps a patients foot to protect her skin ulcers an hour from Honduras capital from infection. city, Tegucigalpa. The hospital has been The group was made up of several one of the Global Partners of Adventist teams. The clinical team consisted of phyHealth International since 2005. sicians, nurses, and other staff, who
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MISSION TEAM: Staff nurses and physicians from Adventist Health Hinsdale in Illinois, along with volunteers, spread health and healing in Honduras.
treated and listened to each patients concerns. The pharmacy team provided vitamins and other medications to the patients. The Kids Camp ministry team kept the children, who were on summer vacation, entertained by painting their nails and applying Christian tattoos that said Jesus Loves Me on almost every child. The team passed out crayons and coloring pages, jump ropes and yo-yos, and helped children put puzzles together. Two of the physicians on the team Dr. Ted Suchy, an orthopedic surgeon, and Dr. Lanny Wilson, an obstetrician/ gynecologistwere able to perform surgeries at the hospital. Wilson said he felt a God moment just before his first surgery began. In the U.S., doctors and staff begin a procedure with a time out, a patient safety tool during which the team verifies the patient and procedure they are about to perform. But in Honduras, Wilson learned, the team began with a prayer, and they prayed for Wilson that he would help the patient, and that she would recover fully. I felt empowered by the prayer and was able to relax and do the procedure better, he said. God was on our side. We werent just doing it by ourselves.
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As the team set up the clinic one day, Sharon Bowers went over to the representatives from the local Seventh-day Adventist church and told them that if they found anyone who had any spiritual needs, they should come and get
her, and she would pray for them. It wasnt two minutes later that someone was tapping me on the shoulder, Bowers said. Every time I did a blood pressure, someone was coming to get me. So Bowers started asking people sitting on her triage bench, Do you want prayer? Every single person said yes, she said. So after lunch we added the question Do you want prayer? to the bottom of the intake sheet. The Spirit was moving and guiding us. Adventist Midwest Health has taken part in an annual mission trip since 2006, traveling to such places as Costa Rica, Ecuador, Ghana, and Honduras. These mission trips provide much needed help to people and allow us to extend the healing ministry of Christ internationally, said John Rapp, vice president of ministries and mission for Adventist Midwest Health. None of that would be possible without the dedication and commitment of the people who volunteer to take this trip every year. n
VITAMIN DISTRIBUTION: The mission team delivered bottles of vitamins to children in a local orphanage.
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We are looking for brief submissions in these categories: Sound Bites (quotes, profound or spontaneous) Adventist Life (short anecdotes, especially from the world of adults) Jots and Tittles (church-related tips) Camp Meeting Memories (short, humorous and/or profound anecdotes) Please send your submissions to Give & Take, Adventist Review, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, MD 209046600; fax: 301-680-6638; e-mail: marank@gc.adventist.org. Please include phone number, and city and state from which you are writing.
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My daughter, Kaydin, not wanting to be left alone to take her nap, kept asking me to stay to protect her. I said, Lets say a prayer to God asking for His protection. After the prayer Kaydin asked, Where does God live? How long will it take Him to get here?
Ausma Kinney, Catonsville, Maryland
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It was November 1984 that this sign grabbed my attention, and I snapped a photograph of it. Consider it an ongoing challenge still, in 2013!
Herb Pritchard, Ocala, Florida
A guest speaker at our church, Pastor Al Azevedo, recently spoke on Daniel 3, the story of the three Hebrews who would not bow down to Nebuchadnezzars golden statue. As Azevedo repeated the story, he gave his opinion on how Jesus came to be in the furnace, saying that as heaven was watching the proceedings, Gabriel offered to go down and help the three Hebrews. At first Jesus said, OK, described Azevedo, but on second thought He said, No, wait, Ill handle this Myself! Praise God that He did!
Peter Peabody, Riverside, California
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I saw this on a church marquee in Chattanooga the other day: Jesus built your bridge to heaven with 2 pieces of wood and 3 nails.
Lamar Phillips, Ooltewah, Tennessee
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Biblical Studies
The Heartof
Worship
How Paul clarifies the issue
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BY ELIEZER GONZALEZ
orship is an important concept in the Bible. In fact, it is such an important concept that the Bible consistently presents it as one of the key factors that separate Gods true followers from the rest of humanity.1 For this reason it is important for Christians to understand what true worship is. We tend to focus on the external manifestations of worship: what we can hear, see, and feel; so issues around worship style naturally tend to form the focus of much of the understanding of worship for many people. However, what did the apostle Paul understand the heart of worship to be? In Romans 12:1 Paul exhorts believers: I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.2 The Greek phrase translated as spiritual worship is a difficult phrase to translate into English. The King James Version translates this as reasonable service. Both of these translations are reasonable attempts. Douglas Moo suggests that it could also be translated as true worship.3 In reality, that is what this passage is dealing with. In Romans 12:1-3 Paul uses a cluster of words that his readers would immediately have associated with worship. This marks the passage as one of Pauls most in-depth discussions of worship. James Dunn notes that the opening of Romans 12 makes a stunning impact. For Paul deliberately evokes the language of the sacrificial cult.4
their contemporaries a religious association without cult center, without priests, without sacrifices, must have seemed a plain contradiction in terms, even an absurdity.6 Yet Pauls use of language shows that he was deliberately breaking with the typical understanding of a religious community dependent on cult center, office of priest, and act of ritual sacrifice.7 For Paul, all work on behalf of the gos-
Romans 12 and Pauls Idea of Worship

Romans 12:1 has been described as the hinge between the doctrinal and ethical portions of Romans.11 The chapter is carefully constructed,12 and, from a thematic and structural viewpoint, verses 3-8 are closely related to verses 1, 2. Indeed, verses 3-8 are an amplification of the living sacrifice (the worship) that is appropriate as a response to divine grace. Trying to understand what Paul is saying in these verses helps us to understand better what worship is all about. It is significant that John Ziesler notes that verse 9 is the focus of the entire passage, so that the exhortation to love is the centre point of the whole passage; its centrality has been implicit since v. 1, and what now follows can naturally be seen as loves outworking both within the Christian community (vv. 9-13) and beyond its boundaries (vv. 14-21).13 In this regard Romans 12:5-8 should be seen as a summary of what Paul had written earlier in 1 Corinthians 12-14. Pauls discussion of spiritual gifts in his First Epistle to the Corinthians is a description of the practical outworking of Pauls understanding of worship. Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12-14 are closely connected, and what Paul wrote in Romans 12 should be understood in the context of what he had earlier written in 1 Corinthians 12-14.
For Paul, all work on behalf of the gospel was priestly ministry for all believers.
pel was priestly ministry for all believers.8 Although the Temple ministry had been limited to a special order of priests, the gospel ministry was a privilege and a responsibility for all believers. The concept of sacrificial worship is central to Pauls thought, although the process and the nature of the offering are now understood differently.9 Paul continues his argument in Romans 12 and defines what it means to worship as a Christian. He argues that true worship does not necessarily mean substituting the Jewish Temple cult with something else. Paul does not criticize the priesthood or the Temple, and he does not condemn the rituals of the Temple. We may even say that he views the Temple cult positively in the sense that it supplies a model for Christian forms.10 However, this does not mean that Paul saw the Temple cult itself as the appropriate form of worship for the believers in the churches he established. Paul uses the concepts of the Temple cult to redefine what it means to worship as a Christian.
Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12-14

The instructions that Paul gives to the church at Corinth are, in Pauls words, for when you come together (1 Cor. 14:26), and they are clearly instructions that have to do with how the church should worship. Pauls idea of worship in 1 Corinthians 12-14 is based on the notion of the church as the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:12-19). Similarly, when Paul discusses worship in Romans 12, he again grounds it in the concept of the body of Christ, reminding the believers
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Literal or Metaphorical?
Many scholars have interpreted Pauls language in Romans 12:1 as merely being metaphorical.5 However, Paul was not merely describing the appropriate mental and spiritual attitudes that should accompany worship; nor was he simply drawing spiritual lessonsPaul was creating something new. As Dunn observes: For most of
in Rome that as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another (verses 4, 5). Paul emphasizes in 1 Corinthians 12:13 the unifying power of the Holy Spirit. It is this Spirit that forms us into one body. This idea is linked to 1 Corinthians 3:16: Do you not know that you are Gods temple and that Gods Spirit dwells in you? Here the Greek word for you is in the plural; so Paul is referring to the community of believers itself as the temple of God. In Romans 12:1, when Paul appeals to believers to present their bodies to God as a living sacrifice, he is not referring to Christians merely as individuals, but rather as members of the community of believers, as members of the body of Christ, which is the temple of God. We can here learn two important things. First, while worship is an experience that can be entered into individually, it is never an isolated experience; it is always based on the foundation that we are members of the community of believers in Christ. Second, it also tells us that we primarily engage in worship because we are filled with the Holy Spirit, and not necessarily the other way around. In Romans 12, having established the importance of being part of the one body, Paul then mentions the importance of the use of our different spiritual gifts (verses 6-8).14 The appropriate use of spiritual gifts lies at the very heart of worship. The reason the appropriate use of spiritual gifts is important is that they are to be used in love. For this reason the principle of love is at the heart of both Romans 12 and 1 Corinthians 12-14. Just as at the center of Romans 12 is the exhortation to let love be genuine (verse 9), so too an exhortation to pursue the purity of
love (1 Cor. 13) lies at the heart of Pauls description of worship in 1 Corinthians 12-14. As 1 Corinthians 13 indicates, without love, worship is meaningless.
What Is Worship?
Service, motivated by love, using the spiritual gifts that the Holy Spirit has given to each believer, is at the core of Pauls understanding of worship. Worship is both active and interactive. This is rather different from the passive idea of worship that some Christians have. Some people think that worship is the act of listening to a sermon, closing the eyes while someone prays, singing in church, and maybe simply attending church. While these things can be part of worship, they are not ultimately what worship is about. Indeed, the New Testament concept of worship goes far beyond what happens in church services. It has to do with presenting our bodies to God to be used by Him to bless and to serve others, both within the body of Christ and also as His representatives in the communities in which we live. This is not the result of worshipit is worship. While the New Testament emphasizes the importance of the believers gathering together (Heb. 10:25), it does not limit worship to what happens at those gatherings. In Pauls understanding, worship also has to do with life wherever we are. Ernst Ksemann expressed it well when he wrote that Christian worship does not consist of what is practiced at sacred sites, at sacred times, and with sacred acts. . . . It is the offering of bodily existence in an otherwise profane sphere. As something constantly demanded this takes place in daily life. 15 Ellen Whites understanding of worship agrees with that of Paul. She also defines true worship as that which is neither spasmodic nor reserved for special occasions.16 She writes that faithful work is more acceptable to God than the most zealous formal worship. True worship consists in working
together with Christ. Prayers, exhortations, and talk are cheap fruits, which are frequently tied on; but fruits that are manifested in good works, in caring for the needy, the fatherless, and widows, are genuine, and grow naturally upon a good tree.17 Perhaps it is time for us as well to embrace an understanding of what true worship really is. The heart of worship is the life submitted to Christ in loving service. This is what it means to truly worship God. n
See Rev. 14:6-12. Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations in this article are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. 3 Douglas Moo, The Epistle to the Romans, The New International Commentary on the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996), p. 750. 4 James D. G. Dunn, The Theology of Paul the Apostle (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998), p. 543. 5 Maria-Zoe Petropoulou, Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greek Religion, Judaism, and Christianity, 100 B.C. to A.D. 200 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 240244. It is important to note that many Roman Catholic theologians take Romans 12:1 literally, as referring to the sacramental offering of the Eucharist; however, it seems better to compare the sacrifices mentioned in Romans 12:1 with the bloodless thanksgiving offerings of the Old Testament than with the burnt and sin offerings that atoned for sin. 6 Dunn, p. 548. 7 Ibid. 8 Ibid., p. 546. See also Rom. 15:16. 9 Ibid., p. 544. 10 W. D. Davies, The Gospel and the Land (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1974), p. 191. 11 R. A. Bryant, Between Text and Sermon: Romans 12:1-8, Interpretation 58, no. 3 (2004): 287. 12 Ernst Ksemann, Commentary on Romans, trans. Geoffrey W. Bromiley (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980), p. 323. 13 John Ziesler, Pauls Letter to the Romans (London: SCM, 1989), p. 301. 14 Of course, this is the Readers Digest version of the extended discussion in 1 Corinthians 12-14. 15 Ksemann, p. 329. 16 Ellen G. White, in Youths Instructor, Dec. 31, 1896. 17 Ellen G. White, in Signs of the Times, Feb. 17, 1887.
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Eliezer Gonzalez lives on the Gold Coast in Australia with his wife, Ana, and their two children. He holds an M.A. in theology and has completed an M.A. and Ph.D. in early Christian history. Eliezer has a passion for evangelism and for the growth of the kingdom of Christ.
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Transformation Tips
Tips for BEST Balance

Most people travel from the United States to Canada by a road or
bridge. On June 15, 2012, aerialist Nik Wallenda, of the famed Flying Wallenda family, made a dramatic tightrope crossing over Niagara Falls in the dark of night; the first of its kind. Millions of people around the world marveled as the 33-year-old Wallenda walked 1,800 feet on a two-inch cable in a televised event. All the way across the raging water he prayed to God in heaven and talked to his biological father, who coached him from a distance.* Unlike others who have traversed Niagara, Wallenda was the first to walk directly over the treacherous waters and rocks of the actual falls. It took him slightly more than 25 minutes. Arriving on the Canadian side of the falls amid the cheers of crowds, Wallenda hugged his family and called his grandmother to assure her he was all right. In a subsequent press conference Wallenda was asked why he did the dangerous feat. What was his motivation? Faith plays a huge role in what I do, he said. I believe that God has opened many doors for me in my life, and this is one of them. Then he wryly added, Praise God here I am in one piece. Asked what he wanted to accomplish, he replied, I did it to inspire people around the world that the impossible is not so impossible if you set your mind to it and reach for your goals.
BEST Principles
When we think about our lives and personal trials in light of Wallendas crossing, the lessons become obvious. From the perspective of a believer, we are reminded of what God said when speaking through Isaiah: When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you (Isa. 43:2). The challenge is how we can partner with God in being successful in keeping balance in life. The following lessons will help us as we go through the trials of life. BBalancing skills: Wallenda, like all great aerialists, depends on his essential skill to maintain balance. Likewise, the foundational support of Christians is their ability to maintain the balance of a life characterized by consistent connection with God, buttressed by healthful habits and unselfish love for others. EEncouragement: Throughout the walk Wallenda repeated Bible principles and faith promises that kept his confidence strong in God. During this dangerous walk he was heard saying, Thank You, Jesus, and Praise You, Father. Additionally, he remained in phone contact with his dad at a remote location, who could see and coach Niks advance from multiple angles. The strength of a believer is the ability to bring to mind Bible promises and stay in constant contact with God through prayer. SSustaining habits: The aerialists success secrets are the courage to initiate action, to move from dream to action, focusing on the end goal, and visualizing strengths versus potential weaknesses. Christians also need to be hearers and doers of the Word, depend on a trustworthy God, watch where they are going, and remind themselves that their country is a heavenly one. TTriumphant attitude: In 1978 Karl Wallenda, Niks great-grandfather, died while crossing a tightrope between two buildings in Puerto Rico. With that in mind, to prepare for the Niagara crossing Nik triumphantly repeated the Puerto Rico walk with his mother. In honor of his family and God, he purposed to exhibit a victors persona. Christians, also, have a proud heritage of those who died in full confidence of the ultimate triumph of good over evil.
Delbert W. Baker
What Next?
Nik Wallenda is now preparing for a tightrope walk over Arizonas Grand Canyon, roughly three times longer than the one over Niagara Falls. I just happen to have a permit, he said during an interview on ABC. What is your next move of faith for God? Can He depend on you to maintain your balance in life? n
* Sources: Danny Hakim and Liz Leyden, Daredevil Takes a Successful Walk Across a Popular Void, New York Times, June 15, 2012, nytimes. com; Rick Hampson, Daredevil Nik Wallenda Crosses Niagara Falls on Tightrope, USA Today, June 16, 2012, usatoday.com.
Delbert W. Baker is a general vice president of the General Conference.
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One Hundred Years of Care and Healing

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White Memorial Hospital celebrates century milestone.

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he year was 1913, and the bustling neighborhood of Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles was a harbinger of things to come. People from this booming region were often poor immigrants who found hope in a modest storefront medical dispensary that offered free medical care to anyone in need. Few of them probably understood that this little clinic was the beginning of a bold idea by the Seventh-day Adventist Church to train doctors in the healing work of Christor that the clinic was opened to provide hands-on training to earnest young doctors under the watchful eye of their professors from the newly formed College of Medical Evangelists (CME), or Loma Linda University, which simply didnt have enough patients to provide broad training. Even the early founders probably couldnt imagine that this one-room clinic in East Los Angeles would someday become White Memorial Medical Center (WMMC), a comprehensive medical campus and one of the highestranked hospitals in California. And today, it likely exceeds their expecta-
tions as it celebrates its 100-year historya story defined by challenges and grace, hard work and hope.
Ellen Whites Living Legacy

The hospital proudly bears the name of Ellen G. White as a living memorial to the woman who advocated for the establishment of a medical school and launched the building of hundreds of Adventist hospitals and clinics worldwide. These places, she believed, could offer a unique kind of medical care that attended to both physical and spiritual needsand could introduce patients to new ideas about healthful living. Although she died before she could actually visit the hospital, Whites son W. C. White was able to tell her that Mrs. Lida Scott had offered to make a liberal gift to CME to establish a students home and hospital in Los Angeles. The news so moved her that she trembled with emotion as she replied: I am glad you told me this. I have been in perplexity about Loma Linda, and this gives me courage and joy. After a little further conversation, I knelt down by her side and thanked the God of Israel for His manifold blessings, and
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WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER: In the heart of the underserved community of Boyle Heights, WMMC remains true to its mission of caring for the health of its community while training physicians.
often meant moving outof El Sereno. But not Silva. I wanted to serve my community, not abandon it. I studied medicine, and then I looked for a medical residency to equip me with skills to care for my community, he says. And that led me to White Memorial. True to his intentions, Dr. Silva returned home to El Sereno and founded the Mosaic Family Care Medical Group, where he practices with a classmate from WMMCs residency program. A special brand of doctors is drawn to our programs, says Dr. Luis Samaniego, director of the family medicine residency program. The family residency program is regarded as the best in California for attracting socially aware students and placing them in the areas of greatest need.
Where Dreams Begin

prayed for a continuance of His mercies. Then Mother offered a very sweet prayer of about a dozen sentences, in which she expressed gratitude, confidence, love, and entire resignation.* In keeping with her vision to help create a launching pad for medical evangelism, hundreds of doctors trained at WMMC have since that day served in Adventist hospitals and clinics around the worldand this mission to care for the underserved still defines WMMC today. Since our beginning, the White has existed to be of service, says WMMC president and chief executive officer Beth Zachary, herself a daughter of a missionary familyher father a teacher and her mother a nurse. As a child, one of the most deeply held values in our family was helping others, Zachary says. It is one of the abiding gifts from my family, and it is one reason I feel so at home at the White. for WMMCs residency programs. But instead of training doctors in specialty care, WMMC now offers five medical residency programs: internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, family medicine, and podiatric medicinea shift in emphasis that reflects their own communitys needs for primary care. In addition to learning to be medical practitioners, doctors come because they have a special interest in serving people who are in need. WMMCs unique focus on training doctors to care for underserved populations draws students who share this commitment, and when its time for them to go into practice, 65 percent choose to work in areas where good medical care is scarce. Juan Silva is one such example. A gifted student who consistently made the honor roll, Silva grew up about four miles from WMMC in El Sereno. During his high school years, he watched his once diverse, dynamic community undergo change. Those with money moved out, and gangs moved in. Many of the other top students in his class saw excelling academically as a stepping stone to moving upwhich WMMC sits just east of the glimmering skyscrapers of downtown Los Angeles the only private, not-for-profit hospital serving the people of East Los Angeles. Since the day it was founded, it has served a neighborhood on the move. Boyle Heights is known as a place where generations of immigrants first put down roots in the United States. Decade by decade, people from different ethnic backgrounds have made this area their home: first Russians and Germans, then later a large Jewish community followed by Koreans and Japanese. Today about 80 percent of the community residents are Latino, and many have come here from Mexico to build a better life for themselves. People such as Jesse Velasquez, who in 1968 crossed the Mexican border into El Paso, Texas, with 1,200 pesos in his pocket and a big dream in his heart. Back home, in the dusty town of Durango, Mexico, his fathers barbershop barely took in enough to keep the large family afloat, so Velasquez made the 1,470-mile trek to Los Angeles in the hopes of finding work to earn money and help out. To this day he believes it was Divine providence that led him to WMMC, where he found his first job as a janitor.
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A Magnet for Physicians Who Feel Called to Serve

Just as at the beginning, physicians still come here to develop their clinical skills and reinforce the strong ties to Loma Linda University, the university sponsor
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There he met people such as Drs. Sherif Azer and Miguel Martinez, who took an interest in him and fostered his curiosity for medicine. Dr. Martinezs interest in Jesse evolved out of his own experience working his way through medical school with so little money he sometimes went hungry. Velasquezs interest in medicine grew as he worked at WMMC. I would look into the operating room and watch in fascination as the team performed surgeries with smooth, choreographed precision, he says. He decided to study nursinga decision that turned into a 13-year journey that included juggling jobs, studying, and earning money that he faithfully sent back to his family every month. Three days a week hed attend classes until 1:00 p.m., rush to work by 2:00 p.m., work until 11:00 p.m., and study into the early hours of the morning. When he confided to Dr. Azer, a respected surgeon at WMMC, that he was in a nursing program, the doctor said: Complete your degree, and Ill hire you. We can work together. Today, Velasquez is a respected surgical nurse and member of the heart team at WMMC, where hes served as a shift supervisor of the five-member evening crew of nurses and technicians. Since Velasquez became a nurse,
WMMC has developed a residency program for registered nurses and seeks out promising candidates from their area in an effort to create jobs and educate nurses who understand the cultural needs of their patients. Recently graduated nurses get on-the-job mentoring and quickly acquire a sense of confidence and ease working in a complex hospital setting. To date, more than 100 people from their community have completed the program. Besides its role in patient care and education, White Memorial anchors the community as its largest employer, and contributes significantly to the areas
economy through wages, purchases made in the local community, donations, and uncompensated care.
A New Campus With Faith at Its Center

Motorists on Interstate 5 today can see an impressive, eight-story structure rising above the roofs of the modest bungalows as they near Boyle Heights. The structure is WMMCs modern 353-bed, state-of-the art hospital, equipped with the latest technology and built for patient comfort, safety, efficiency, and sensitivity to their communitys unique cultural needs. It stands as the centerpiece of a $250 million building project that upgraded or replaced aging facilities in a project called The New White Memorial, which was launched in 2001 and completed a decade laterlargely through government funding and private donations. As a critical access safety net medical center essential to the region, WMMC must be built to withstand the regions very real threat of major earthquakes. The rebuilding made possible an entire earthquake-resistant campus that meets the most current safety standards. This is Gods hospital, Zachary says. And throughout our history, He has always supplied our needs, often in ways that we could never imagine. Weve always had an exceptional medical team and committed and talented staff, she adds. And now we have a facil-
FIRST STREET DISPENSARY: White Memorials first patients received free treatment at the First Street clinic, which began as a place to train doctors studying at the fledgling College of Medical Evangelists, now Loma Linda University. The clinic was equipped with secondhand medical instruments that were delivered in a wheelbarrow.
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JESSE VELASQUEZ: Velasquez, a nurse and a member of the heart team at White Memorial, came to America with the dream of finding work. His first job as a janitor at WMMC ignited his desire to become a nursea 13-year endeavor.
outside of the industry. U.S. News and World Report ranks it high on their Best Hospitals listnumber 12 among 140 hospitals in Los Angeles, and number 20 among 430 hospitals in California.
ity that matches their level of expertise. WMMCs newest additiontheir third medical office building, which will house physician offices and a diabetes centeropens in 2013, a testimony to their continued growth. But WMMCs leaders will be quick to say that new, modern buildings tell only part of their story. As one of Adventist Healths 19 West Coast hospitals, this entire medical campus reflects the systems approach to care that mirrors Christs example of healing. Regardless of their ability to pay, patients experience care that is grounded in the Adventist health-care missiona belief that God Himself is the ultimate healer, that caregivers are agents of His desire to help people flourish, and that God offers hope even in the face of suffering. The new facilityalong with devoted doctors and staff and a rigorous approach to constantly improving qualityhas earned WMMC recognition inside and
An Unshakable Foundation and a Broad Vision for the Future
hope that the early founders would be gratified if they could see us today, Zachary says. To learn more about WMMC and its upcoming centennial events, go to White Memorial.com/centennial. n
* CME Board of Trustees, Minutes, June 15, 1915, p. 4; W. C. White, The Los Angeles Hospital, Review and Herald, Sept. 28, 1916; Arthur L. White, Ellen G. White: The Later Elmshaven Years, vol. 6, p. 429.
With the campus makeover completed, WMMC sits on a foundation designed to withstand earthquakes. But it has always had a philosophical footing that gave it an equally strong base. We are stewards of a work that started long before we joined, and will continue well after we are gone, Zachary says. We are stewards of a sacred trust that traces its roots back to the forward-thinking ideas of Ellen White and to the origins of our church, which was grounded in service and in promoting health. And it gives us all a sense of satisfaction to be here as we pass the 100-year mark in its history. For WMMC, the past proves to be the bedrock on which theyll build their futureone characterized by finding new ways to live out their mission among a changing population. Being located in one of the most highly populated Latino communities, for example, offers a great opportunity. The Hispanic community is one of the fastest growing in the United States. We are in an ideal location to conduct research and pioneer new ways to enhance the health of this population and embark on ways to help them build healthier communities, Zachary says. Adapting to change while staying true to their founding mission and making faith a centerpiece of their workis what WMMC has always been about. And on this, their 100th anniversary, theyre taking time to reflect deeply on their mission, their past, their faith, CHAPEL: Since its beginning, White Memorial has and their future. I would been a hospital that prays.
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CARING STAFF: The hospital not only serves as the areas largest employer, but plays a key role in educating doctors and nurses many of whom choose to stay on and care for members of their own community.
Boyle Heights: The Neighborhood WMMC Serves

Almost 1 million people live in a five-mile radius of WMMC. 80 percent of the community is Latino. 35 percent of households earn less than $25,000 annually. 31 percent have less than a ninth-grade education, and only 5 percent of residents 25 and older have a four-year degree. 21.1 percent of families are headed by a single parent.
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Spirit of Prophecy
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very one who shall be found with the wedding garment on will have come out of great tribulation. The mighty surges of temptation will beat upon all the followers of Christ; and unless they are riveted to the eternal Rock, they will be borne away. Do not think you can safely drift with the current; you must stem the tide, or you will surely become a helpless prey to Satans power. You are not safe in placing your feet on the ground of the enemy, but should direct your path in the way cast up for the ransomed of the Lord to walk in. Even in the path of holiness you will be tried; your faith, your love, your patience, your constancy, will be tested. By diligent searching of the Scriptures, by earnest prayer for divine help, prepare the soul to resist temptation. The Lord will hear the sincere prayer of the contrite soul, and will lift up a standard for you against the enemy.
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Jesus left His home in heaven, and came to this dark world to reach to the very depths of human woe, that He might save those who are ready to perish. He laid aside His glory in the heavenly courts above, clothed His divinity with humanity, and for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might be rich. He came to the earth that was all seared and marred with sin; and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross [Phil. 2:8, KJV]. He submitted to insult and mockery, that He might leave us a perfect example. When we are inclined to magnify our trials, to think we are having a hard time, we should look away from self to Jesus, who is the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God [Heb. 12:2, KJV]. All this He endured that He might bring many sons and daughters to God, to present them before the universe as trophies of His victory. Will man take hold of this divine power which has been placed within his reach, and with determination and perseverance resist Satan, as Christ has given example in His conflict with the foe in the wilderness of temptation? God cannot save man against his will from the power of Satans artifices. Man must work with his human power, aided by the divine power of Christ, to resist and to conquer at any cost to himself. In short, man must overcome as Christ overcame. Christ was a perfect overcomer; and we must be perfect, wanting nothing, without spot or blemish. In order to be overcomers, we must heed the injunction of the apostle: Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus [Phil. 2:5, KJV]. He is the Pattern that we, as His disciples, must follow. We cannot cherish selfishness in our hearts, and follow the example of Christ, who died to make an atonement for us. We cannot extol our own merits, and follow His example; for He made Himself of no reputation, and took
upon Himself the form of a servant. We cannot harbor pride, and follow Christ, since He humbled Himself until there was no lower place to which He could descend. Be astonished, O heavens, and be amazed, O earth, that sinful man should make such returns to his Lord in formality and pride, in efforts to lift up and glorify himself, when Christ came and humbled Himself in our behalf even to the death of the cross. Christ came to teach us how to live. He has invited us to learn of Him to be meek and lowly of heart, that we may find rest unto our souls. We have no excuse for not imitating His life and working His works. Those who profess His name, and do not practice His precepts, are weighed in the balances of heaven, and found wanting. But those who reflect His image will have a place in the mansions which He has gone to prepare. The redemption that Christ achieved for man was at infinite cost to Himself. The victory we gain over our own evil hearts and over the temptations of Satan will cost us strong effort, constant watchfulness, and persevering prayer; but, gaining the victory through the allpowerful name of Jesus, we become heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ. This
Him to seek and to save the lost. The Christian is ever to realize that he is bought with a price, to stand under the blood-stained banner of Prince Immanuel, to fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold on eternal life. He is to reveal Christ to the world. The self-denial, the self-sacrifice, the sympathy, the love that were manifested in the life of Christ are to reappear in the life of His followers. In order to do this, we must put on the whole armor of God; for we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places [Eph. 6:12, KJV]. If we do not overcome, we lose the crown; and if we lose the crown, we lose everything. Eternal loss or eternal gain will be ours. If we gain the crown, we gain all things; we become heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ. Christ is coming in a little while. He has been our brother in suffering; and if we overcome through His grace, we shall see Him as He is. We shall suffer here but a few days longer, and then enter into an eternity of happiness; for there is sweet rest in the kingdom of God. For those who fight the good fight of faith, there is reserved a crown of glory, a palm of vic-
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
could not be the case if Christ alone did all the overcoming. We must be victors on our own account. Then we shall not only reap the reward of eternal life, but shall increase our happiness on earth by the consciousness of duty performed, and by the greater respect and love that we shall win from those about us. He who is a child of God should henceforth look upon himself as a part of the cross of Christ, a link in the chain let down to save the world, one with Christ in His plan of mercy, going forth with tory, an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away. Let the determination of every soul be I must run the race; I must overcome. n
This article was first published in Bible Echo, January 1, 1893. Ellen G. White, its author, was one of the founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Her life and work testified to the special guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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Feature
ADVENTIST
Help and hope for at-risk youth
Miracle Meadows School
EDUCATION
Youth are a priority among Seventh-day Adventists. Their spiritual growth, physical and emotional health, educational opportunities, and personal relationships hold great importance. The church expends tremendous effort and resources to ensure that its children are provided safe and healthy environments in which to grow. But what about the youth with special needs, such as those recovering from childhood traumas and abuse that have resulted in such conditions as reactive attachment disorder or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder? Or those who are exhibiting extreme negative behaviors resulting from various other causes? Can parents find answers and help from within the church? The administrators and staff of the following three Adventist-run alternative-education facilitiesMiracle Meadows School, Project Patch, and Advent Home and Learning Center say yes.Editors.
By Sandra Blackmer pending the night in a crack house with the police and FBI trailing him was not the Christmas Eve Josh Voigt had planned. Voigt, barely 17, and a friend had stolen a caran event that evolved into a weeklong crime spree. The FBI had been chasing the young men up and down the East Coast for days before finally catching up with them. Realizing that he had hit rock bottom, Voigt sent up a prayer promising God, If You save me from this, I will turn back to You. When offered the choice of possibly serving 40 years to life for his crimes or returning to Miracle Meadowsa Seventh-day Adventist self-supporting
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middle and high school for at-risk boys and girls located in Salem, West VirginiaJosh knew the Lord had answered his prayer. So that day he determined to keep his promise to God. More than a decade later Voigt, now an Adventist pastor serving in the Chesapeake Conference, marks that experience as the turning point in his lifethe beginning of his journey back to God. I began reading the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, Voigt says, and the school supported and facilitated the change process. They provided the tools I needed to turn my life around and helped to put me back on the right track.
School Program
Miracle Meadows School, a boarding institution situated on 200 acres in the rolling Appalachian hills, was estab-
lished by Gayle and Bill Clark in 1988. Its program is designed for children ages 8-17 who are experiencing such behavioral problems as dishonesty, defiance, school truancy, trouble with the law, poor social skills, destructive and aggressive tendencies, and alcohol and drug abuse. The staff currently is undergoing training in reactive attachment disorder (RAD), a condition in which infants and young children dont establish healthy bonds with parents or caregivers, typically as a result of neglect or abuse. This may permanently change the childs growing brain, hurting the ability to establish future relationships.1 Most of the students here have experienced neglect, abuse, trauma, and loss before the age of 3, Gayle Clark, who holds a masters degree in nursing and is executive director of the school,
explains. That affects them neurologically. About 70 percent have been adopted, and the abuse occurred prior to the adoptions.
Academics
Enrollment at Miracle Meadows fluctuates between 20 to 40 students. Elementary through secondary courses are taught using a self-paced mastery curriculum. The state of West Virginia recognizes Miracle Meadows as a parochial alternative school, meeting state requirements for exemption K-12 schools. Principal Patrick Johnson concedes that challenges exist there that other schools dont routinely deal with, and that he had misgivings when he first arrived. His initial assessment of the students, however, has altered significantly. I said to myself, What we have is a group of physically aggressive, rebellious students who dont want to listen to authority. But as I looked into their situations, Ive come to understand them better, and have grown closer to them as individuals, Johnson notes. I now see these kids as among the brightest youll find anywhere. Five teachers, most of whom hold masters degrees, instruct students in grades 2 through 12.
Student life director Jerrilyn Fabien, who has a masters degree in rehab counseling and has worked at Miracle Meadows for five years, admits that not every story ends well, but that the more you understand the childs background and the reasons theyre acting the way they do, the greater the success of the intervention process.
Spiritual Emphasis
Miracle Meadows is not only a Christian institution but also distinctly Seventh-day Adventistand spirituality, staff members say, is their number-one priority. The staff here is committed to God and to the Seventh-day Adventist Church, development director Bruce Atchison notes. We strive to help the kids grow in
about the problems. Theyre taught how to work and do a good job. Theyve also grown spiritually, Susan says. Susan believes that every child has a right to an education that meets their particular needs. These kids require a Christ-centered, structured school setting that can work with these issues and not give up on them, she says. Conference tuition subsidies and local church worthy student funds generally are not available to those who attend schools not officially owned and operated by the Adventist Church. Susans local conference as well as fellow church members, however, do provide some tuition assistance, but not everyone receives such support. Nancy and Bills experience with their church family regarding their
MIRACLE MEADOWS: The school is situated on 200 acres in Salem, West Virginia.
Focus on Behavior
Although scholastics play a vital role at Miracle Meadows, a more intentional focus is given to behavior change and social adjustment. Many of our children have depression and anxiety; theyve experienced a lot of trauma from both physical and emotional abuse, says social-emotional learning coordinator Carmen Kleikamp. We encourage and educate them on the effects of trauma, and why its hard for them to trust and to connect with the parents they now have. Kleikamp, a licensed clinical social worker who holds a masters degree in social work, interacts with the students in both personal and group sessions. Counseling sessions that include the parents focus on strengthening family relationships and exploring causes and alternatives regarding their at-risk behaviors.
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their relationship with Jesus. Worship is held various times throughout the day, Atchison explains. Many of the students also praise the Lord in music by singing in the school choir, which performs throughout the U.S.
Is It Working?
Susan and Steves2 13-year-old adopted triplets are at Miracle Meadows because their behaviors were out of control, often resulting in police involvement, Susan explains. We knew that if these behaviors continued, our children would end up in jail. The children also had problems bonding with their adoptive parents. After about a year at the school, Susan sees significant progress. They now accept responsibility for their behaviors. They can identify their issues and know what they should do
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PRAISING THE LORD: The Miracle Meadows School choir performs throughout the U.S.
16-year-old son John, whom they adopted at age 6, was very different. When Johns negative behaviors reached the point where his parents felt there was no option but to enroll him in alternative education, they asked their local church and conference for help but no funds were provided. The couple says they did receive emotional support from fellow church members, but sometimes, Bill notes, keeping us in their prayers isnt enough. These broken kids appear forgotten, Nancy adds. They dont feel valued or loved, and they struggle with their spirituality. They need help and
support from the church. Bill and Nancys appreciation for Miracle Meadows and the efforts theyre making for their son, however, is evident. They dont give up on the kids here, Bill says. The heroic efforts that these folk make are extraordinary. Bonnie and Rons 14-year-old daughter, Trisha, has been at Miracle Meadows for about a year, and is on track to go home soon. When Trisha was born to Bonnie and Ron, they didnt envision their daughters downward spiral that turned into rebellion in her early teen years. Her Adventist upbringing, the love of her parents, the love of her family, all
authorityeverything was called into question in her mind, Ron says. Although they tried other avenues of help, Bill and Nancy reached the point at which they felt no effective help was available. They then learned about Miracle Meadows. We praise the Lord that theres a facility like this, connected with the church, so our child can continue to learn about the values and biblical teachings we believe in. . . . Its helping us to regain our child. To learn more about Miracle Meadows School, go to www.miraclemeadows.org, or call 304-782-3630. n
1 Mayo Clinic, Reactive Attachment Disorder: Definition, www.mayoclinic.com/health/reactive-attach ment-disorder/DS00988. Accessed November 29, 2012. 2 Names of parents and students are pseudonyms.
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sandra backmer is FEATURES EDITOR OF ADVENTIST REVIEW.
PROJECT
By Becky St. Clair rving hated authority. As a seventh grader, he was defiant, depressed, unfocused, and suicidal. He didnt care about school or learning, nearly failing all his classes. Summer classes allowed him to continue into eighth grade. My life was awful, he recalls. I hated my parents for even bringing me into the world, and I told them on a regular basis how I felt. Although it happened when he was 7 years old, Irving blamed himself for his parents separation, and he struggled with accepting criticism, even when it was constructive. I felt the world was against me and that my life wasnt worth living, he says. Then his good friend and classmate died. That sent me over the edge, Irving
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says. I completely gave up. When Irving failed the eighth grade, his mom searched for options and discovered Project Patch, a residential behavioral treatment facility in the mountains of Idaho.
Tackling the Tough Stuff

Project Patch is a Christian nonprofit organization focused on helping hurting teens and building stronger families. It was founded in 1984 when Tom Sanford, an Adventist pastor, became overwhelmed by the needs of hurting teens and felt called to care specifically for them. Tom and his wife, Bonnie, started a foster-care placement program, which developed into Project Patch Youth Ranch for youth ages 12-17. Its located on 170 forested acres about an hour north of Boise, Idaho. Since then, Project Patch has helped nearly 1,000 teens like Irving find direction, respect for themselves and others, healthy ways to handle lifes challenges, and, most
important, a relationship with Christ. The staff really worked with me on self-worth through God, Irving says. Its because of Him that Im worth something, and that core concept helped me realize I need to rely on His strength and not my own. Each teen at the ranch is assigned to one of Patchs five therapists, all of whom have masters degrees in therapyrelated fields. In both one-on-one and group settings, counselors help them deal with physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, divorce, attention-deficit disorder (ADD) and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), terminal illness, loss of a family member or friend, rape, and innumerable other traumas. During Parent Weekends, ranch therapists equip parents to be more effective with their kids. They see the positive changes in their child, participate with their teens in trust- and communication-building activities, and attend workshops where they learn the
Strengthening Families and Communities

In 2003 Patch received a donation of 500 acres of wooded property near Goldendale, Washington. Built by Maranatha International and other volunteers, the Project Patch Family Life and Conference Center, home to the Family Experience program, opened in 2011, providing a resortlike environment for families to learn to thrive despite their challenges. Here, over a long weekend, families enjoy experiences such as a ropes course, crafts, and hiking, and together they learn about facing and weathering challenges. Serving teens and families doesnt stop at home, says Hagele. To truly help kids thrive, we need churches and the community at large to support the families and teens we work with individually. To this end, Patch has developed a seminar and workshop program addressing issues such as parenting, raising grandchildren, technology in the home, outreach to youth in the church, and more. Presenting information gleaned from more than 24 years of working with teens and families, Patch reachES out to community and church members, providing educational materials and other helpful resources. To learn more about Project Patch, visit projectpatch.org, call 360-690-8495, or e-mail info@projectpatch.org. n
WOODWORKING: Patch gives teens the opportunity to learn skills beyond those taught in a classroom or therapy session by offering woodworking, automotive mechanics, gardening, cooking, and more.
basic skills their children are learning. The parents we work with are doing their best to help their children, says Chuck Hagele, Patch executive director. Weve found great success in teaching parents how emotions work and specific skills to help their teens.
Every Moment Counts

Patch is a safe, high-quality, and effective program based on the Bible. Very few treatment programs are both accredited by the Joint Commission and provide solid biblical discipleship. Project Patch is also licensed and accredited by the Idaho Department of Education, the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools, and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. Utilizing individualized coursework to accommodate each students ability and experience, the licensed education program at Patch enables students to keep up with or catch up to their school grade level and, when necessary, attain their GED. The schools personalized program propels students to succeed where they have failed in other environments. Patch uses every moment for teaching, Hagele says. Whether theyre playing, working, in a therapy session, or doing community service, the kids are learning skills they need to create a
positive future for themselves. In addition to regular recreation, Patch teens complete daily chores and participate in the ranchs community service program to learn responsibility, the importance of helping others, and how to be part of a local community. After an average of 14 months at the ranch, returning home is not easy. Teens come into the Patch program angry, hurt, bitter, and confused. They leave confident, determined, and more mature than they arrived. The transition is still difficult, but Patch equips teens with the skills they need to handle it. Becky St. Clair is director of communication When I got home, I had to find out for Project Patch. who I was, what I believed, and how I could have a meaningful relationship with God for myself, Irving says. I gained wonderfully helpful tools at Patch, but it was still a challenge. Irving completed high school and in 2011 graduated from Walla Walla University in College Place, Washington, with a degree in industrial design. Currently he works for a custom-cabinet shop, BIBLE STUDY: Situated on 170 forested acres near Boise, designing and building cabiIdaho, the Project Patch Youth Ranch offers many oppornets for both commercial and tunities for outdoor communion with the Creator God as part of its Christ-centered behavioral treatment program. residential clients.
Photos courtesy of Project Patch
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Advent Home
By Blondel E. Senior immy Hawkins* was 6 when his parents separated. His dad left suddenly and seldom contacted him. Jimmys knowledge of his father came from old photos and hearing his mother describe how abusive he was. Years later Jimmy began blaming his mother for breaking up their home. He became defiant, aggressive, and controlling. His mother was afraid of him. He stayed up late, and then overslept and missed school. His grades dropped from Bs to Fs. I was losing Jimmy, Mrs. Hawkins admits. And he was a negative influence on his little sister. Jimmy was diagnosed with attentiondeficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and placed on medication that doctors thought would help; instead, Jimmy became more unmanageable. Then one of his teachers told Mrs. Hawkins about Advent Home Learning Center and its program for boys with ADHD and behavior problems. Jimmy was enrolled. Jimmy, now 14, has spent 13 months at Advent Home and is slowly making progress. He works off pent-up anger running on the lap field, weeding and watering plants, and playing basketball. Counselors are teaching him ways to deal responsibly with his anger and to resolve conflicts with others in healthy ways. At school the teachers are caring but firm, and Jimmy is taught to accept consequences for negative behaviors. In the dorm hes learning habits of tidiness and organization, as well as how to get along well with others and be part of a team. His mother is noticing the change; she says he is now calmer and more respectful. He also wants to attend an Adventist boarding academy when he leaves Advent Home. Jimmy is turning around.
and their families healing and restoration through a more healthful lifestyle and a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. The various methods used became part of the homes Maturation Therapy Program. In 1995 the home transitioned to serving at-risk boys who had been diagnosed with ADHD. Boys with ADHD have emotional problems and frequently act out by expressing negative attitudes and behaviors. They dont adjust well to traditional classroom or home settings. Their hyperactivity and impulsivenessoften misunderstood frequently result in their dismissal from public or church schools. Like Jimmy, many ADHD students have out-of-control anger problems. Although academically bright, they generally are one to four years behind in grade levels. They develop such behaviors as stealing, lying, cheating, manipulating, avoiding close family relations, shoplifting, experimenting with smok-
ter a minimum-distraction environment in a rural setting with no TV or other electronic equipment, a vegetarian diet, and a highly regulated schedule. They spend time working and playing outside, and receive both formal and informal counseling in one-on-one and group sessions. They are encouraged to talk freely during these sessions, openly expressing their feelings. As their bodies, minds, and hearts begin to heal, some discover Jesus, and their lives are transformed.
Family Training and Reconciliation

Learning respect for parents and other loved ones is a priority at Advent Home as well as an important aspect of the healing and growth process. Family forums take place each quarter on campus. During these special weekends, students and their families come together for worship, spiritual renewal, testimonies, and family training seminars in which they discuss family issues, ask forgiveness when needed, and are emotionally reunited. Spiritual activities and the importance of a growing relationship with God are also emphasized at Advent Home, and baptisms often result.
DORMITORY: Advent Home and its dormitory are equipped to accommodate 32 boys.
A Lasting Difference
In the past five years Advent Home has ministered to more than 318 at-risk students. Since 2009 the teachers and counselors have assisted approximately 25 students to enroll in Adventist boarding schools. Some students have gone on to become college and graduate students, as well as career professionals. Others entered other vocations. The Lord has richly blessed Advent Home with successful intervention in the lives of many families. To learn more about Advent Home, call 423336-5052 or visit www.adventhome.org. n
* a pseudonym Blondel E. Senior, Ph.D., is founder/director of Advent Home Learning Center. Barbara Graham, with Advent Homes Development Office, also contributed to this article.
Its Mission
Twenty-eight years ago Advent Homesituated on 225 acres of rolling hills and forests in Calhoun, Tennesseebegan ministering to delinquent teen boys ages 12 to 18, offering them
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ing cigarettes and marijuana, and running away from home. These boys are at risk of failing not only in school but also in life, and need serious interventions to reverse their downward spiral. Their inadequate academic skills, poor interpersonal skills, broken family relations, poor work skills, and determination to drop out of school before graduating reveal their lack of readiness for the future. Most of the students at Advent Home are Seventh-day Adventists, but about 20 percent are not. There is a wide range of ethnicity among the students, who come from many regions of the United States and other countries as well.
Special Interventions
Advent Home is equipped to house 32 boys. When they arrive, they encoun-
Dateline Moscow
Spies Like Us
Over the past decade five United States ambassadors have
graciously invited me to Spaso House, an elegant mansion off the traffic-congested Garden Ring Road, where U.S. ambassadors have lived since the United States established diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union in 1933. But a recent visit marked the first time I was accused of being a spy. Twice. A throng of military men wearing smart uniforms in various shades of green greeted my eyes as I entered the main hall of Spaso House for a welcoming reception for several new defense officials to the U.S. embassy. Shiny medals dangled from the chests of the officers from several dozen countries, while some also sported golden braids and other decorations. Accompanied by fashionably dressed wives, the officers mingled with other guests around a snack-laden table. At one end of the table I spotted an old friend, a Russian defense analyst. After exchanging hellos, I confided that this was my first time to attend such an event and asked, What can I expect to learn here this evening? My friend gestured toward the uniformed officers and laughed. What do you think? he said. Were standing in a room filled with spies. He was right, of course. But I hadnt considered this reality in accepting the invitation, and surprise must have flickered across my face. My friend chuckled again and said in all seriousness: Whats wrong? Arent you one of them? Later that evening I caught up with a Russian diplomat whom I had met earlier at the Singapore ambassadors residence. Yury told me that he wanted to write opinion pieces about the Russian armed forcesbut with a catch. He said the newspaper where I work would have to cover his travel and lodging expenses as he toured military bases for the articles. Seeing Yurys sincerity, I explained that our budget could not absorb such a cost. Unsmilingly, Yury responded, Cant you just call your friends at the CIA for extra money? I suppose both comments might have been jokes. But theres a saying in Russia, Every joke contains a kernel of truth, and I had encountered spying suspicions previously. Once as I was signing an apartment lease, my new landlord asked about my nationality and reason for living in Moscow. Learning that I was an American journalist, he said matter-of-factly, Oh, youre a spy. Bewildered by his reaction, I related it to an old Russian friend. You know, he replied, I have wondered the same thing. Are you a spy? For the record, Im not a foreign agent employed by a government to secure secret information about the enemy. But I am a foreign agent. I work for a country I have never set foot in, and I eagerly share open-source information that the enemy of all souls wants to keep classified. My motivation is simple: I love the greatest foreign agent, Jesus, who, in coming to earth gave everything so that I, who had nothing, could have everything. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich (2 Cor. 8:9). I represent a government that will topple all the worlds regimes one day soon. The upheaval wont be an Arab Spring or a Rose, Orange, or Tulip revolution, leading to further unrest and instability. No stealth fighters will be deployed, no nuclear missiles launched. Jesus, with great power and majesty, will swoop down in the sky with billions of angels. He will bring with Him a capital city whose transparent gold streets are traffic-free and lined with elegant mansions that He personally built for His foreign agents. He will establish a kingdom that no worldly leader can match: a place with no more death or mourning or crying. His promise is unequivocal: I am making everything new (Rev. 21:4, 5). Its risky, perhaps even dangerous, to admit to being a foreign agent. But the information I possess is too important, too exciting, to keep to myself. Im not afraid to be recognized as a foreign agent. Are you? n
Andrew McChesney is a journalist in Russia.
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Ask the Doctors
Alopecia, or Hair Loss

By allan r. handysides and peter n. landless
y grandmother became rather bald in her late 70s, and I have noted that my adult daughter has a bald patch that is the size of a quarter on the top of her head. Is this the beginning of early baldness? And do I have to worry her about this? If I take her to the doctor about it, she may become very self-conscious, and so far she has hardly noticed it.
air loss actually occurs in all of us, because our hair follicles undergo cyclical changes that extend over the entire life. They go through active growth phases that alternate with periods of inactivity. This cycle of on-and-off growth leads to little change in the overall pattern of hair distribution, because not all hairs are involved in the same phase at the same time. As we age, however, the hair follicles lose their full regenerative capabilities. It is actually stem cells that help the regeneration of the hair follicles. There are two main cells in the follicle that are involved in the hair growth: keratinocyte and melanocyte. As the melanocytes decrease in number, hair becomes depigmented and turns grey or white. As keratinocytes become fewer, so does the production of hairs. Some baldness is called male-type baldness and is related to the effects of testosterone. This can be genetic. Its very common, however, for both men and women to produce fewer hairs on their head as they age. The normal cycle of hair growth can be influenced by the general health of the individual. Thyroid disorders, for example, are often associated with changes in the quality, thickness, and texture of ones hair. Pregnancy also can affect a womans hair. What you are describing in your daughter sounds like a type of balding
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called alopecia. A coin-shaped patch baldness is typical of a condition called alopecia areata. This latter type of alopecia is different from the male-type or age-related hair loss. It is, in fact, an autoimmune disturbance. Alopecia areata is loss of hair in a specific area, usually on the scalp or in the beard in a male. The loss can take place rapidly. Sometimes there is progression to several patches, or even total hair loss on the scalp. The most common variant, however, is that of patches of baldness in coinlike areas.
Dont dismiss this as simply a cosmetic problem.

Careful examination may reveal less obvious additional findings. There may be pitting in the fingernails, and short hair may be noted to be narrower toward the roots, sometimes called exclamation mark hair. Diagnosis is relatively easy, and it would be wise to visit the doctor for a checkup. Treatment, however, is not easy, because there is a lack of well-conducted trials to guide the physician. Even if the condition becomes progressiveand many do notsome doctors will suggest waiting for the natural remission that very frequently occurs.
lone, may achieve up to 65 percent improvement. Systemic steroids are usually avoided because of their side effects. An older treatment with an irritant called dithranol may also be used. Minoxidil, advertised widely as Rogaine, has also been used, but clear-cut benefits have not been demonstrated. The condition tends to relapse and remit, and because the hair follicle is not totally destroyed, the condition is theoretically reversible. How your daughter will react to this condition can be a reflection of your own attitude. An accepting and unemotional response will encourage the same attitude in her. The patch may well disappear and be a single event. Do be sensitive to the anxiety and potential damage to self-esteem, but also dont dismiss this as simply a cosmetic problem. n Send your questions to Ask the Doctors, Adventist Review, 12501 Old Columbia Pike, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904. Or e-mail them to blackmers@gc.adventist.org. While this column is provided as a service to our readers, Drs. Landless and Handysides unfortunately cannot enter into personal and private communication with our readers. We recommend you consult with your personal physician on all matters of your health.
allan r. handysides, a board-certified gynecologist, is THE director of the Health Ministries department of the General Conference. peter n. landless, a board-certified nuclear cardiologist, is an associate director of the Health Ministries department of the General Conference.
Immunosuppressant Therapy
The therapy generally preferred involves potent topical steroids, which may be applied with an occlusive dressing. Improvement may be expected in 25 percent of cases so treated. Intradermal injections of another steroid, triamcino-
Reflections
The Letter
What if you received a letter like this? What would you do?
Dear [Insert Your Name Here]: I was going to stop thinking of you as my friend. We have had many great times, exchanging our problems, enjoying lunch together, visiting in each others homes, and helping each other with our problems. I really thought of you as one of my best friends. I have very few, but I counted you as one of my closest. You have always been hard to contact, and lately it has become even harder. There have been times I have really needed to talk to you. I have been experiencing a lot of problems, and I needed to talk with you and get your valuable input. People have stabbed me in the back and twisted the knife. I needed your help, but you were not there. This was especially bad during the time I was experiencing the dark days of despair overtaking me. I needed your counsel, advice, and especially your friendship. But you would not talk to me. Not answering my phone calls, returning the messages I left for you, or responding to text messages I sent to you for months at a time is not talking to me. I have waited for you when you asked me to, for more than an hour, only to have you tell me that you had not told me to wait (you had). You said you would call me the next day, but the call never came. When you asked me to stay, there were things that I really needed to do and work that needed to be finished. But friends come first, and I have always believed that you should put your friends ahead of yourself. At other times, when I put myself in your way, you promised to meet me at a specific place at a specific time, but you never showed up. It has become apparent that you are only doing what is necessary to keep up the appearance of friendship, but you do not really care. Therefore, I have decided to mentally scratch you from my list of friendsbest or otherwise. As I was thinking this, Jesus spoke to me and said, I understand what you have put up with. [Insert your name here] does not deserve to be your friend, and I know they have disappointed you enough. However, what [insert your name here] has done to you is nothing in comparison to what My children have done to Me. But if you wish to follow in My footsteps, keep talking to [insert your name here], and make yourself available to them. When they brush you off or dont keep their promises, remember that is their problem, not yours. Please, My child, do not write off My child. Please give them another chance. So, my friend, please forgive me for my impatience. I need more patience. I need more tolerance. I need more faith. I need to become more like Christ. Sincerely, Your friend
* The author wishes to remain anonymous.
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