Not to be confused with the soccer stadium in Rio of the same name, the city of Maracanã, in the state of Pará (which neighbors our state of Maranhão) is where I am right now for evangelistic conferences. Today I was able to get out and explore the down a little bit. Here are some…
Right now I’m in the neighboring state of Pará for evangelistic conferences (more about that later). I made this little video as the plane took off from the São Luís airport and flew over our island. I was sitting on the wrong side to get a shot of the historical district, but many landmarks can…
I started the Best of Brazil Blog back in June in order to have a place to post exclusively about Brazilian culture, society, and current events (with a healthy dose of funny videos, to lighten things up). My idea was to free this blog up to be exclusively dedicated to our ministry here. However, there…
Yesterday the Ebenezer congregation came together to give our church building some much-needed TLC. We re-stuccoed some walls, painted some others, did some landscaping work, and completely remodeled the nursery…among other smaller projects. Scroll through to see some pictures with captions. About half the pictures are provided courtesy of Pastor Francivaldo. Did you enjoy this…
Over on our personal Facebook page we’ve been posting updates on a process to legalize homeschooling here in Brazil that has been making its way through the courts. The final ruling was handed down yesterday, and it was not good. Acesse: https://t.co/lmtfL1onaD https://t.co/4smT0x7oSG — Congresso Nacional de Educação Poços de Caldas (@educacaopocos) September 13, 2018…
Some pictures and videos from our trip to the camp construction project today. View this post on Instagram More courage than sense… A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) on Sep 11, 2018 at 6:23pm PDT View this post on Instagram Just hanging out on the side of the road… A post shared by…
In our Camp Project Funding Meter we are beginning to put up new projects for the Mount Zion Baptist Camp. Today we made a trip to the camp property, and I made this little video to explain what still needs to be done on the pavilion/bathrooms.
The latest in a series of posts based on messages in Luke that we are currently preaching at the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church. We now come to Luke 5:36-39, which has proven to be a knotty problem for many a theologian. What are the garments? What are the wineskins? What is Jesus talking about here?…
I’ve always enjoyed August. As a boy growing up in Upstate New York, August was the peak of summer, the halcyon days freedom and sunshine before the onslaught of cold weather, school, and other unpleasant things. For the past decade, as we have lived and worked here in Brazil, August has been the month where…
One of the great things about the Music Week we organized back in July is that it is a gift that keeps on giving. By that I mean that we continue to see positive repercussions of from it. In one of our sister churches, this has taken the form of a choir. At Ebenézer, we…