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Since our arrival in the US we have become accustomed to answering questions about the Summer Olympics in Rio. As we live roughly two thousand miles from Rio de Janeiro, our answers have been limited. We do have colleagues, however, who serve in Rio. The Patefield family – Nathan and Dawn – serve with…
More Camp Progress
Saturday was our last day at the camp property before progressing on to Ceará. Our time in Morros was extremely profitable. Over the last two weeks we have: 1) Installed a circuit breaker box 2) Applied for an electric hookup 3) Contracted a well digger 4) Put together a construction project 5) Met with pastors…
Northeast Region Conference, 2012
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…
Ebenezer VBS 2013
The Ebenezer congregation reached another milestone this week as we held our very first Vacation Bible School. We were pleased to have the assistance of some young ladies from Child Evangelism Fellowship, and were excited by the results. Attendance every day ran around forty children, and several gave outward indication of accepting Christ. Itacyara and…
Daily Dozen
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Tools for the Modern Missionary: Podcasts
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