Travelogue: Ceará or Bust
Last month I took a trip to Ceará to attend a conference. The trip is 16 hours long, so I took the GoPro along to pass the time. This playlist is all the videos I took of the trip, in order.
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Today and tomorrow I am at the camp property with Pastor Francivaldo to check up on construction, purchase more materials, and pay workers. After our wildly successful work day on the first of this month, we faced two major hurdles: the truckers’ strike effectively killed our plans for a second work day, and several of…
Speaking of Heroines
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.
Brazil and the Social Web
I came across the following video today (in Portuguese) about Brazilian use of the internet in general and the social web (Orkut, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, etc.) in specific: Here are some of the more salient statistics he mentions: * Brazilians spend more time per month (20 minutes more, to be specific) on social sites than…
Brazilian Stamp of the Week: Brazil in WWII
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Over the Hill
No, not me. Still have a couple years to go. Last weekend we celebrated that 40th anniversary of the church Itacyara and I attend here: Igreja Batista da Paz. The cake, featuring pictures of the church and church members, was delicious. Me with the Bezerra clan. These are four brothers (there are a few more…
The Most Dangerous Place in the World
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