Another good week for pictures. As always, you can follow along with events as they happen by subscribing to our Instagram account. Here’s a quick video of our Ebenèzer Kids! program last Saturday. _____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation to our ministry in Brazil. As an Amazon Associate I earn from…
We featured this clip back in 2019 in a post where I talked about our new recorder orchestra. Since we have recently restarted our recorder project at Ebenézer (more on that in a future post) I thought it would be appropriate to give the video its own Best of Brazil post. Orlan Charles (Instagram, YouTube)…
Recently a friend sent me a video that was taken in 1996 on the occasions of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Cariri Baptist Seminary. The reason he sent it was because, while watching it he noticed yours truly, then a 23-year-old short-term missionary playing trumpet as background for a choir. Here is the video…
This was a good week for snapshots! As always, you can see these in real time by following us on Instagram. A couple videos: Nathanael kicking the ball around with some of the kids from our Wednesday soccer ministry. Itacyara doing some “essential quality control” on the camp water slide. _____________________ Did you enjoy this…
The following video, taken recently here in São Luís, raises so many questions…and even more when you realize it is a drivers education car! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sensacionalista Slz (@sensacionalistaslz) Never ones to let a situation like this go to waste, Brazilians took to the comments section, and their…
As we prepare to go in-depth into the life of the biblical David we are taking some time to set up some essential background. Last week we started by looking into the life of the founder of the Israelite tribe into which David was born, Judah. If you haven’t read that yet, I would highly…
Our activities over the past few weeks provide a pretty accurate snapshot of what “normal” life looks like for us. As always, you can see these events as they happen by following us on Instagram. And now for a couple videos… We often “race” the train going out of São Luís while on our way…
This ad, featuring an all-star cast of Brazilian players (Ronaldo, Cafu, etc) was broadcast in the lead-up to the 1998 World Cup. Not only is it possibly the best soccer-related advertisement to every be filmed, it is also an apt metaphor for the performance of the Brazilian team that particular World Cup, and most since…
Dear friends, As the first months of 2024 have passed in a whirlwind, we are constantly reminded of the words of our Lord, spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are…
We’ve featured the Brazilian classic “Tico Tico no Fubá” before on this website…but never like this. Here it gets a full orchestra treatment, and not just from one orchestra, but two! In reality, I found both and couldn’t decide which arrangement I liked better, so I included them both. First up, an orchestra that I…