Lot’s of great pictures this time, so let’s get started. As always, you can follow us in “real time” on our Instagram feed.
Our local pastors, together for our monthly breakfast/meeting.
This took place back when everybody was playing around with new features on ChatGPT, so of course I couldn’t resist…
Studio Ghibli pastors.The Maranhão pastors go to Springfield.Lego pastors, and an inexplicably apologetic fruit juice.
And speaking of AI…
Took a few years…and pounds…off me, but who’s complaining?In May of 2024 I set out to read the Bible as many times as possible in the time God gives me. By May of this year the total was up to two.Lots of cool things happening at Ebenezer, like this evangelism outreach……and some of our young people developing the skill of bringing the Word to the congregation.One of those young people is our very own Nathanael.We have also started filming our messages and adult Sunday School lessons and posting them on YouTube. You can see them here. Not all of our fellowship happens within the church walls. On this particular Sunday we all went out for Pizza after the service.The group shot after the pizza.Itacyara and I had the privilege of introducing this young couple to the various aspects of ministry here in Maranhão…including the Mount Zion Baptist Camp.Pray for Raimundo and Ruth as they pray for God’s will in their life and ministry.On May 2nd we took off for a much-needed and long-overdue vacation, in which we celebrated (a couple months early) twenty five years of marriage.There was plenty of relaxing…And romancing…At the end of the day, however, there’s no place like home.Shortly after our return, Sofia – one of the kids in our children’s outreach – told us she had accepted Christ as her savior. This is the best possible welcome-home present.In June of every year Brazilian churches celebrate “Pastors Day”. I had completely forgotten about it, but Ebenezer surprised us with a nice breakfast.I love ministering to these people.On Monday we headed back to camp with a bed donated by a member of a sister church.
Finally, just for fun…
Seen on the streets of São Luís. If FedEx isn’t available, there’s always “Fredex”.
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Itacyara and I are currently attending the 100th anniversary celebration of our mission agency, Baptist Mid Missions. I will have more to report, probably next week. For now though, I thought I’d give you all a heads-up for the newly re-launched BMM website. The IT people at the mission have done an admirable job of…
“Pastor, what our camp needs is a BBQ pit.” I’ve heard those words several times over the last months, coming from Pedro, a 79-year-old retiree in our church. Once when I was at his house, he showed me his homemade BBQ pit. “I could make one like this at our camp.” So on Monday we…
Our Sunday service at Ebenezer honored a group of true heroines…the mothers of our congregation. The links below are affiliate links. This means that clicking and making purchases is one way you can help our work. Also, don’t forget to check out our sister site dedicated to all things Brazilian.
This weekend we spent some time at camp, overseeing progress on the ongoing projects. For several months we have been trying to figure out what to do about our swimming area. After several false starts we have found a contractor who has done this kind of work before, and who has given us a price…
Here are some of the pictures we have taken over the last few days. As always, you can get these in real time by following us on Instagram. ____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation to our ministry in Brazil. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This means that…
Over the years I have told anybody who would listen that my wife, Itacyara, is an essential part of what we do here in Brazil. Actually, that phrase – “an essential part” – doesn’t adequately express what I mean. She is the glue that holds everything together, the key to any success we may have,…
