The photo above is a scene in the Troodos Mountains on the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey. There is one Seventh-day Adventist church in Cyprus, with 74 members. Currently, the Middle East Union is headquartered in Cyprus. 

MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR

Husband and wife Nestor Osman and Gretel Dupertuis from Argentina have been volunteering in Royse, Norway, at Norwegian Junior College since August 2006. At the school, Nestor works as the boys’ dean and leads out in a Pathfinder group, while Gretel works in the school’s kitchen and teaches Spanish at the nearby Adventist primary school. Together, the couple also leads worships and organizes Saturday night activities. However, what Gretel calls “the real work that we do” is sharing Christian principles with students, giving them advice, and, sometimes, just lending a listening ear. “That,” says Gretel, “is what we like about being here.”

“The first four commandments are vertical; pointing upward to show how we should treat God. The last six commandments are horizontal; pointing to show how we should treat the people around us. They make a CROSS.”