The following is the transcript of a recording made in 1955 by pioneer missionary Jim Willson. It was transcribed by our colleague Jim Leonard. It is surprising to see how much of the information is still quite relevant to the field today. I am posting it in its entirety, along with a few footnotes. We…
By my calculations, Itacyara and I are part of the third generations of BMM missionaries to serve in this part of Brazil. It is always helpful to me–especially when I am tempted to think that times are tough–to go back and look at how the first generation lived and worked. Recently Philip McLain–son of Guy…
Over the weekend I made yet another trip to the city of Exu, this time with our seminary puppet team, the Amiguinhos de Jesus (Little friends of Jesus). Our team worked very hard, both in preparation and presentation. We did four separate performances, one in the main square of the city, one in a school,…
If you have been reading the most recent blog posts, you may have gotten the impression that last weekend was somewhat busy for us. That would be a very correct impression. In fact, between after the puppetry school on Saturday afternoon and the youth conference Saturday evening, I was wiped out physically and emotionally–and I…
One of our local churches, Sião Baptist, recently hosted a youth conference with the theme “Winning the Battle”. The motiff was military, and I had the privilege of delivering the first address: “The Strategy of the Enemy”. The youth group at Sião Baptist went out of their way to make this a memorable event. Below…
At the aforementioned puppetry school I gave the camera to Mikey, with the intention that he take picture of the event. Those who know my firstborn will not be surprised at the pictures I found on the camera at the end of the day: A local species of monkey called a sagui. Bird The wildlife…
This one was held at our sponsoring church, Novo Juazeiro Baptist. Normally our puppetry schools run two days, and include a instruction on how to make a puppet. This was a reduced course, however, as the purpose of it was to teach basic puppetry techniques to people in the church who will be forming smaller…
Suzane, a first-year student in our deaf ministries program, sent me these pictures of her work with the hearing-impaired at the Diadema Baptist Church in Barbalha. Suzane interprets for the deaf during a service The deaf believers sit in the front row during the service _______________________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation…
Two husband-and-wife teams minister at nearby Canaã Baptist Church: Carlos and Larissa, Neto and Sanábia. In response to my recent plea, they sent some pictures for me to post here. Carlos makes an important point Neto teaches the youth group Larissa with the children’s class Sanábia and her young charges Jam session! ______________________________ Did you…
A week ago I asked our students to send me pictures from their ministry internships so we could post them on our seminary website. The photos are starting to trickle in. Here are some from Rafael, who works with children at the First Baptist Church in Juazeiro do Norte. I will post more of these…