Refugees and residents of Houston, Texas, benefit from participant efforts.

Refugees and residents of Houston, Texas, benefit from participant efforts.
Held in Brazil, the effort includes two consecutive events with about 50,000 people at each one.
Division volunteers offer health screening and deworming in public schools, markets.
Local church steps up to help integrate newcomers into their new country.
University children’s hospital staff shower New Year newborn with gifts, support, and love.
The bill passed in November 2018 was awaiting the presidential signature.
Natural disaster resulted in hundreds of casualties.
Adventist humanitarian and outreach organizations sponsor holiday event in Manaus.
Church representatives meet with government officials in Fiji, other island nations.
Innovative physician transformed the way some cancers are treated.
Cárdenas church building was inaugurated by Maranatha in 2017.
Evangelism and community outreach initiatives are attracting immigrants, leaders said.
Treatments, awareness of heart disease have increased; challenges remain.
Just in 2018, missionary vessel planted five new churches in coastal communities.
The move is one more step in recent church developments across the nation.
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