Manado, Indonesia – What a good way to learn. Hands-on experience with Internet has opened our mind to unlimited access to so many good things that are needed to improve our lifework; the participants were heard to say as the writing seminar, March 4-6, was about to wind up.

Organized for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in East Indonesia, this writing and e-publication seminar, the second in series conducted for this year by the communication department of the church in the southern Asia-Pacific region (SSD) for local fields was “received very well” by the participants.

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Coming on their own, 65 listeners of the Bangla broadcasts of the Adventist World Radio (AWR) traveled from all over the country to attend the Listener’s Conference, February 22, held at an auditorium owned by a non-government organization, 28 kilometers north of Dhaka.

This occasion was arranged by AWR Asia-Pacific regional office during its 15th year celebration of Ashar Bani, Bangla’s broadcast. Ashar Bani, which means Voice of Hope, was “indeed giving us hope,” said listeners representing the fields of Sylhet, Chatmohor, Shunamgong, Meherpur, Kustia, Gopalganj, and Khulna. Some of the 65 attendees traveled overnight to come to this conference.