The above picture shows the men of the Ebenezer congregation (yours truly in the middle doing his best Braveheart imitation) on the recently purchased property, after having hacked through the underbrush that dominated the landscape up to that point.
Next step: designing the building that will one day house a fully organized, New Testament local church.
*My original title was “Weed Warriors”, but that might have caused some confusion…
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Top Ten Ways… …to insure I’ll never revisit your church The Early Church on Abortion Not much in the way of ambiguity. Music in the Trenches A heartwarming (?) tale from WWI. Lego Creation of the Week Guarding the Gates of Gondor In the Groove No idea what the music was like, but this has…
Fighting an annoying fever today, but the Monday Mayhem must go on! From here in Brazil A creative, and beautiful, use of plastic bottles. On Second Thought Forget everything I just said. And While You’re At It …forget everything Pat Robertson says, too. Cute Couple A romance made someplace other than heaven. Coca Cola and…
One of the greatest challenges in the life of a missionary is keeping yourself fed spiritually. Of course this is true in any ministry context, but the challenge is heightened when you take into consideration language differences and lack of resources. For this reason, podcasts have become a daily companion for me. Wikipedia defines a…
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…
If you get our bi-weekly e-mail, you know we asked for prayer regarding our congregation’s Carnaval Retreat–to be held at the Boy Scout camp. I am thrilled to report that the retreat was a rousing success, tents and all! Below are some pictures: Setting up the tents The kitchen ladies at work Lunch line! Mikey…