Perhaps not the title for my next book, but I never get tired of sharing pictures from our ministry partner, Francivaldo, as he distributes Bibles to people in out-of-the-way interior villages. This particular excursion took place this week. In related news, he has set up a Facebook page about his ministry here in Maranhão. Francivaldo…
Last Sunday marked the fulfillment of a dream over four years in the making. Four years ago the fledgling Ebenezer church plant sent one of its most helpful young men, Francivaldo, to Bible college. We believed then that we were making an investment in the future of the kingdom – an investment that involved sacrifice, as…
Francivaldo is a young man from the Ebenezer congregation. His calling to ministry was easy to spot when we arrived in São Luís, and God confirmed it by providing for his tuition in a miraculous way. On Saturday he graduated, and we are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to work shoulder-to-shoulder with him in Maranhão. As…
Three-and-a-half years ago, as we were in the initial stages of planning for the Ebenezer church plant, we had at our side an enthusiastic young man named Francivaldo. We had worked together for a year in our previous ministry, and it was evident that the call of God was on his life for ministry. God,…