Broken Campaign Promise

Last night our congregation marked yet another milestone as the youth group (called Mocidade IBRE) was officially inaugurated. The event was completely organized by our young people, who will be taking the leadership role as the project moves forward. As usual, we’ve got pictures! We love icebreakers! Itacyara and friend. William “playing around” in the…

Busy schedules, spotty internet access, and archaic blogging software (I’m talking to you, Movable Type) have conspired to keep me away from this blog for some time. Today, however, I am determined to plow through all that and put up some updates, in the hope that by evening there will be enough material for a…

Our camera was on the fritz on Saturday, but fortunately someone else snapped a few pictures. Here are three I thought you would enjoy. Between the canvassing and the open air service, we had food. We are Baptists, after all. This is the open-air service in progress. And yes, we are right in front of…

Today the beautiful woman pictured above is celebrating her birthday. Her beauty, intelligence, fervor for Christ, and love of her family never cease to amaze me. Please join me in wishing my lovely wife Itacyara a very happy birthday!

But it’s Tuesday! I know. Hush. Surprise! Brazilian man shows up, alive, at his own funeral. As political as this blog is going to get… When Americans saw the real Obama. For Calvin fans The original Spaceman Spiff? Sage advice for those interested in publishing a book. Lego Creation of the Week When in Rome……

Here are a couple pictures of the lot we just purchased for the church. Doesn’t look like much now, but it will look a “lot” better once we get the weeds cleared out.