Family Spotlight: The Veloo/Arason Family

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Nesamalar (Malar) Veloo and Immanuel Arason married in 2019 and are blessed to enjoy their blended family including their two amazing children. Both were born in Sri Lanka but met in a different timeline in life. Malar was born and raised in Matale, Sri Lanka, from where she relocated to the U.S. in 2005 to work and start her career as a Caregiver. In 2011 her two wonderful children Jonathan and Joshua joined her in the U.S. and have since become citizens. Malar grew up in the Catholic faith. She became a Seventh-day Adventist in 2010 …

Family Spotlight: The Descorbeth Family

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Philip Descorbeth is a native of Brooklyn, New York. His family is from Haiti. His parents have lived in New York for over 40 years. Philip has been a member of Hebron SDA Church since birth. Philip was very active at Hebron. He served as the Assistant Youth Director for 2 years and Assistant Treasurer for several years. As an Assistant Youth Director, he assisted in the renovation plans for the Young Adults Church. He also served as a Young Adult mentor and constantly looked to inspire youth to want to be more involved in church …

Family Spotlight:Kisha & Craig Samuel and Family

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Kisha and Craig Samuel married in 2014 and are blessed to have joined our families of five amazing children. Craig is a native of St. Johns, Antigua who relocated to New York in the ’90s and ultimately to Maryland. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Cybersecurity at UMBC and is an AWS and Cybersecurity Consultant delivering solutions to commercial and federal clients. Kisha was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. During her adult life, she visited many Christian churches but could not acquire a true understanding of Christ’s teachings. As Craig shared his …

Family Spotlight: The Abraham/Weaver Family

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The Abraham/Weaver family has been attending TPC as a family unit since 2016. Before their marriage, Thomasina and Randy attended the church while dating. Prior to that, Randy began attending the church at birth. Randy was born into a family that started their Adventist roots back in Trinidad and Tobago. His parents migrated to the Washington, DC area, and some years later, he was born at the Washington Adventist Hospital. His mother was already attending TPC and began attending the church as well. A few years later, his brother Kevin was born, and he began attending …

Family Spotlight: Pancheta Wells & Family

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Pancheta Wells, daughter of Ivan and Gertrude Thompson hails from the beautiful Island of Jamaica. She gave birth to 12 children and delivered her last child before the midwife arrived. Pancheta, affectionately called Ms. P. raised all her children in the Seventh Day Adventist Church.  In addition to being a housewife, she taught classes to help adults and young people learn to read and write and ensure that the young people went on to high school and beyond. After the death of her late husband, she migrated to the United States in 1988 to join her …