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ADRA Zambia Champions Dairy Excellence Through Training of Trainers Program In a bid to enhance dairy productivity and improve milk quality in Zambia, ADRA Zambia, through the Jersey Breed Focused Dairy Development (JBFDDZ) project, recently conducted a Training of Trainers (ToT) program focused on clean milk production, mastitis control, calf rearing, and cattle feeding. https://adventist.news/news/adra-zambia-champions-dairy-excellence-through-training-of-trainers-program ADRA Europe Conference Focuses on Inclusion for Roma and the Less Fortunate 'We believe that everyone deserves respect, dignity, and a chance to thrive,' ADRA leaders share. https://adventist.news/news/adra-europe-conference-focuses-on-inclusion-for-roma-and-the-less-fortunate

Seventh-day Adventist leaders across Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic are working to locate members and assess damage after Hurricane Melissa tore through the islands from October 27–30, 2025. https://adventist.news/news/adventist-church-mobilizes-relief-efforts-in-the-aftermath-of-hurricane-melissas-devastation

Trump, 79, Slams ‘Stench’ of Political Rival, 85, in Vile Rant The early morning tirade against his adversary was the second in as many days. Donald Trump has unleashed another vitriolic attack against Nancy Pelosi, accusing the retiring former House Speaker of being an “old and broken political hack” and declaring he’s glad to be rid of her “stench.” Pelosi—who was one of America’s most consequential speakers and the first woman to lead the chamber—announced her retirement this week, even winning praise from MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene for her 40-year career. But in yet another early morning diatribe, Trump, 79, hit out at the 85-year-old Democrat, who was instrumental in impeaching him: firstly in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress; and later for inciting the January attack on the US Capitol in 2021. “Nancy Pelosi, the old and broken political hack who Impeached me twice and lost, is finally calling it “quits.” She illegally made a fortune in the Stock Market, ripped off the American Public, and was a disaster for America,” he wrote on Truth Social, without providing evidence. “I’m glad to see the stench of Nancy Pelosi go!!!” The bad blood between Trump and Pelosi dates back years, as she was pivotal in hindering parts of his first term agenda. In 2019, the then House Speaker also went viral for clapping in his face in a demeaning way at his State of the Union address. The following year, she caused an even bigger stir by ripping up his State of the Union speech after he finished addressing a joint session of Congress. But things took a particularly dark turn in 2022, when a man entered Pelosi’s home in San Francisco while she was away and bludgeoned her husband, Paul, with a hammer, fracturing his skull. The assailant, David DePape, was a believer in Trump’s false claim that the election was stolen, and told police he was hoping to take Nancy Pelosi hostage and “break her kneecaps.” Trump later joked about the attack, telling his followers at a rally: “How’s her husband doing by the way?” adding that the wall around her house didn’t do “a good job” protecting him. But the president’s Friday morning post was swiftly criticized on social media. “Classy as ever from Trump. The guy who won’t even look your way if you collapse behind him,” quipped one X user—a reference to the president freezing on Tuesday as a White House guest fainted in the Oval Office. Trump’s comment about “the stench of Nancy Pelosi” comes after his own apparent odor also made headlines recently. Speaking to the Daily Beast podcast, New York writer E. Jean Carroll - who successfully sued Trump for sexually assaulting and defaming her - recounted the jury being “mesmerized” at his mannerisms during the trial. “He never sat still, and he talked the entire time within earshot of the jury. He belittled Alina Habba, his own attorney. He would spit as he was talking. He didn’t smell so good,” Carroll said. At her new stand-up comedy show in D.C. last month, adult film star Stormy Daniels also addressed the longstanding rumor that Trump may have expressed some flatulence issues while she testified against him at a separate trial in New York last year. “It did smell really weird,” she recalled of the trial, which resulted in Trump being criminally convicted for 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a sexual encounter they had years ago. Pelosi announced in a social media video this week that she would not seek re-election, ending a trailblazing career that spanned 20 terms representing her district in San Francisco. Among her many achievements was the passage of the Affordable Care Act in early 2010, giving Democrats one of their most significant legislative achievements. She also spearheaded landmark legislation on climate change, economic stimulus, and veterans’ benefits and LGBTQ equality. While Pelosi was loathed by MAGA world, Taylor Greene once again broke ranks with her party—and Trump—by offering some unexpected praise on Thursday. “I served under her speakership in my first term of Congress, and I’m very impressed at her ability to get things done,” she told CNN. “I wish we could get things done for our (Republican) party like Nancy Pelosi was able to deliver for her party… So I wish her well in her retirement, but I would like to see people exit Washington a lot sooner rather than wait until their eighties.” Trump will celebrate his 80th birthday next year. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-slams-stench-of-political-rival-85-in-vile-rant/?

I don't look at it that way. I have observed in America that increased taxes are always voted it. One time in my state, they made a law to reduce the property taxes by half. Within 30 days, there was a proposal in my city to put it back to full. It passed overwhelmingly in a special election. The only solution I see to these high taxes, and generous social programs, is to move to another state.

NCAA revokes eligibility of 6 more college basketball players as it continues sports betting probe The NCAA revoked the eligibility of six men’s college basketball players on Friday as a result of three separate sports-betting cases that involved a power-conference school and allegations of players throwing games to lose by more points than the spread. https://apnews.com/article/ncaa-sports-betting-college-players-415d6d8987237fd1393819460986db47?

Pretty sad, prayer is one way to help. Also look around for any churches or groups that are taking donations of clothing, food, etc.!

Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding WASHINGTON (AP) — Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school. https://apnews.com/article/trump-cornell-federal-funding-f4e2edc67f9423542e7ab6ffd3fddfb0?

Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds. https://apnews.com/article/snap-food-government-shutdown-trump-a807e9f0c0a7213e203c074553dc1f9b?

I unfortunately know of many around where I live! I view Liberalism as sort of a degenerative disease - the longer one wallows in it the sicker they get. There is nothing wrong with thinking progressively and outside of the nine dots, but this isn't where we find the common liberal today. Today we find the common liberal marching for what they call "their truth" or "them / they truth", militantly screaming that a rectum is a vagina if someone believes it is enough. Here is Seattle we have a vibrant "furry culture" that wear "plugs" with animal tails connected at the back. The plug is "inserted" and the tail is pulled through the pants so that it can be displayed to the general public. These folks scream to the high heavens that Trump is not their president. The rotting of society is difficult to watch, and I often wonder if my generation did grow up when life in America was as good as was going get.

Hurricane Melissa ripped the roofs off 120,000 structures in Jamaica, where many Adventist live, when it struck last week as a Category 5 Hurricane. Crews are still clearing roads in an attempt to reach communities that remain cut off. Half the island remains without power, and we hear Cuba is suffering similarly. What can we do to help? Is there small groups of people flying supplies or can the large aid groups get in with all the damage done.

The new mayor of New York wants grocery stores owned and operated by the city ,that ought to be fun. Free child care, free city buses , rent controls. He calls himself a democratic socialist which is like calling a pedophile a "minor attracted person"

I don't think many in America think of themselves as socialists. Although in EU and Canada, there may be SDA's who consider themselves socialists. There are many people who believe it is our duty to help others. This includes public financial assistance, immigration assistance and legal assistance. They have a large compassion for people. In how we accomplish this, is where many disagreements come in. I know many people in America on both sides of the issue. They are not bad people. They are good people with different solutions. Some are very passionate about their views.

NOT MY NUMBERS ---------------- The breakdown of this projection is where the abstract plan reveals a horrifying human cost: - Over 9 million are projected to be our elderly. - Over 4 million are projected to be the mentally ill and suicidal. - Over 300,000 are projected to be from the Indigenous population. - The remainder are counted among our most vulnerable: addicts and the homeless. This isn't merely a policy shift; it is a state-sanctioned eugenics program, leveraging despair as a budgetary tool. The expansion set for 2027, which will specifically qualify individuals solely on the basis of mental illness, marks a dark new chapter. For those who find these statistics as unconscionable as we do, the data is available for public scrutiny in the SAGE Journal and the Journal of Death and Dying. The numbers don't lie. This is the calculated future being built for Canada.

Conference Treasurer, Benjamin [ben ha min] Mendez. Was murdered on Friday as he was entering the conference office building. The whole Adventist church in the Philippines is in shock. https://metrocdodev.com/2025/11/07/crime-watch-sda-church-treasurer-shot-dead-in-cdo-suspect-surrenders-to-cidg-as-ncmc-releases-statement/ Chosen Gem [mothers maiden name] Abesta, 37, allegedly shot Benjamin Vargas Mendez, 65, with a .45 caliber pistol [12 shots] inside the SDA North Central Mindanao Conference compound in Puntod, Cagayan de Oro City, on November 6, 2025. This is a gated parking lot and building with guards. SOP at all conference offices. It is being reported that Abesta was banned from the area and should have been stopped by the guards. After the incident, Abesta initially fled but surrendered later to the CIDG-10 headquarters in Camp Evangelista [military camp] and turned over the firearm. Police said the shooting may have been fueled by a personal grudge, following prior disputes between the two. [ a familiar story in the Philippines] This is the most accurate report on the murder. -------- Abesta was known to the guards and everyone in the building. He was working in a district of many churches. He was pastoring as an intern for three years. An Intern in PH is someone who was hired to be a pastor, but is in a probationary period. During this time, he must prove himself. That includes providing evangelistic meetings and baptisms. It is a time of high stress for some pastors. Although in Mindanao, the baptism rate is higher and easier. There are fewer obstacles. Interns cannot perform legal duties like marriage or baptisms. It is the job of the intern/Pastor to collect the tithes and deposit them in the conference bank account. There may have been a problem there. It may come out in a trail if he does not plead guilty. Most likely, in situations like this, they plead guilty. He was terminated prior to this event. Sir Mendez was scheduled to retire next month. The culture on the island of Mindanao is one of violence. For decades there has been a big problem there. Family feuds are common. Many people have guns in their homes. Because of the LARGE open sea to the south, it is impossible to prevent weapons from entering by small boats. I could talk for a long time about this culture of violence. My wife and I met Sir Mendez and his wife 21 years ago, while we were doing an Evangelism meeting in North Eastern Mindanao. He was the treasurer of that mission at the time. He had two small children then. There was violence while we were there, and the meetings were held in a guarded college building. We were forbidden from visiting interests. 320 were baptized in that program. On the way back to the ship to leave the island, we had to pass a military check post. They had a 50 caliber machine gun. It was VERY big. Often, life in the Philippines is very hard. The violence can be devastating. Often it seems senseless. We are all very sad.

Before they were apostles, they were political opposites. That didn’t stop them from walking the same road. Matthew worked for the empire. Simon wanted to burn it down. One collected taxes from his neighbors for Caesar. The other likely saw Rome as the enemy of God and freedom. You couldn’t find two people farther apart.... The post Matthew and Simon Voted Differently — But They Followed the Same Jesus appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

The 9th Circuit’s ruling on Friday shows what happens when moral objections count only if they sound religious. Oregon Right to Life doesn’t advertise itself as a religious organization. It’s a political advocacy group, a 501(c)(4), open to anyone who pays five dollars to join. Its staff doesn’t lead Bible studies. Its mission isn’t overtly... The post How Oregon’s Abortion Law Turned Conscience Into a Church Question appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Some countries drift through history. Germany tore through it like a wrecking ball. In the span of seventy years, it went from monarchy to fragile democracy, to fascism, to Soviet-style socialism, to Western capitalism. No society survives that kind of ideological whiplash without scars. East Germany, in particular, became a case study in what happens... The post From Dictatorship to Dictatorship: The False Security of Nazism and Socialism in East Germany appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

The Supreme Court on November 6, 2025, granted a stay allowing the Biden administration’s successor to enforce a revised State Department policy requiring all newly issued U.S. passports to display a person’s sex assigned at birth, not their self-identified gender. This decision reverses a lower court’s injunction that had blocked the rule’s implementation nationwide. The... The post SCOTUS Allows Enforcement of Birth-Sex Passport Policy While Case Continues appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

After I published a blog article critical of socialism, a reader challenged me for equating socialism too closely with communism. I asked them to name socialist countries that weren’t also communist but they didn’t offer a response. That prompted me to take a closer look at how nations that call themselves socialist actually function, especially... The post Are There Really Socialist Countries That Truly Embrace Religious Freedom? appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

Early returns show that on November 4, 2025, voters in Texas approved Texas Proposition 15, Parental Rights Amendment (2025). The measure will amend the Texas Constitution to state that a parent “has the responsibility to nurture and protect the parent’s child and the corresponding fundamental right to exercise care, custody, and control of the parent’s child, including... The post Texas Voters Approve Parental Rights Amendment appeared first on ReligiousLiberty.TV / Founders' First Freedom® - News and Updates on Religious Liberty and Freedom. View the full article

I don't care what racial group is takes the most. Nor do I have to look far for what I have said. If you are looking for items to pad your argument that is on you It's important to note that children, the elderly, and people with disabilities are the largest groups receiving SNAP benefits Personally I find the above difficult to believe. Over the past few years I have know a number of families receiving SNAP. Two parent families were as common as single mothers. Nor was it uncommon for the single mothers to have a second and third child without a stable home. In a two parent household if income isnt enough to feed your family get off your duff and get a second job. I have a seventeen your old granddaughter that is a junior goes to school full time and holds down 3 part time jobs. I have observed some on Snap, that have their carts full of junk. I could put back at least a fourth of what they have and feed my family just fine. It has been abused for a long time and now when the correction finally comes like a bulldozer those innocent will get caught in the cross fire which is usually what happens. Anytime a correction is made of abuse that is usually the outcome. I have no objection to those in true need that are doing all they can, but truthfully there are many parents that need to go hungry for a bit and pay the price for there unwillingness to go the extra mile to take care of their own.

Hello friends, it's been a while since I've posted and a lot has happened but I want to share what's happened since I've last posted. In 2017, my wife, Denise read me a quote from a devotional called "The faith that I live by." I was searching for answers because I was tired of being a failing Christian. I had been studying the Bible and SOP for years and yet when I honestly looked at my life, there was no victory no satisfaction, just emptiness. I'm sure you all have felt that at some time or another. What I understood and experienced was righteousness by faith. I had studied and even preach on this subject in the past but I was simply passing on information without it making a change in my heart. This video is a testimony (sort of) and it captures what I was learning. It was recorded in 2023. The battery on my camera went dead so the entire sermon wasn't recorded but there's enough to understand what I was saying. it's about 29 minutes long. I do hope you are blessed and encouraged.

SNAP (food stamp) recipients represent a wide range of races and ethnicities, with recent data showing that White individuals make up the largest share (35% to 37%) and African Americans the second-largest share (26%) . Hispanic individuals constitute about 16% of recipients, while Asian and Native American recipients make up smaller percentages. It's important to note that children, the elderly, and people with disabilities are the largest groups receiving SNAP benefits, and a significant percentage of SNAP households also have earned income. SNAP recipient demographics by race and ethnicity: White: Approximately 35% to 37% African American: Approximately 26% Hispanic: Approximately 16% Asian: Approximately 4% Native American: Approximately 1% to 2% Other key facts about SNAP recipients: Children, elderly, and disabled: Most SNAP recipients are in households with a child, an elderly person, or a disabled person. Earned income: Almost one-third of SNAP households have earned income. Household headship: About 42% of SNAP households are headed by a non-Latinx white person, 25% by a non-Latinx Black person, and 23% by a Latinx person.

Both sides both sides https://www.facebook.com/BuzzFeedVideo/posts/a-facebook-post-from-a-maga-voter-on-snap-is-going-viral-after-she-called-out-he/1339362344512679/ We are always looking for items to pad our arguments.