On Monday Michael and I had a unique and very educational experience. We were given the opportunity to attend a seminar put on by the government of the state of Maranhão on the next steps for the development of the Alcântara Launching Center. Now before going on, you might want to read this post for…
A few months ago I published an article about the nascent Brazilian homeschooling movement. Since then many have asked for an update. There has been much movement, but no definite resolution. I will try to summarize what is going on. First off, some took umbrage to my use of the word “ban” in the title…
On Saturday and Sunday we held our first major evangelistic outreach in the city of Morros. For those of you who are new here, Morros is roughly two hours from São Luís, and is where our camp project is located. About 45 people from São Luís (20 of whom were from our Ebenezer congregation) embarked…
For the past several years I have been invited to give a talk about the American Thankgiving holiday to Language Arts students at the Federal University in São Luís (UFMA). Today I was blessed by the presence of Jefferson and Ermgard, Brazilian missionaries to India. We had a great time with the students, and were…
For most of the 2018 Brazilian election cycle I have limited my comments on the politics of this country to some random social media posts, and more complete coverage over at the Best of Brazil Blog. In fact, for those who are just tuning in, I would recommend going here and starting at the earliest…
For the past few months our churches have been planning an evangelistic outreach in the region of the city of Morros, where our camp is located. Yesterday I accompanied three other pastors and a couple laymen as we visited the area to make arrangements for the campaign. We visited the camp, a house that has…
For several weeks now I’ve been teasing on social media about our new recorder orchestra. Last night, in the second service of our annual conference, and in front of our entire association of churches, they ministered for the first time. Of course we had to start with Come Thou Fount, which, besides being my favorite…
Last weekend I had the opportunity to speak at evangelistic conferences for a church in the city of Maracanã, in the northern state of Pará (the next state to the north of Maranhão). It was wonderful to see my good friends Pastor Izaías and Claudete, to get to know their ministry, and to be able…
Not to be confused with the soccer stadium in Rio of the same name, the city of Maracanã, in the state of Pará (which neighbors our state of Maranhão) is where I am right now for evangelistic conferences. Today I was able to get out and explore the down a little bit. Here are some…
Right now I’m in the neighboring state of Pará for evangelistic conferences (more about that later). I made this little video as the plane took off from the São Luís airport and flew over our island. I was sitting on the wrong side to get a shot of the historical district, but many landmarks can…