Last week we posted a special appeal, asking people to pray for God’s provision for the completion of our camp dormitories. That appeal went out on Wednesday. And people began to pray. How do I know this? Because of what happened on Friday. First…a little background. Normally on Friday Itacyara and I would be at…
Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously”? In a conversation about the…
Current Reading The Book that Made Your World by Vishal Mangalwadi Politics by Aristotle The Warden and the Wolf King by Andrew Peterson The Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen Charnock We’re going to start out with a “bang” by sharing this outstanding article by Kevin DeYoung on the process of evangelical surrender to…
This is one of the oldest film reels from Brazil that I have seen, showing Rio de Janeiro in 1909. For some perspective, the first Baptist Mid Missions missionaries arrived here in the 1930’s. Also…my opinion…Rio was a much nicer place back then. ____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation to our…
We posted the following video on Facebook at the beginning of the week, but we wanted to post it here with a more detailed explanation. As we began our building project in the beginning of the year, several factors contributed to make the process more expensive: 1) The dollar took a dive in value against…
Here are some pictures of our activities over the last two weeks. As always, you can accompany our work in “real time” by subscribing to our Instagram account. Of course the big news from last week was the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Here are some of the stamps from my collection featuring the iconic…
Ok, that title was lame. But this video of a toucan captured by a traffic camera went viral a while ago here in Brazil. Check it out: On Thursdays we share interesting videos and/or cultural features from Brazil. To see some of our previous “Best of Brazil” posts, click here. ____________________ Did you enjoy this…
Last week the First Regular Baptist Church in São Luís held their annual retreat at the Mount Zion Baptist Camp. Though we were disappointed that the dorms were not yet finished, the event was a smashing success. We had between thirty and forty campers at the event. There is another church retreat scheduled for the…
For some time I’ve been wanting to get together with a couple of the guys from our church who play wind instruments (clarinet and trumpet) and do a special number. Last week’s conference at one of our local churches provided the opportunity, so Vitor, Samuel and I – along with Luan on the guitar, worked…
You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures. Back in the early days of this study I told the story of a toy firetruck I received for Christmas as a very small child. However, there was an aspect of that story that I didn’t share…