The Best of “the ‘Gram”
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The Best of “the ‘Gram”

It’s been a while since we’ve posted highlights from our Instagram account, so here goes. First up…who says playing video games has no educational value? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) Get ready for some cuteness overload… View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings)…

The First Drone Video
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The First Drone Video

Back in 2016 we were given a drone by one of our supporting churches. Since then I have been slowly learning how to use it. Here is a video I took from our back yard. In it you can see our house, a little shed that sits to the side of the house, our neighbor’s…

I See an Orange Moon A-Risin’
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I See an Orange Moon A-Risin’

Please indulge me in another “proud Dad” moment as I share a couple more recent pictures Michael has taken with his telescope. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🐈 Mike Comings 🔭 (@astrocatography) View this post on Instagram A post shared by 🐈 Mike Comings 🔭 (@astrocatography) View this post on Instagram…

Close Encounters of the ISS Kind
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Close Encounters of the ISS Kind

Ever since he has developed his interest in astronomy, my son Michael has had the goal of filming the International Space Station as it goes in front of the moon. This is no easy task, as it involves being in the right place at the right time. To add to the difficulty, the ISS goes…

Caption Challenge
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Caption Challenge

What better way to comemmorate the re-opening of the comments section than with a good old-fashioned Caption Challenge. This picture is from the Facebook page of the Igreja Batista Manancial in Fortaleza, where we had the privilege of participating in a conference on missions last week. You can see more pictures here. The links below…

Amazon Adventure Video
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Amazon Adventure Video

If you follow us on Facebook, you know we spent last week in the city of Manaus, on the Amazon River, at the annual conference of the Baptist Mid Missions missionaries here in Brazil. Later on I’ll have pictures, but for now, here’s a sequence of videos I took with the GoPro. As always, a…

Moon Over Maranhão
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Moon Over Maranhão

Our son Michael has been developing a great interest in astronomy. For his birthday we were able to acquire for him a fairly potent telescope, and ever since then he has been on a quest to see new wonders in the night sky. Here are some of the pictures he has taken recently. You can…

Bibles for Bricklayers
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Bibles for Bricklayers

Missions is not just carried out in formal preaching/teaching sessions. Indeed, for the most part it is dealing with people you meet in everyday life. Like the workers who are building our house. In conversations with them, I discovered that four of them had no Bibles. So we took care of that problem. Since then I’ve…