Seeking Pure Truth: Adult Mission Story for April 18, 2026

By Gina Wahlen

Safi’s name means “pure” in the Swahili language. Just like her name, Safi liked to think pure thoughts, to speak pure words, and to act in pure ways. She especially liked to sing pure songs.

Safi had a deep love for singing to the Lord and shared her voice in various churches throughout Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

But something wasn’t right.

As she observed the bedlam of people shouting in tongues and praying at the top of their lungs, she felt uncomfortable. Something was missing. She sensed that the churches where she was worshiping didn’t have the pure truth.

At home, Safi pleaded with God to help her find His true church with the pure truth.

After that, she went to more churches and sang in them.

But she remained unsatisfied.

Finally, she decided not to go to any more churches. She would stay at home and pray for God to show her His true church with the pure truth.

Instead of going to church, Safi watched YouTube sermons at home and, one day, came across a sermon talking about the remnant church. The preacher identified the Seventh-day Adventist Church as the remnant church, saying it was the only denomination that fully kept the Word of God.

Safi was intrigued, and she asked herself, “How can I find this church?”

Opening Facebook, she did a search with the words, “Seventh-day Adventist Church.”

The search led to a stranger’s profile. She contacted the man and learned that he was an Adventist church member. He gave her the address of his church and invited her to come on Sabbath

Safi went. She liked the way people prayed and preached at the church. There was no shouting and chaos. Everything was orderly and peaceful. She thought, “This is the place where I want to be.”

She also was impressed to see Sabbath School classes for children and teens. She had been wishing to find a church with programs for her three children, ages 8, 9, and 10.

That Sabbath, church members told Safi about another Adventist church closer to her home.

So, she went to the closer Adventist church the next Sabbath and learned that it was kicking off a 35-day evangelistic program.

She attended every meeting. She felt like the program was designed just for her. As she listened, she thought, “God, I should have come here a long time ago.”

At the end of the meetings, Safi was baptized and joined the Adventist Church. The Adventist man she first contacted on Facebook was so happy!

Today, Safi still likes to think pure thoughts, to speak pure words, and to act in pure ways.

She also still likes to sing pure songs — and she can be found singing on many Sabbaths in her Adventist church.

She said God used the media to lead her to His pure truth.

“I thank God,” she said. “All this happened to me because I watched the media.”

One of this quarter’s special mission projects is a new media center that will house Hope Channel, Adventist World Radio, a social media evangelistic center, and a French-language call center in Safi’s hometown of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Through this project, many people in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the French-speaking world will be invited to learn God’s pure truth. Thank you for giving generously to this important project.