Here are my evaluations of my latest reading adventures: The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs Edgar Rice Burroughs fantasy about what would happen if the Western Hemisphere had cut itself off completely from the rest of the world. In short, Europe is a shambles, dominated and enslaved by an African civilization, and in the…
Please indulge the impulse of a proud father to share photos of his son tearing up the futsal (a kind of soccer played on cement) court. He plays on his school team (shown above) on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and almost every day with the neighborhood kids. He had gone from not being able to do…
On Saturday one of the local politicians–in the hopes of garnering votes–sponsored a big “folklore” party at my house. And by that I mean, if you stepped out of my front door, you were literally in the party. Since I wasn’t going to be sleeping much that night (these things go into the wee hours)…
Last Sunday was a significant day for our little congregation. We had 17 visitors from the community–not counting the folks who come every week to help us from the First Baptist Church and the Boas Novas Church. Below are some pictures from our evening worship service. Yours truly, giving the children’s message. One of the…
It’s been two weeks. The pickin’s are kind of slim…either the internet is getting less interesting, or I am getting more busy…or both. A freaky poem that uses all the same letters…in the same order…to create two different meanings. Time Travel Back to the San Francisco Earthquake Lego Creation of the Week 1 The English…
Pastor Izaías is one of my colleagues here in São Luís–pastor of the First Baptist Church–and a very good friend. God has given him a talent for writing worship songs, and his daughter Abigail a talent for singing them. Here she sings one of her father’s pieces, entitled Quero te Adorar (I Want to Worship…
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Since we moved to São Luís, our own involvement in puppet ministry has all but come to an end. We have put on a couple programs for VBS, but other than that, our foam friends are enjoying somewhat of an extended sabbatical. On the other hand, Cicero and Nice Braga–our former partners in puppet-crime–continue to…
This past Sunday marked our first ever service at the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Congregation. The name “Ebenezer” was chosen due to it’s meaning (hitherto hath the Lord helped us). The fact that it is the Brazilian title of my all-time-favorite hymn (Come Thou Fount) may have also entered into the considerations. Whatever the case, the…
This is a great time to be living in the city of São Luís. 400 years ago, tomorrow, the French Huguenot explorer Daniel de la Touche landed with a small expedition on this fair island. The ensuing four centuries saw the little city he founded fall into the hands of the Portuguese, the Dutch, the…