![]() ![]() 20 shades of red later I slinked back to my pew feeling like everyone was staring at my stained tie. I watched and learned they don't hand over the cup, they tip it so you can drink from it. Finally, she moved her eyes and head and I followed her lead and looked over at the other line. She kept moving and tilting the cup but I wasn't getting it. She was completely silent through all of this. Here we were tugging back and forth until finally some grape juice splashed on my tie, so I let go. When it was my turn I took the bread, then tried to take the cup from the lady's hands. During communion we were in line and I wasn't paying much attention to what the people in front of me were doing. It was awkward and reminded me of the time we visited a Church of God church, I think. Finally, I said, "Happy Sabbath?" and she released me from her clutches. I could tell she wasn't going to let go until I said the magic words, but I didn't know what the magic words were. One time another one of my neighbors was greeting and she walked up and shouted, "Happy Sabbath," while grabbing both my hands in hers. ![]() Twice a year the kid's would put on a show at the SDA church on Saturday and we'd go to watch my son perform. She ran home with her hand over her mouth. She said, "That sure smells good." I explained it was ribs and I thought she was going to throw up. My SDA neighbor was across the street and saw the smoke from the barbeque and rushed over to make sure my place wasn't on fire. Maybe someone can tell me why the teacher ate meat and pork, but the Hispanics did not. I mean to tell you it was the best Mexican food I've ever had. About 1/2 the students were Hispanic and the moms would fix a 4 course vegetarian Mexican dinner. ![]() The flip side to that is when the school kids had events, like the school carnival in the school's gym. And I'd ordered cheese and veggie too, to cover my bases. I can tell you, this lady didn't miss many meals and she certainly had no qualms putting down a third of a Pizza Hut All Meat Special. She ate everything, even pork on the pizza we had. We had one of my son's teachers over for dinner. My youngest son went to a SDA school for grades 2-5. Come to think of it they are all related. On the street I live on there are four SDA's within a stone's throw of my place. They are mission focused and have an agency called ADRA for humanitarian work: Adventist Development and Relief Agency International (ADRA) Countries and Areas of the World Where ADRA is Involved 112 Total Projects Funded (Supporting Offices) 2,421 Development 1,551 Relief 870 Beneficiaries of Projects (Supporting Offices) 36,228,592 Value of Total Aid (Supporting Offices) $286,012,003įor more information see the churche's official site at Educational Program Total Schools 7,284 Tertiary Institutions 106 Worker Training Institutions 42 Primary Schools 5,666 Secondary Schools 1,470 Total Enrollment 1,436,290 Tertiary Institutions 106,081 Worker Training Institutions 7,100 Secondary Schools 378,866 Primary Schools 944,243 ![]() They are very focused on health: Food Industries 29 Healthcare Ministry Hospitals and Sanitariums 168 Nursing Homes and Retirement Centers 138 Clinics and Dispensaries 442 Orphanages and Children's Homes 34 Airplanes and Medical Launches 10 Outpatient Visits 15,371,479 Articles have come out in National Geographic and other magazines I believe including Forbes Magazine about this fact.) (The average Adventist lives at least 7 years longer than the regular population because of their health practices. They are not all vegetarians by any means but many are for health reasons. They do keep it holy from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown. They do celebrate Birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving etc. Many SDA's do wear makeup, wedding rings, and even other jewlerie. I applaud you for wanting to be so sensitive to them or anyone. Some of your information is correct some is not so I will try to clear it up for you. ![]()
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