20,000 young people witness for Jesus in Peru

About 20,000 young people witnessed for Jesus through service projects and evangelistic meetings in Lima, Peru last month.

The outreach was part of a program called Mission Caleb. Each summer, the Mission Caleb program hosts outreach events throughout South America in places where there aren't a lot of Adventists.

After the event, more than 5,000 people joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

What these young people have done to spread God's love is outstanding —and so are the numbers:

• 400,000 copies of "The Great Hope" distributed
• 12,000 trees planted
• 3,000 evangelistic meetings held
• 1,500 units of blood donated
• 60 housing modules built

Source: Adventist News Network. You can read more about this event on the Adventist News Network website.

Adventist family survives sinking Italian cruise ship

Three Seventh-day Adventists from Peru survived the sinking Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia.

Milton Paredes, Edelmira Paredes and their daughter Diana Miled were in their second floor room, welcoming the Sabbath when the cruise ship crashed off the western Italian coast on Friday, January 13.

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Federal court says Adventist student at Catholic university has the right to skip school on Sabbath

[Photo source: Quielze Miranda,
public photo on Facebook]

In Brazil, a federal court ruled in favor of an Adventist student who was having Sabbath problems at a Catholic university.

The court says the student has the right to skip classes from Friday evening to Saturday evening.

Quielze Miranda, 19, hasn't been able to attend one of her college classes since the beginning of the school year because it is scheduled on Friday nights.

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Reality show contestant refuses to compete on Sabbath

Remember those stories from way back in time about people who went through hard times but still chose to keep the Sabbath, and lived happily ever after? Does that even happen anymore?

Oh, yes it does.

A few days ago, a reality TV show contestant told the show’s host (and the world) that she couldn’t participate in the Saturday-scheduled challenges because she is a Seventh-day Adventist.

The host told the contestant that things would get complicated if she didn't participate in those challenges.

With tears in her eyes, and as cameras rolled, the young Adventist woman decided to drop out of the show.

And boom! She became an overnight celebrity ….but we're getting ahead of ourselves. Here's how it all began:

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Adventist teens share God during TV talent show

Above: Adventist teens competing on TV talent show

A group of Adventist teens in Chile recently competed on a TV talent show called "Talento Chileno." This is literally the Chilean version of "America's Got Talent."

But here's the cool part: They didn't just compete on the show. No, they straight up witnessed for God!

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2,000 young people pray with strangers on the streets

Looking for something to do this weekend? Try doing what more than 2,000 young people did on the streets of Medellin, Columbia. They spent the day praying with passersby and motorists.

Groups of youths gathered at different places where there are lots of people, such as malls, stores, parks and streets offering to pray for their worries and troubles.

You can read more about the event and what people thought of the kids praying for them on the Inter-American Division website.

Youth in South America share Jesus by making movies, sharing books

Youth in South America are making short videos illustrating how they share Jesus for a chance to have their video shown on TV.

Young people living in the South American Division have until April 3 to upload a video illustrating an ongoing campaign's theme: “Friends of Hope."

But there is much more to this event than just a video contest.

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