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Ultimate Mission Helping to Improve the Health of India
Dick Duerksen
May 2, 2019

The Ultimate Mission team, based in Portland, Oregon, provides support and training for health workers, each of whom is the wife of a Seventh-day Adventist pastor. These women are being trained on how to teach the four key lifestyle changes that will reduce the chance of contracting Type 2 diabetes.

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One Man in Barrow
Dick Duerksen
April 5, 2019

“So, I started visiting houses in and around Barrow. Turned out that the advertising hadn’t worked at all. Someone thought that it would be great to have kids go door-to-door hanging advertisements on doorknobs. However, with the temperatures at 27 degrees below zero, not a lot of hangings got hung!”

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Where's Bethani?
Dick Duerksen
March 22, 2019

Each shelter is a “one-day only” stop. Walkers have to keep walking, because the next day will bring another flood of people who will fill the shelter to capacity again. Most of the shelters are run by a church, or a small foundation. Some are run by individuals or families.

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"Dear God..."
Dick Duerksen
March 8, 2019

All prayers go directly to God’s listening heart, regardless of whether they’re whispered, written, spoken in church before the congregation, or breathed silently through the chaos of our mind.

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The Secret
Dick Duerksen
March 1, 2019

The painting was purchased in Korea and is titled, The Secret. Some suggest that the artist wanted to show the moment when Sarah told Abraham that she was pregnant.

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Listen to Your Coach
Dick Duerksen
February 21, 2019

One of my favorite personal coaches, BrianMcCulloch, is the featured Pro Cyclist in the April issue of Road Bike Action Magazine.

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Welcome to the New OregonAdventist.org!
Communication
February 20, 2019

We’re excited to launch OregonAdventist.org, the new home for the Oregon Conference of Seventh-day Adventists on the web.

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The Clark Center Cooks
Dick Duerksen
February 15, 2019

Seventeen years ago the Clark Center Transitions team lost the cooks who had been making dinner on the first Monday of each month.

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Rodger Moran -Trauma Counselor & Tour Guide
Dick Duerksen
February 8, 2019

Rodger Moran is a trauma counselor. He works for TurboTax...

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Bible in Hiding
Dick Duerksen
January 26, 2019

Everyone in town, the mayor, the priest, the soldiers, everyone knew Grandfather had a Bible.