www.maranatha.org -- This week, walk in the shoes of young volunteers who traveled with their families to Arequipa, Peru, to serve on one of Maranatha’s annual Family Projects. These kids, ranging in age from 2-11, helped construct a new church building for the Los Portales Seventh-day Adventist ...

This week, we’ll travel to Kenya and meet a group of students from the Maasai tribe that had to leave their families. Girls who attend at the Kajiado Adventist School and Rescue Center have escaped child marriage, often at the risk of being disowned by their families. But fellow students and teac...

This week, come with us to the country of Cuba where we’ll see why many congregations end up meeting in members’ homes. It’s not ideal, because those spaces quickly fill up, but it’s the best option they have. Your kids will see what church looks like here and how difficult it can be for congrega...

www.maranatha.org -- This week, we’ll meet a group of Seventh-day Adventists in India who wanted to start their own church, but faced a number of challenges along the way. First, they were treated poorly by their neighbors. Then, they tried to secure land for a church, but were given a bad piece ...

www.maranatha.org -- This week, we’ll travel to the only English-speaking country in South America: Guyana. Here, kids will meet a hairdresser named Paula who is always sharing the love of Jesus with her community. Paula is the head elder of the Mahaica Seventh-day Adventist Church. She loves her...

www.maranatha.org -- About 180 miles south of Lima, Peru’s capital, there is a desert city called Ica. Here, in this place of more than 280,000 people, there is a vibrant Seventh-day Adventist population with a school and many churches. But just outside the city, in the town of La Tinguiña, there...

www.maranatha.org -- This week we head to Ngwenya, Zambia, where we’ll meet a community near a rock quarry. Many of the people living here work for the quarry. They sit in the hot sun, surrounded by rocks, and their job is to hammer and crush large rocks into smaller ones. It is back breaking, ti...

www.maranatha.org -- This week, we head to Nicaragua, where we worship with a group of people and … bats! The Los Angeles congregation had the horror of having bats live in their humble church structure–a situation that provided a lot of ridicule from the public. Then, Maranatha began working in ...

www.maranatha.org— This week, come with us to southeast India as we visit a school known as the “cave school.” The Huggelly Adventist School was made up of simple buildings with thatch roofs that allowed very little light inside. The classrooms were so dark that the students had to huddle up next...

This week, meet the Watson family from southern California. They are a typical Seventh-day Adventist family that works hard, is involved with school and other activities, and is active in their church community. The Watsons normally celebrate Christmas with the usual presents and holiday traditio...

www.maranatha.org -- This week, we’ll meet Denis Silber, a second grade teacher in Stockton, California. Denis noticed that toward the end of the school year, sometimes his students at Clairmont Elementary would lose focus and start getting into trouble. He thought it would be great if they could...

www.maranatha.org -- This week, follow teenager Kim Kraulik as she sees a need on a mission trip and works to bring change. Kim was volunteering as a Vacation Bible School leader on a Maranatha project when she noticed that many of the children did not have shoes. It bothered her, and she committ...

www.maranatha.org -- This week, meet Athon Kamei, who lives high up on top of a mountain in Manipur, India. Although her village of Nagaching is a peaceful setting to live in, there are some challenges which make life difficult. The biggest problem is there is no clean water. Each day, Athon must...

www.maranatha.org -- This week, we’ll venture into the jungles of India to visit a village so remote, none of Maranatha’s water well contractors wanted to go there to drill for water. The steep mountain roads that lead to the village of Taosang punish any vehicle that attempts to pass with large ...

www.maranatha.org -- This week, we’re traveling to the South American country of Brazil, where we’ll meet a barber named Mariano da Silva. Every customer that receives a haircut from Mariano also gets a brochure about Jesus. He loves sharing God’s love with everyone he meets. But Mariano’s church...

www.maranatha.org -- This week, come with us to the country of Peru, where we’ll meet a congregation that has seen a huge transformation over the years. Prior to 2005, the Primavera Seventh-day Adventist Church met in an unideal sanctuary. The roof was covered with plastic and the walls were simp...

www.maranatha.org-- This week, we’ll be in Panama, where volunteers got to help with one of Maranatha’s most unusual outreach activities: a veterinarian clinic. During an Ultimate Workout, a mission trip exclusively for teenagers, Maranatha organized a clinic when they heard about the need for ...

www.maranatha.org - This week, we’ll be headed to the South American country of Bolivia, where Maranatha built churches and helped expand a campus. One of the structures we built was the Fortaleza Seventh-day Adventist Church, located just outside the city of Cochabamba. Years ago, married couple...

This week, travel with us to Kenya as we go into some of the kitchens of boarding schools across the country. Many times, these spaces are very humble—dirt floors, unstable structures, and open fires with poor ventilation. Once the food is prepared, students line up to receive their portion, then...

www.maranatha.org - This week, we’re heading into central Kenya where we’ll meet a woman named Ann. She tells her testimony of how she first heard the story of Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for us, and how He inspired her to make a sacrifice of her own for her community.

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www.maranatha.org- This week, see what it’s like to go on a Maranatha Family Project. In December 2021, 67 volunteers of all ages served at the Kajiado Adventist School and Rescue Center in Kenya. They helped to build a girls dorm and also facilitated a Week of Prayer for the Kajiado students. On...

www.maranatha.org- This week, come with us to a remote part of northern Kenya called Ileret. You’ll meet a 15-year old mother of one named Dhawo. Her days are filled with long walks to a dry riverbed to collect muddy water. Maranatha’s water drilling team came to Dhawo’s village, called Watalii,...

www.maranatha.org - This week, come with us to the South American country of Bolivia, where we’ll meet Daria Chipana. Daria is a church member of the Colina Ecologica Seventh-day Adventist Church. Her church family is very important to her, because as a single mother, they provide a support syste...

This week, we’ll travel to the northeastern part of India to visit a congregation in the state of Meghalaya. The Mynso Seventh-day Adventist Church was made up of earnest members who loved to share God’s love with others, but had a big problem: they had no church building. They’d meet in each oth...