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Ophelia Gherman, M.D.
February 28, 2016
This month we are focusing on setting and completing goals that will help us reach better health. This first installment concerns sleep habits. Click to read on.

It never seems like we have enough time in a day to accomplish everything we want. Changing one’s habits often seems time consuming and tends to be postponed. Sleeping late is a habit that many of us are accustomed to, but the sooner we take steps to adopt healthier sleeping hours the richer the blessings in store. Getting a good night’s rest is so important that from the dawn of creation God made night and day. The heavens obey, and the universe displays the sun by day and moon by night. It is only humanity, in our small cosmos, who have attempted to reverse their use.

 

Ophelia Gherman, M.D.
February 25, 2016
Exercise: your heart's favorite friend.

Lifelong physical activity is crucial to preventing many modern epidemics such as heart disease, obesity, and hypertension, but that doesn't mean you have to resign yourself to running marathons. Sensible exercise should consist of a combination of stretching, aerobic exercise, and strength training.

 

Benjamin Thiel & John Lausevic
February 25, 2016
Fiji
On Sabbath, February 20, Cyclone Winston hit the northern side of the Fiji Islands.

On Sabbath, February 20, Cyclone Winston hit the northern side of the Fiji Islands. Cyclone Winston was one of the largest cyclones ever recorded in the South Pacific. The islands have sustained extremely damaging winds and flooding, which have caused extensive damage to housing, crops, infrastructure as well as injury and loss of life. We would like to ask you all to keep the Fijian people in your prayers.

Bruno Marques
February 21, 2016
Brazil
From a child with severe epilepsy, to business student, to a teacher of miraculous truths.

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you" (Matthew 6:33).

 

It took me a while to understand this wonderful text. Many times in our lives we want to do what we think is right for us, or what we believe to be more important instead of focusing on God's plan for our lives. For example, when I finished high school I wanted to go to university, so I enrolled in a Bachelor of Business program. It was an attractive title for a young man keen to grow in his professional career.

 

Etienne Lombard
February 21, 2016
Canada
On February 12-15, 2016 the families from the Eastern Canadian Field participated of a youth retreat in the Algonquin Highlands, Ontario.

Considering a very mild winter in the months of December and January, some wondered whether this year's Winter Youth Retreat at Shalom by the Lake in the Algonquin Highlands, Ontario would merit being called a "winter" retreat. The temperatures we got for the Family Day long weekend, February 12-15, 2016, was more than we could have asked for. The Arctic air mass that moved into Northern and Southern Ontario brought down fresh snow, and made the temperature dip to nearly record lows. Saturday morning the temperature went down to -32°C and Sunday morning to -39°C!

 

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