Recently a friend sent me a video that was taken in 1996 on the occasions of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Cariri Baptist Seminary. The reason he sent it was because, while watching it he noticed yours truly, then a 23-year-old short-term missionary playing trumpet as background for a choir. Here is the video…
Someone “facebooked” a photo of the class of 2010 at the Cariri Baptist Seminary in their graduation outfits. Itacyara and I have a special bond with this class, as we watched them develop from freshmen until we left the seminary in the middle of their senior year (the Brazilian school year runs from February through…
In case you missed it, or are American, Brazil beat Chile to advance t the World Cup finals yesterday. The score was 3 to 0. Thus, at the house where we watched the game, the following scene was repeated three times: For some reason, Brazilian player Kaka is a special favorite among the young ladies….
Last night was the final presentation of the Amiguinhos de Jesus, a puppet ministry that began sixteen years ago. Incidentally, our last presentation was at the Faith Baptist Church in Juazeiro–also the site of the first presentation “way back in the day”. I mentioned this to one of our puppeteers, and her response was “Wow!…
Here are some pictures given to me by one of our students of the Intentional Discipleship seminar and Theologcial Conference. Here is another picture of me translating for John A. Stewart. Notice how I am “one with the microphone”. Every day we began the session with prayer for the progress of the Gospel in different…
This morning I was invited by the owners of a local English school–called “Whizz”–to give a talk on Thanksgiving. Of course this is a great opportunity to talk about the faith of the Pilgrims, which just happens to be our faith as well. There was a fringe benefit for Mikey, as the event was held…
This morning the Amiguinhos de Jesus puppet team went to the Philadelphia (as in “brotherly love”, not theUS city, home of the World Series runners-up) Baptist Church. There we gave our last “performance” of the year. Here are some pictures: ____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation to our ministry in Brazil….
Our 2009 Seminary Banquet was a smashing success. The junior class outdid themselves in preparing and organizing the event, and the results were spectacular. It also served as a “breather” for Itá and I, offering us the chance to relax a bit and fellowship with friends. I did not get too many pictures, but the…
As we have done every year since our arrival in Brazil, we participated last week in the Evangelism Outreach to the Romeiros. This ministry is aimed at evangelizing one of the most difficult demographics in Brazil–religious pilgrims who have traveled many miles to worship Padre Cícero. As always, I was in charge of the puppet…
Palestina is an out of the way village about three hours from here, where a national missionary–Djalma–is putting blood, sweat, and tears into a church plant. Our seminary puppet team was privileged to be able to lend him a hand last weekend. We were able to canvas the city, inviting kids to a childrens’ program….