Many of the faithful readers of this blog and supporters of this ministry are aware that we were able to purchase a piece of property for the Ebenezer church plant. We were blessed by the generosity of our Brazilian brethren and the members of our fledgling congregation. On Saturday, Lord willing, we will be clearing…
Indulge me in a quick break from my normal subject matter. I’ve been tweeting a lot today about the horrible murders committed by abortion “doctor” Kermit Gosnell. Over the last 24 hours there has been a sustained social media campaign to shine the light on this. It is obvious that the largely pro-abortion media is…
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!
It’s rainy season here in Sao Luis, and last night it “rainy seasoned” from dusk til dawn. When we arrived at the facilities we use for our services, this sight greeted our eyes. Water and sand, everywhere. The front of the building–right by the doorway–was also packed high with wet sand. So, while some of…
From Justin Taylor comes this beautiful Easter anthem. May the truth of the words of this song accompany you always.
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.
At roughly 4pm, Brazilian time, pastor Samual and I finalized the purchase of a piece of property for the Ebenezer congregation. Pastor Samuel is the pastor of our congregation’s mother church, the Igreja Batista Regular Boas Novas. We are amazed and grateful to see this congregation step up, financially and otherwise, in the process of…
…with no banjos and only one guy. Still, this is all different kinds of awesome. Enjoy.
It’s been a while, so here are some of the latest titles I’ve perused recently. Brazil on the Rise by Larry Rohter My new go-to book for those wanting to know about Brazil. Rohter was Rio de Janeiro bureau chief for the New York Times for many years, is married to a Brazilian, and is…
I’ve been meaning to post this for a while…Michael in formation at the military school. Very cool!