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OREGON CONFERENCE NEWS
Portland Adventist Academy
(PAA) believes mission
trips challenge the paradigm
of daily life and help to reveal
a world in need. This spring,
missions took PAA students
across the country and around
the world.
NEW YORK
Students saw the devastation
and heartache left behind by
Hurricane Sandy. They helped
a tired team of volunteers who
provide food, clothing and
supplies to displaced residents.
They also helped on construction
projects in a neighborhood
most impacted by the storm.
PAA students helped remove
debris from hurricaneravaged
neighborhoods of
New York.
PAA Missions Span Globe
FIJI
Students swarmed the tiny
island of Rabi to help the Jabez
Humanitarian Foundation
bring an end to waterborne
illness. Students helped with
construction projects and in
medical clinics. They made
mortar using sand hauled from
beaches and assisted in physical
exams, pharmaceutical tasks
and even minor surgeries.
COSTA RICA
Two students joined the
North Pacific Union Conference
to preach evangelistic
sermons to thousands of people
attending a series hosted by the
South Central American Union
Conference. They witnessed
lives changed.
NEPAL
The Mountain Leadership
Institute works on a health care
project where high elevation
villagers have no access to
medical help or the knowledge
of basic health principles. PAA
students were privileged to help
lay the foundation for a project
that will one day change the
lives of thousands of people.
ETHIOPIA
A team of two learned that
water is so precious it can’t even
be wasted to clean a countertop.
The team established libraries,
schools and medical clinics and
brought supplies to crowded
orphanages in a country that is
working to silence Christians.
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
Rita Barrett, PAA Spanish
teacher, organized “Service
Learning” before taking her
Spanish students to visit the 70
children at the International
Children’s Care orphanage.
They researched the country’s
culture and history and, of
course, learned the language,
which had a powerful impact
on their relationships while
visiting.
Liesl Vistaunet, PAA GLEANER
correspondent
Falls City Rejoices in Baptism
Between the ages of 4 and
12, Vickie Beckley spent
each summer with her grandmother
in Wisconsin and
attended church each Sabbath
with her.
In the following years,
Beckley attended many Sundaykeeping
churches; however, she
could never forget that God’s
PAA students bonded well
with young Fijian children
during their mission trip to
the small island of Rabi.
Sabbath was the seventh day of
the week.
A year ago, when Beckley’s
sister was attending an
evangelistic series of meetings
in Dallas, Ore., her sister asked
Beckley if she would like to
study the Bible. Beckley agreed,
and Pat Biro, the Bible worker
for the Dallas and Falls City
churches, began studying with
her. Beckley was thrilled to
rediscover the truths she had
learned as a child and was baptized
by Doug Clayville, pastor,
on Sabbath, March 23, at the
Falls City Church.
Larry Scofield, Falls City Church
communication leader
PAA senior Dwight DeLeon
helped raise money to
bring new shoes to all 70
children at the Domincan
Republic orphanage, run by
International Children’s Care.
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