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Monday Mayhem
It’s been two weeks. The pickin’s are kind of slim…either the internet is getting less interesting, or I am getting more busy…or both. A freaky poem that uses all the same letters…in the same order…to create two different meanings. Time Travel Back to the San Francisco Earthquake Lego Creation of the Week 1 The English…
Camp Elim: The Way Forward
For the first part of this year it has been a major struggle to do any kind of work at the camp we purchased in Morros in late 2011. Conflicting schedules and the priority of getting a fledgling congregation off the ground have made it difficult to begin any sustained work there. However, the dream…
Intrepid Adventurers
This group of young people (and young-at-heart people) will be visiting us here in Sao Luis from June 9th to the 18th. Their group is called F.O.C.U.S (Fellowship of Christians United in Service), and they are from our sending church in Lakeland, Florida. We are very excited about their visit, and the doors that have…
Pictures from our First Evangelistic Campaign
Our camera was on the fritz on Saturday, but fortunately someone else snapped a few pictures. Here are three I thought you would enjoy. Between the canvassing and the open air service, we had food. We are Baptists, after all. This is the open-air service in progress. And yes, we are right in front of…
Happy Birthday, Ebenézer! Our Seventh Anniversary Conference
On Saturday and Sunday the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church celebrated seven years of existence as a congregation. As is our custom here, the event was marked with a conference. Our speaker this year was missionary colleague Brandon Carmichael, who drove down from the city of Belem for the event and brought an outstanding series of…
About the Most Recent Brazilian Protests
Some quick observations: 1. The stated reason for the protest was a reduction in Social Security benefits. Many Brazilians are upset that the retirement age has been increased. The Brazilian government is trying to deal with a system that has no more money – something the American government is going to have to deal with…