Blast From The Past

Guitar-Based Outreach

I hope you will briefly indulge me as I brag on one of the young men in our church. Francivaldo has been with our church-plant since the beginning. And even before that, he participated in another church plant in the community–one that eventually closed down. I have met few young people with a greater or…

Blast From The Past

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

If you aren’t subscribed to the “Comings and Goings” newsletter, you can read the latest one here. This issue gives some exciting updates regarding different areas of our ministry. The Astonishing Adventures of Missionary Max, Parts 1 and 2 are now available for Kindle and Nook!

Brazil

“Tupinambá” Discipleship

When the French set foot on the island that is now São Luís, Maranhão, they were met by a native tribe known as the “Tupinambás”. Daniel de la Touche, the French (Huguenot) leader of the expedition had the wisdom to make friends with the Tupinambás, and was successful in enlisting their help in several projects–such…

Brazil

Brazilians and “Texans”

This morning I came across this ad from World War Two days, touting the number of countries that trained their pilots in the “Texan” airplanes manufactured by the North American Aviation Inc. Curious, I amplified the picture to see if Brazil was listed. Sure enough, there it is, third from the top on the left-hand…

Camp

Brief Camp Update

On Tuesday we went to Morros to finalize negotiations for the purchase of initial property for our camp project. Previous trips had been frustrating due to confusion over just what was being sold, and how much it was being sold for. On this trip we walked over the entire property (what we have already bought,…