NEWS ABOUT THE NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION
THURSDAY, JULY 6
HAPPENINGS
Transportation
The task of getting from point A to point B is one of the most important activities at the Session—second only to the actual business meetings. Below are photos of just a few of the methods of movement attendees are utilizing. (Also see the "Scootin' Around" link at the top of the right column.)
 "Footmobile"
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 Commercial/Chartered Bus
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Hippo Tours (left) certainly is not a method of mass transit to and from the Session, however some attendees chose to enjoy a unique trip on this amphibious vehicle. |
EXHIBITS
Adventist Development & Relief Agency and Maranatha Volunteers International
The object of ADRA's world: Many North Americans live in a protected environment. We want to give them an idea of how other people live in other parts of the world. Here in the Global Village [our display in the GC Session exhibition hall], we have three huts that represent real living conditions in three various areas of the world. We have an Asian Hut, Latin American Hut, and an African Hut. In seeing these living conditions, we hope that people will realize how much they have. We also hope to instill a desire to share with those less fortunate than they around the world.—Rudy Monsalve, Senior Grant Administrator
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Maranatha Volunteers International: Maranatha is a non-profit Christian organization that coordinates the construction of urgently needed buildings with volunteers who desire a short-term mission experience. As depicted by the Maranatha logo, Maranatha's mission is for volunteers to use their tools to construct urgently needed builidngs to spread the gospel to the whole world.
In 1969, founder John Freeman, of Berrien Springs, Michigan, took 28 volunteers to Freeport, Grand Bahama, to complete the Eight Mile Rock Church. Since that first trip Maranatha has completed nearly 2,000 projects valued at over $90 million, mobilizing over 50,000 short-term missionaries. Were it not for Maranatha, thousands would be without churches, schools, clinics, hospitals, orphanages and houses; and thousands more would be without a short-term mission experience.
Maranatha Volunteers International became the official name in 1989 when Maranatha Flights International merged with Volunteers International, a Virginia-based humanitarian organization. That same year the Maranatha headquarters moved to Sacramento, California. Membership currently exceeds 20,000, with all 50 of the United States and about 60 countries represented. Each year approximately 2,500 volunteers go on a project. Many donate funds, make preparations back home, and pray for participants. Membership is granted to all who participate in a short term mission project, and members receive the quarterly publication The Volunteer.
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