Mrs. Helen Yoshida passed away on November 14, 2022. Below is a tribute to her from her family.Mrs. Helen Yoshida was the beloved wife of Charles Yoshida, the mother to three lovi...
November 11, 2022, is Veteran’s Day. I want to thank every veteran in the FAAmily for the years of defending, maintaining, and improving our American rights and freedoms.
I dro...
Today I took my Western Art History class to the Fresno Art Museum for a field trip. We first walked through the gallery to get an overview of the art. There are four main exhibi...
Have you found yourself desperate and in a desperate situation? I have. At least three times, I was in desperation due to extreme pain. First, when I was twelve years old, my in...
“Not again,” I muttered when the lights flickered and went off. I sat in total darkness in my one-room Student Mission house in Magdalena, Bolivia. I should not have been surpris...
This past Wednesday, I had an MRI scan due to persistent lower back pain. I have had several MRIs, so I knew the routine. I knew I would be lying on my back in a tube for thirty-...
It was the last night of our four-day canoe trip in Minnesota’s boundary waters. There was a magical spot before us, a wooded Island in the middle of the lake. My wife and I pl...
Don’t let me drive your car. I may jinks it. In the last weeks, two vehicles I was driving had their engine light come on. The last time something like this happened to one of m...
The following devotional was shared at the Constituency Meeting on September 18, 2022.
Sabbath morning, my friend Paul and I sat by the breakfast fire looking across Fraser Lake i...
It was a common occurrence in my college design classes. Our teacher, Ken MaKintosh, would storm into the classroom and bellow, “Think! Work!” and then disappear into his office....
It was a beautiful August day at Sunset Lake summer camp. I was playing in the swimming area and sliding down the slide into the lake. My mother was monitoring my activities. Sh...
Welcome to the month of September and Labor Day weekend. I was ten years old when my father sent me out into the world to work for 10 pesos an hour at the college dairy. I rode h...
It all started out innocently. Two Moore families and the Norton family were picnicking at the wide and lazy Parana river for some fun on a hot summer day. At one point, a partl...
This summer, my wife and I visited our children and grandchildren. I especially enjoyed our 3-year-old granddaughter, Meilani. I had forgotten how many questions a 3-year-old chi...
With sadness FAA bids farewell to Mrs. Maria Garido. She has faithfully served at FAA for 20 years. She has prayed for, cared for, and lived for the students and staff at FAA. S...
Dear FAAmily,
This summer, my wife and I visited our children and grandchildren. I especially enjoyed our 3-year-old granddaughter, Meilani. I had forgotten how many questions a...
Fresno Adventist Academy welcomes Vicente Tupe as the new Spanish teacher. Mr. Tupe graduated from Walla Walla University with a Major in Spanish.