Musical Interlude: The Cup Song, a la Brasileira
Since versions of this are going around the internet like wildfire, I thought I would post this one, which–in keeping with the general theme of this blog–features Brazilian artists:
Since versions of this are going around the internet like wildfire, I thought I would post this one, which–in keeping with the general theme of this blog–features Brazilian artists:
A quartet sings a beautiful arrangement of “What Child is This” at Fellowship Baptist Church in Lakeland, Florida.
Here are some pictures of the “miracle in Morros” mentioned in our most recent prayer letter. Getting ready to travel. The village of Bom Gosto (Good Taste) Relaxing in the river. Cottage industry: making farinha Jadson with some of the neighborhood kids. Neighborhood boy demonstrates his improvised, functional, toy gun. The service begins. Abreu at…
Truckers strikes and fuel shortages did not stop our dedicated workers from holding Kids Club this afternoon at the Ebenezer congregation. As you can see from the pictures, the numbers have increased since Pastor Francivaldo launched this ministry a couple weeks ago.
At the airport this afternoon, I couldn’t resist having a little fun with this mural, depicting the arrival of Daniel de la Touche and company in what is now Sao Luis in 1612. In the resulting cartoon, I ask La Touche and company if they are planning on staying in Sao Luis long. In reality,…
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…
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…