UNITED STATES
La Vida Mission School Celebrates the Class of 2025
La Vida Mission (LVM) school recently gathered to celebrate the growth, resilience, and achievements of its class of 2025. The recognition and promotion program was held at La Vida Mission Seventh-day Adventist Church in Farmington, New Mexico, United States, May 22.
During the program students presented a variety of performances, including singing, interpretative songs, and instrumental music. This was followed by the presentation of certificates and awards.
The candidates for promotion marched down the aisle as they embarked on their completion rites. Students D’artagnan Smith and Drevin Yazzie completed their elementary years and were promoted to high school. Both students delivered speeches, reminiscing about memories they had made during their time at La Vida.
“Each person plays an important role in shaping and nurturing a student’s life,” guest speaker Tamara Peshlakai told attendees. “Families, teachers, and friends all work together to guide and support students as they grow academically, emotionally, and spiritually, helping to mold them into responsible and compassionate individuals.”
La Vida Mission is a nonprofit Christian mission to the Navajo Nation. It is a supporting ministry not affiliated with the corporate Adventist Church.
ZIMBABWE
Educating for Mission Convention Commemorates 150 Years of Global Mission
The General Conference Department of Education, in collaboration with the Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division (SID), East-Central Africa Division (ECD), West-Central Africa Division (WAD), Euro-Asia Division (ESD), and Southern Asia-Pacific Division (SSD), recently organized the Educating for Mission Convention. The four-day regional event was held at Solusi University in Zimbabwe.
The event brought together more than 500 church leaders and educators from across the African continent and beyond. “It served as a vital platform for dialogue and collaboration on integrating mission into the core of Adventist education, with the aim of reaffirming and strengthening its role in developing ethical, service-driven leaders for the future,” organizers said.
The convention featured a series of plenary sessions and workshops. Key topics included aligning institutional mission with the Adventist Church’s global mission, enhancing access to and affordability of quality education, and ensuring the relevance of academic programs to modern societal needs, among others.
The convention concluded with a group visit to Victoria Falls—one of the world’s natural wonders—offering participants a unique moment of reflection, fellowship, and appreciation for the beauty and cultural heritage of Zimbabwe.
PERU
Adventist University Researchers Create Device to Optimize Tilapia Production
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Peruvian Union University, Tarapoto campus, has developed an intelligent device that seeks to optimize the process of sex reversal in tilapia fry, a key technique to produce this species. The project proposes an innovative alternative to identify the sex of the fry faster and with greater accuracy, without the need to sacrifice samples and using more efficient and sustainable technologies.
Tilapia is one of the most cultivated species in the world. In the Peruvian jungle region of San Martín, its production is a key element in the local economy. However, the traditional method of determining the sex of fry involves the culling of at least 100 fish per thousand and can take two to three weeks to complete. In addition, this type of procedure is expensive, time-consuming, and unsustainable, experts said.
Faced with this scenario, researchers from the Peruvian university developed the alternative model. According to Yngue Ramírez, one of the main researchers, “this system will allow better results by using cameras and AI. Also, it will be possible to get results in as little as 45 seconds.” The idea is to commercialize the device nationwide once the research and validation process are concluded.
KENYA
More Than 7,000 Adventist Men Rally to Learn and to Grow Spiritually
More than 7,000 Seventh-day Adventist men from the West Kenya Union Conference (WKUC) converged at the Kenya Lake Conference headquarters on May 24 for the 2025 Adventist Men’s Rally. Under the theme “Transformed by Grace,” the event served as a call for spiritual renewal, godly leadership, and community transformation, organizers said.
In his keynote message WKUC president Samuel Misiani challenged men to place their relationship with God at the center of their lives. A major highlight of the day was the graduation of 1,270 lay members who completed a course on Christian discipleship.
Regional government officers also attended, including Homa Bay County governor Gladys Wanga. “Be champions of responsibility, peace, and integrity in your communities,” Wanga told the men. “Lead by example, and uplift those around you.”
Emance Otado, an Adventist engineer, presented on stewardship and contentment. He encouraged men to anchor every investment in spiritual values, leverage social capital for church growth, and intentionally invest in their families.
The event was more than just a gathering, organizers emphasized. “It was a defining moment of recommitment. It reignited the spiritual mission of thousands of men across the region and commissioned them to live with humility, strength, and unwavering faith,” they said.
MONGOLIA
First Mothers Conference in Mongolia Ignites a Movement of Faith
The event brought together women from across the country to empower and equip them for spiritual leadership at home and in the church.
Oyuntuya Batsukh, MM director of Women’s and Family Ministries, organized the conference and anchored the program in the biblical verse “A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown” (Prov. 12:4, NIV). The event emphasized the vital role of mothers in passing down faith to the next generation.
A total of 101 women attended in person, while more than 70 others participated online. The multiday event featured inspiring messages from mission leaders, interactive workshops on parenting and guiding wayward children, prayer sessions, and meaningful fellowship. Each morning began with a prayer walk, during which mothers lifted their children to God.
Participants engaged in prayer journaling, sharing testimonies, and writing prayers together. Along with spiritual enrichment, the women also acquired practical skills to strengthen their roles in their families and communities.
“Mothers are the center,” Oyuntuya Batsukh said. “Their faith sets the tone in the home, and their influence shapes the spiritual health of the church.”