Over the years we have accumulated several pieces of art to accompany the Missionary Max series. I’ve decided to post them all in one place. Future artwork will be included here as well. Cover Art It has been a pleasure to work with Brazilian artist Zilson Costa, who has made the outstanding cover art for…
Our furlough adventures continue. Here are a few shots from Mother’s Day. We are all grateful for the virtuous woman with whom God has graced our home. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) An evening with dear personal friends, and great friends of our ministry. View this post on…
It’s an all-too-familiar scene in Brazil. A motorcycle with two riders pulls up to an establishment, one of them goes in and forces employees and customers to hand over the cash, then returns to the bike where both make a clean getaway. That was certainly the plan in this video, except…well…it didn’t quite happen that…
One of the more encouraging features of the Ebenezer Baptist Church is how they have rolled up their sleeves and taken ownership of raising funds for their building. I say this because it is not every mission work that takes this kind of initiative. An example of this “can do” attitude was seen last weekend,…
You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! When I was a youngster growing up in western New York State, a friend of mine came to school one day wearing a hilarious (to us at the time) t-shirt. It featured popular cartoon feline Garfield with a rather unimpressed…
Mrs. Oliveira’s sixth grade class sent me some fan mail, and it’s so great I thought I’d share it with you here. Note: if you have not yet read the Missionary Max books, there are some spoilers here. The good news is, the books are available on Amazon. _____________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider…
We just received some great pictures from Pastor Geandro, one of the members of our ministry team. He and his wife traveled over the weekend to camp, and painted the floor of our pavilion. This has added a whole new aspect to the activity center. It also is encouraging to see our development team take…
One of the benefits to the traditional approach to furlough (four years on the field, one year stateside) is that it affords ample opportunity for a missionary to step back and evaluate what went right and what went wrong during the previous term. As Itacyara and I engage in this process, one of the sources…
A few weeks ago we mentioned here how happy we were with the new men’s ministry at the Ebenezer church. One of the core values that Pastor Francivaldo instituted for the group was that it would serve to train men to be better husbands and fathers – which includes teaching basic skills necessary for the…
For a little light-hearted change of pace this week, here’s a short story I did recently for one of my Philosophy classes. The assignment was to write a story containing certain theories of education put forth by Robert Gagne and Albert Bandura. This, translated and adapted from the original Portuguese, was the result. ____________________ Friday…