We’ll start out with this blast from the past. A colleague found one of these at a conference, and sent me this picture. We made a great team, Norman and I! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) We had an unexpected visitor at camp recently… View this post…
I thought I was going to finish more books this month. Still, I guess seven isn’t bad when one of them was The Iliad The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis In our lunchtime reading around the table we finally finished “Voyage of the Dawn Treader”. I enjoyed it more this time around,…
Franciélio, one of the members of our camp development team, and I went to camp on Tuesday and returned on Thursday. We needed to purchase some more materials for our builders, and shop around for contractors for the next phase of the project. Here are some pictures of some of our activities. One of our…
Last week I posted a video by a group of young people, some from our churches here in Maranhão, who recorded a remote music video. Well, they’re back, and this time, it’s in English! Oh, and as an added bonus, the video features Kathy Knowles, who was the director of our music week back in…
Well, let’s have a look shall we? We study and write. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) We do “honeydo” projects. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) View this post on…
A few of these kids are personal friends of ours. Turn up the volume and prepare to be blessed. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.. This means that clicking on these Amazon links and making purchases is one way you can help our work. Also, don’t forget to check out our sister…
Slim pickings this month…still, some quality books. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis Another Narnia book read with the boys at the lunch table. This one has a fair amount of backstory, lots of adventure, and of course, Reepicheep. On another note, my second-born (age 12) is really getting into this series. Reason, Faith, and the…
I just returned from a very productive day spent in Morros, overseeing the progress of on the construction of the camp kitchen. Overall I’m very pleased with the results. As you can see from the pictures, the wall has been raised up to the second “belt”, and the walls for the middle room – which…
People and societies act on presuppositions – basic facts that are held to be self-evident and thus immune to questioning. And while presuppositions vary from culture to culture, there seems to be at least one universal, foundational principle in this modern world: that God, if He exists, is not at all interested in what we…
The following story is an embellished retelling of something that actually happened to me. Enjoy! “Never walk the streets of old São Luís alone at night.” This piece of advice, frequently given, came to my mind late one Friday as I walked the streets of old São Luís. Alone. At night. I had been invited…