Sabbath, March 7, 2026 Maranhão Piauí Field (AMAPI) Headquarters, Brazil In northeastern Brazil, the states of Maranhão and Piauí, together, are home to about 10.4 million inhabitants, spread over a territorial area of about 224,282 square miles (581,406 km2). The climate here ranges from equatorial to tropical to semi-arid, having diverse vegetation with native palms, mangroves, Amazon forest, cerrado, and caatinga. The first church in the Reform Movement in this region was established in 1960, in the city of Bacabal, Maranhão. With the growth in the number of members and the establishment of new churches in these states, the Maranhão Piauí Field (AMAPI) was organized in 2016 with about 530 members. As a Field, we need to build administrative offices, accommodations, and an auditorium. For the completion of the new headquarters, we count on the generosity and liberality of our dear brothers and sisters from all over the world. “God is not dependent upon men for the advancement of His cause. He might have made angels the ambassadors of His truth. He might have made known His will, as He proclaimed the law from Sinai with His own voice. But in order to cultivate a spirit of benevolence in us, He has chosen to employ men to do this work. Every act of self-sacrifice for the good of others will strengthen the spirit of beneficence in the giver’s heart, allying him more closely to the Redeemer of the world, who ‘was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.’ And it is only as we fulfill the divine purpose in our creation that life can be a blessing to us. All the good gifts of God to man will prove only a curse, unless he employs them to bless his fellow men, and for the advancement of God’s cause in the earth.”—The Review and Herald, December 7, 1886. When this appeal reaches you, please remember the blessings that fall upon the faithful steward and kindly collaborate with us in this endeavor—which by the grace of God will be of great importance for the growth and continuation of the work in this Field. “God loveth a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:7). Your brothers and sisters from the Maranhão Piauí Field