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…
Lots of great things to share this week, so let’s dive right in, shall we? Current Reading The Coming of Post-Industrial Society by Daniel Bell The Book that Made Your World by Vishal Mangalwadi The Warden and the Wolf King (Wingfeather Saga) by Andrew Peterson Be sure to check out this very accessible, very interesting…
There is a certain subset of our readership that absolutely loves to see videos of the large snakes we sometimes see here in Brazil. You might say it is somewhat of an obsession with them. Not wanting to disappoint, we present this video of a huge sucuri (a kind of water snake similar to an…
The construction on the dormitory is moving ahead…slowly but surely. We had hoped to have the entire complex ready for a retreat that is being held there this week. Unfortunately, that did not happen. We did, however, manage to complete five of the six rooms, installing the windows, doors, electricity, and (most importantly) hammock hooks,…
You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask. This second verse of chapter four continues on the theme of conflict among the brethren that James began in the previous verse. But before we dive into that,…
I’m a little late getting this out, but there are some interesting links to share, so here we go… Current reading: The Monster in the Hollows (Wingfeather Series) by Andrew Peterson How Christianity Transformed the World by Sharon James The Coming of Post-Industrial Society by Daniel Bell The Existence and Attributes of God by Stephen…