Christmas Program at Ebenézer

One of the benefits to the traditional approach to furlough (four years on the field, one year stateside) is that it affords ample opportunity for a missionary to step back and evaluate what went right and what went wrong during the previous term. As Itacyara and I engage in this process, one of the sources…

One of the more encouraging features of the Ebenezer Baptist Church is how they have rolled up their sleeves and taken ownership of raising funds for their building. I say this because it is not every mission work that takes this kind of initiative. An example of this “can do” attitude was seen last weekend,…

Here are some random pictures of yesterday’s Children’s Day event at Ebenezer: Source: initial

Itacyara and I are currently attending the 100th anniversary celebration of our mission agency, Baptist Mid Missions. I will have more to report, probably next week. For now though, I thought I’d give you all a heads-up for the newly re-launched BMM website. The IT people at the mission have done an admirable job of…

Last Friday marked the first class for the second semester of our Church Leadership Training Course. I’m teaching Old Testament Survey this year. The class has grown since last semester, and we are feeling a lot of enthusiasm for the course. Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation to our ministry in Brazil….