Abandoned is a familiar word to 18-year-old Jovita Kapasi.

She grew up in a broken home in Ukemele, a rural village in Tanzania. Her father, an alcoholic, eventually took a second wife and left Jovita’s mother to support six children on her own.

An excellent student, Jovita was accepted into secondary school—a big privilege—but her father refused to pay the fees, and her mother could not afford them. So Jovita enrolled in the three-year agricultural work-study program at Kibidula Farm Institute.

Jovita had first heard about Seventh-day Adventists when her schoolteacher, Obed, invited her

to worship with a small group that met each Sabbath.Her decision to enroll at Kibidula would give her not only practical training, but also more opportunities to learn about the Adventist beliefs.

The older students and leaders at Kibidula taught her more about the Bible, and Jovita soon made a firm decision to follow Christ through baptism.

Jovita graduated this June and now works as a house helper for Doris Waber, a teacher at Kibidula’s lay evangelism school. She is studying through correspondence to become a schoolteacher, and Kibidula hopes to hire her for their primary school as soon as she finishes her training.

Now Jovita knows she will never be alone and that God has a purpose for her. “My goal in life is to serve God, wherever He leads me.”p

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Above: Jovita (far right) wants to serve where God leads. Left: At Kibidula, Jovita learns tailoring and other practical skills in addition to agriculture.

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Natalia was a member of a charismatic church in Rostov, Russia, but she had heard about Seventh-day Adventists from her friend, Nina, a literature evangelist.

One day last October, Nina mentioned that she was going to a health camp in Zuevka, Ukraine, and invited Natalia to join her.

During the camp, Natalia began jogging and swimming and lost several pounds. But what impacted her the most was the Biblical health message.

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among all Christians,” Natalia says. “It is very important and necessary.”

While at Zuevka, Natalia received The Great Controversy,The Desire of Ages, and several health books. She left with a strong desire to share what she had learned with her friends and family. This May the Zuevka staff were pleased to see Natalia at an Adventist medical missionary campmeeting. Then in July, she brought her son and two of her friends to another health camp at Zuevka. Her friends were also impressed with the program.

Natalia’s story is a special encouragement for the Zuevka staff, a demonstration of how God can work even through their small ministry.

Currently the health camps are held in the unfinished lifestyle center. Zuevka has a great need for funds to complete the building, but they are doing their best with what they have and feel privileged to see how God is using their ministry to reach out to people like Natalia. p