Daily (half) Dozen

We have been sitting on this news until such a time as we could make a definitive announcement. Now that details have fallen into place, I feel comfortable making it official. On Monday, Lord wiling, we will be signing on a piece of property for the Ebenezer congregation. This big step comes following a lot…

This is long overdue, but what follows are some pictures and commentary from a trip I took with area pastors and laymen to the state of Ceará, where we participated in that state’s association meeting. As there are only two Regular Baptist churches in Maranhão, we participate in the Ceará state association. The four men…

A few days ago I posted a picture of the attendees of our annual Baptist Mid Missions do Brazil conference. This is the second of two conferences that we attend in a year. The first is the Northeast Regional conference, made up of the missionaries who serve in the northeastern section of Brazil. Resident shutterbug…

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.

Almost every year we have been in Brazil we have hosted at least one church missions team. This year we hosted two. The first team was from Open Bible Baptist Church in Orange City, Florida, led by Pastor Paul Youmans. They were followed–almost immediately–by a group from Grace Baptist Church in Batavia, NY, led by…

My house is strewn with boxes, the phone is ringing off the hook, and my schedule just keeps filling up. The term “mayhem” seems especially appropriate today. So, after a week off while hosting the FOCUS missions team, here is this week’s collection of random links. More than a Dream A fascinating interview with Phil…