Videos Currently viewing ESDA Mission Stories All Videos Pioneer missionaries Frank and Mary Westphal arrived in Brazil. They found the Adventist message had already arrived some 15 years earlier as ink on paper in a seaside port in the state of Santa Catarina. The Bond Brothers in Spain Frank Starr Bond and his brother Walter were the first Adventist missionaries to bring the Adventist message to Spain. Pioneers of Hope in Brazil Pioneer missionaries Frank and Mary Westphal arrived in Brazil. Pioneers of Hope in Kenya Today there are more than 1 million Seventh-day Adventist in Kenya worshiping in more than 10 thousand churches and companies. One in 49 people is a Seventh-day Adventist. Dolphijn’s Fishing Trip Dolphijn was the name of a local trader who lived in Apam, Ghana in the late 1800's. At the time, there were no Adventists living in the region. Pioneers of Hope in Mexico Today there are more than 9,000 churches and companies and some 800,000 Seventh-day Adventists in Mexico meaning that there is one Adventist for every 163 people. Missionaries in the Middle East Emil Frauchiger was a pioneer, colporteur, pastor, missionary, and administrator in Europe and the Middle East for 44 years. The First African-American Doctor The life and ministry of the first African-American Seventh-day Adventist medical doctor was one of constant motion! Let's see some of the ways God used her for His glory. 17-Year Mission Honeymoon Only a year after he joined the Adventist Church, 19 year old Arthur sensed God calling him to serve in China. Let's follow his 17-year mission journey!