Children’s Day Recap

I missed this one, but someone helpfully posted it on Facebook. Enjoy! It should help to dispel the notion that Brazil is all Samba, soccer, and Carnaval. There’s some opera in there as well.

There are a lot of things on my plate today, including (drum roll please) updating this blog. But first, a video of the New Years’ fireworks being launched from ships just off the coast of São Luís. The footage was shot from the upper veranda of our house. Since we last reported, there have been…

Here are some of the pictures from our Instagram account for this month. All were taken by me. Feel free to share! My pics A photo posted by Andrew Comings (@andrewcomings) on Aug 10, 2015 at 6:38pm PDT One of the many ancient buildings in a state of elegant decay to be found in São…

The Brazilian Economy is the subject of an informative new blog called Brazilian Bubble. If you are interested in all things Brazil, you should check it out. And Speaking of Brazil…the airports here could use some help, especially with the World Cup approaching. Also From Brazil…armored cars, they aren’t just for banks anymore. Lego Creation…

Baptist Mid-Missions missionaries from Northeast Brazil: Triunfo, 2012 In the last post I told of how I was in the city of Triunfo for the Northeast Regional Conference of Baptist Mid Missions of Brazil. We hold this event ever year, and it is always a great time of refreshment and encouragement. Since our arrival in…

Last week I was able to spend a few days at the camp. I hired a bricklayer, and we began laying the foundation for the wall. Here is what has been accomplished so far: Digging the trench. Receiving the rocks. Transporting the water tank. Building the foundation. Putting up support columns. On Monday I will…