Musical Interlude: For Lizzy

By my watch, it’s still Monday. So here is a little linking mayhem for you to start your week… From Brazil Cutting crime and energy costs…at the same time. The Tree and the Cross Some theological goodness from John Chrysostom. All my Upstate NY peeps should get a kick out of this…especially the ones that…

Many of you–especially those who follow us on Facebook–know that my parents are here for a visit. Dad spoke last week at the annual conference of our BMMB field, and now they are with us for the next few weeks. The adventures have been plenteous, and they have snapped some great pictures, many of which…

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…

Busy schedules, spotty internet access, and archaic blogging software (I’m talking to you, Movable Type) have conspired to keep me away from this blog for some time. Today, however, I am determined to plow through all that and put up some updates, in the hope that by evening there will be enough material for a…

Our first Kids Club in the Rio Sao Joao bairro went better than we dared to dream. Here are some pictures of the event: At first, only a few kids showed up. Still, this was better than what we expected. Simone, Itacyara, Rose, and Francivaldo teach Romans 3:23 Of course there had to be puppets……

…with no banjos and only one guy. Still, this is all different kinds of awesome. Enjoy.