A long line of patients snaked around the block waiting to see one of the dentists and hygienists who were providing free dental care at the Sandy Seventh-day Adventist Church on Sunday, October 6.

Chit came to Portland as a refugee from Myanmar. Recently, the sole of the shoe on his prosthetic leg wore out. That’s when his new friend, Adventist bible worker Do So, began working to get Chit’s leg repaired.

“Hello, I’m from Africa and I’d like to be your Internet friend.” For most people in America, that’s an invitation to “Delete” the message and move on. For Emily*, it was an invitation to make a new friend.

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Each summer at Big Lake Youth Camp, more than 200 campers accept Christ as their personal Savior and indicate they would like to be baptized.

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“Off, off and away I go to see Lebanon in a purple boat,”writes Isabella. “I am going to see Lebanon cedars because it is the oldest forest. I will eat Baba Ghannush because I like hummus and flat bread. I will look for honey badgers because they are black with a white stripe.”