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To say I am rushed off my feet would be the understatement of the century. Here is the tour schedule with some small alterations:

Aug. 29: Ipley – New Forest – Welcome Cream Tea – everyone welcome! pm (contact: dyers.ipley@gmail.com)
Aug. 30: Hardley Lighthouse Community Church am


Sep. 06: Thamesmead Baptist am
Sep. 08: Liz’s birthday!
Sep. 12: Ledbury (personal visit to Mrs. Yoakley age 96 – ex Peniel Chapel member)
Sep. 13: Bristol Ivy Church am / Bristol PHC pm
Sep. 14 – 19: Switzerland
Sep. 20: Cadnam Methodist
Sep. 23: Shirley Warren Baptist
Sep. 26: Train London > Durham
Sep. 27: Great Lumley am / Bishop Auckland pm
Sep. 29: Horden


Oct. 01: Hylton Castle
Oct. 02: Train Durham > Larbert
Oct. 3-4: Larbert AOG
Oct. 5: Train Larbert > London
Oct. 11: Millbrook CC am / West Wellow Chapel pm
Oct. 12: My Mum’s 91st birthday!
Oct. 14: Dibden Purlieu Methodist pm
Oct. 17: EAB AGM pm
Oct. 18: Verwood Chapel am
Oct. 19-23: Rutland Water region 
Oct. 25: Danbury Mission am + pm


Nov. 01: Cefn Cribwr am / Bristol Lawrence Weston Community Church pm
Nov. 03: Return to Brazil

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I had a good and longish meeting this morning with the vice-principal of the Patos Bible College. Pastor Lucena is from  the Congregation Church and we’ve always got on so well together over the years. We discussed a few problems and it was good to feel in general that the College is going well.


I have also done some work on project coordinators issues and have sent out a consultation email to the leadership team.


I am trying to prepare my presentations for UK churches! At this rate I’ll be doing this on the plane!

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I had a good and longish meeting this morning with the vice-principal of the Patos Bible College. Pastor Lucena is from  the Congregation Church and we’ve always got on so well together over the years. We discussed a few problems and it was good to feel in general that the College is going well.


I have also done some work on project coordinators issues and have sent out a consultation email to the leadership team.


I am trying to prepare my presentations for UK churches! At this rate I’ll be doing this on the plane!

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The EAB site has been updated on the opening page, Action Child page and the Personnel and Contacts sections have also been brought up to date. http://www.eabrazil.com/

We arrive in the UK two weeks today (DV) – 26/08. Our first engagements will be a Cream Tea Welcome in the New Forest at Ipley on Saturday 29th in the afternoon and a service on the Sunday morning (30th) at Hardley Lighthouse Community Church. Both events are open to one and all and we hope to see you there!

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The EAB site has been updated on the opening page, Action Child page and the Personnel and Contacts sections have also been brought up to date. http://www.eabrazil.com/

We arrive in the UK two weeks today (DV) – 26/08. Our first engagements will be a Cream Tea Welcome in the New Forest at Ipley on Saturday 29th in the afternoon and a service on the Sunday morning (30th) at Hardley Lighthouse Community Church. Both events are open to one and all and we hope to see you there!

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The main TV network (Globo) State-wide re-presented the report on our Jabre Peak Campaign to save the environment there in their midday edition – so that’s twice in one day. It was basically the same thing, slightly altered, and at least they spelt my name right this time. The petition has received quite a lot more signatures today as a result of the TV exposure. You can see the second edition of the report if you like at http://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/jpb-1edicao/videos/t/edicoes/v/campanha-quer-preservacao-do-pico-do-jabre-na-paraiba/4385126/


The EAB Information Leaflet was finalized today by the graphics person so now it’s at the printers and promised for Friday. PTL! Following this I have started on the PowerPoint material for Europe. The EAB website is being updated too.

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The main TV network (Globo) State-wide re-presented the report on our Jabre Peak Campaign to save the environment there in their midday edition – so that’s twice in one day. It was basically the same thing, slightly altered, and at least they spelt my name right this time. The petition has received quite a lot more signatures today as a result of the TV exposure. You can see the second edition of the report if you like at http://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/jpb-1edicao/videos/t/edicoes/v/campanha-quer-preservacao-do-pico-do-jabre-na-paraiba/4385126/


The EAB Information Leaflet was finalized today by the graphics person so now it’s at the printers and promised for Friday. PTL! Following this I have started on the PowerPoint material for Europe. The EAB website is being updated too.

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You might like to watch the 4 minute report on our environmental campaign to save Jabre Peak here in Paraíba State. I speak a bit in the report towards the end. Since this report was broadcast this morning I am being bombarded by politicians wanting to “help”! The report is in Portuguese of course, but you should get the feel and gist by watching http://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/bom-dia-pb/videos/t/edicoes/v/pico-do-jabre-e-alvo-de-vandalismo-no-sertao-da-paraiba/4384217/

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You might like to watch the 4 minute report on our environmental campaign to save Jabre Peak here in Paraíba State. I speak a bit in the report towards the end. Since this report was broadcast this morning I am being bombarded by politicians wanting to “help”! The report is in Portuguese of course, but you should get the feel and gist by watching http://g1.globo.com/pb/paraiba/bom-dia-pb/videos/t/edicoes/v/pico-do-jabre-e-alvo-de-vandalismo-no-sertao-da-paraiba/4384217/

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Great service last night. Dedicated another baby and my last 2 Sundays prior to our Eurotrip each have further baby dedications lined up.


Sent out EAB Diary Update this morning and then worked on a big updating of the EAB website well over due. I’ve sent everything to the technical man/webmaster so now await his implementation.


I finished our leaflet for distribution to one and all in Europe in the churches etc. and that has all gone to the graphics man to put it together. That is, the outer pages are all ready – now I have sent the inner pages of the 4 page leaflet. Hence we will be taking with us 2,000 leaflets and 150 calendars. The calendars are already printed and with me in the office.


I did yet another radio interview this morning in the midst of everything else. Help!


I have had to check and change my personal email address with different sites and organizations as my medcraft@uol.com.br will cease to exist as from August 28th so I am trying to remember everyone I need to tell or else they will have no way of contacting me. At the moment the old address is still forwarding to my new personal address john.medcraft@gmail.com but not sending any more.

The EAB Brazil office address still remains eabrazil@gmail.com – so either address comes to me whether here or whilst in Europe.

Jon and Eunice have kindly kitted us out with mobile phones, like last time, for whilst we are in the UK. So Liz’s number will be 07470 171954 and mine will be 07470 157698. Many thanks for this. 

My start this season in the QPR Prediction League got off to a bad start on Saturday with zero points! I predicted a 3 x 3 draw and we lost 2 x 0. Oh well… at least there are more matches left to be played in the Championship!

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Great service last night. Dedicated another baby and my last 2 Sundays prior to our Eurotrip each have further baby dedications lined up.


Sent out EAB Diary Update this morning and then worked on a big updating of the EAB website well over due. I’ve sent everything to the technical man/webmaster so now await his implementation.


I finished our leaflet for distribution to one and all in Europe in the churches etc. and that has all gone to the graphics man to put it together. That is, the outer pages are all ready – now I have sent the inner pages of the 4 page leaflet. Hence we will be taking with us 2,000 leaflets and 150 calendars. The calendars are already printed and with me in the office.


I did yet another radio interview this morning in the midst of everything else. Help!


I have had to check and change my personal email address with different sites and organizations as my medcraft@uol.com.br will cease to exist as from August 28th so I am trying to remember everyone I need to tell or else they will have no way of contacting me. At the moment the old address is still forwarding to my new personal address john.medcraft@gmail.com but not sending any more.

The EAB Brazil office address still remains eabrazil@gmail.com – so either address comes to me whether here or whilst in Europe.

Jon and Eunice have kindly kitted us out with mobile phones, like last time, for whilst we are in the UK. So Liz’s number will be 07470 171954 and mine will be 07470 157698. Many thanks for this. 

My start this season in the QPR Prediction League got off to a bad start on Saturday with zero points! I predicted a 3 x 3 draw and we lost 2 x 0. Oh well… at least there are more matches left to be played in the Championship!

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Thursday’s Bible study was excellent with the visit of the EAB/ACEV Pastor Davi from São Paulo + lots of good prayer, praise and fellowship.


Friday I nipped out to Green Pastures quickly to sort a few things and then got back to working on materials for presentation in Europe as from later this month. We have produced a 2016 EAB calendar to give to churches and that is printed and ready. It is simple and low cost – but I trust it will be a nice reminder of us during 2016 at least! I am now producing a new presentation pamphlet along the lines of the 2011 model to leave with people everywhere we go. The 2011 model was most useful and went down well and EAB’s UK Office is just running out of the final copies now – so good timing. This 2015 version is of course right up to date and will contain the main ponts we will be presenting with PowerPoint around the churches. I hope to finish the production of this pamphlet tomorrow, or the latest Tuesday, so that I can get it printed here and take it ready with us. Then I need to put my PowerPoint presentations together… so you can see how my time is streched to the limit.


Today is Brazilian Father’s Day and there was a fun and fellowship time last night for the Dads at the church. Tonight I will be preaching on “Love, Determined Effort and Spiritual Responsibility – essencial aspects in the life of a Christian Father’. This I completed preparing last night. I will also be dedicating a baby tonight.

Next Saturday I will be preaching at the opening of a new EAB/ACEV church in the County of Imaculada up in the mountains at Glória Community. Your prayers are very much appreciated with all we have on. 

This blog has now passed the 140,000 visits mark. Many thanks. My photos have now reached the 197,000 viewings mark at https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmedcraft/

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Thursday’s Bible study was excellent with the visit of the EAB/ACEV Pastor Davi from São Paulo + lots of good prayer, praise and fellowship.


Friday I nipped out to Green Pastures quickly to sort a few things and then got back to working on materials for presentation in Europe as from later this month. We have produced a 2016 EAB calendar to give to churches and that is printed and ready. It is simple and low cost – but I trust it will be a nice reminder of us during 2016 at least! I am now producing a new presentation pamphlet along the lines of the 2011 model to leave with people everywhere we go. The 2011 model was most useful and went down well and EAB’s UK Office is just running out of the final copies now – so good timing. This 2015 version is of course right up to date and will contain the main ponts we will be presenting with PowerPoint around the churches. I hope to finish the production of this pamphlet tomorrow, or the latest Tuesday, so that I can get it printed here and take it ready with us. Then I need to put my PowerPoint presentations together… so you can see how my time is streched to the limit.


Today is Brazilian Father’s Day and there was a fun and fellowship time last night for the Dads at the church. Tonight I will be preaching on “Love, Determined Effort and Spiritual Responsibility – essencial aspects in the life of a Christian Father’. This I completed preparing last night. I will also be dedicating a baby tonight.

Next Saturday I will be preaching at the opening of a new EAB/ACEV church in the County of Imaculada up in the mountains at Glória Community. Your prayers are very much appreciated with all we have on. 

This blog has now passed the 140,000 visits mark. Many thanks. My photos have now reached the 197,000 viewings mark at https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmedcraft/

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What a lot of pressure to get everything ready for our 10 weeks in the UK & Switzerland. So much to do! The problem is I just can’t stop everything else I have on here so have to juggle it all. I have a meeting of the church leadership tonight to prepare things for our absence. I have a meeting with a journalist any minute now. I have another meeting with the Jabre Peak Campaign committee tomorrow morning. I have a Father’s Day sermon to prepare for Sunday. I had to answer questions from different church ministries yesterday… and so it goes on. Please pray.


The teenagers’ prayer meeting, now held on a Tuesday night, was great again last night. PTL! Louisa, John David and Arthur were there from our clan, plus so many other kids – all praying and some even giving a word! Bless their hearts. Leadership is not about doing everything yourself but getting the right leaders to head up different church ministries and coordinate them.


We are back into São Mamede town as from Saturday, August 15th. PTL! The Lord has moved there.

I had my routine check with the doctor and had all my blood tests done and received top marks yesterday. PTL! Liz is fine too. PTL!

Just had news that thieves got into the Project rented building in Placas borough last night and stole 2 fans and a water cooler. Oh Lord! 


I must get on with things here…

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What a lot of pressure to get everything ready for our 10 weeks in the UK & Switzerland. So much to do! The problem is I just can’t stop everything else I have on here so have to juggle it all. I have a meeting of the church leadership tonight to prepare things for our absence. I have a meeting with a journalist any minute now. I have another meeting with the Jabre Peak Campaign committee tomorrow morning. I have a Father’s Day sermon to prepare for Sunday. I had to answer questions from different church ministries yesterday… and so it goes on. Please pray.


The teenagers’ prayer meeting, now held on a Tuesday night, was great again last night. PTL! Louisa, John David and Arthur were there from our clan, plus so many other kids – all praying and some even giving a word! Bless their hearts. Leadership is not about doing everything yourself but getting the right leaders to head up different church ministries and coordinate them.


We are back into São Mamede town as from Saturday, August 15th. PTL! The Lord has moved there.

I had my routine check with the doctor and had all my blood tests done and received top marks yesterday. PTL! Liz is fine too. PTL!

Just had news that thieves got into the Project rented building in Placas borough last night and stole 2 fans and a water cooler. Oh Lord! 


I must get on with things here…

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What a lot of pressure to get everything ready for our 10 weeks in the UK & Switzerland. So much to do! The problem is I just can’t stop everything else I have on here so have to juggle it all. I have a meeting of the church leadership tonight to prepare things for our absence. I have a meeting with a journalist any minute now. I have another meeting with the Jabre Peak Campaign committee tomorrow morning. I have a Father’s Day sermon to prepare for Sunday. I had to answer questions from different church ministries yesterday… and so it goes on. Please pray.


The teenagers’ prayer meeting, now held on a Tuesday night, was great again last night. PTL! Louisa, John David and Arthur were there from our clan, plus so many other kids – all praying and some even giving a word! Bless their hearts. Leadership is not about doing everything yourself but getting the right leaders to head up different church ministries and coordinate them.


We are back into São Mamede town as from Saturday, August 15th. PTL! The Lord has moved there.

I had my routine check with the doctor and had all my blood tests done and received top marks yesterday. PTL! Liz is fine too. PTL!

Just had news that thieves got into the Project rented building in Placas borough last night and stole 2 fans and a water cooler. Oh Lord! 


I must get on with things here…

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We had an excellent Communion Service last night. A real blessing.


Yesterday my dear friend David Barlow (MBE – ex- honorary British Consul in Recife – and founder of the NE Brazilian Cultura Inglesa English Language School network of which our girls’ school is part) died in João Pessoa aged 87. He was a lovely Christian man (Presbyterian). So Liz and I went to his funeral today driving there and back, with the funeral in the middle, in 12 hours! I am utterly exhausted.


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We had an excellent Communion Service last night. A real blessing.


Yesterday my dear friend David Barlow (MBE – ex- honorary British Consul in Recife – and founder of the NE Brazilian Cultura Inglesa English Language School network of which our girls’ school is part) died in João Pessoa aged 87. He was a lovely Christian man (Presbyterian). So Liz and I went to his funeral today driving there and back, with the funeral in the middle, in 12 hours! I am utterly exhausted.


I’ll talk more tomorrow   zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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Liz and I are off to Curral Velho (Old Cow Pen) shortly to preach the Gospel but back in Patos for more ministry tomorrow. We value your prayers. It will be the first time I have been to this place on a tarmacked road as it was until recently a very very bad earth road with one steep dusty climb when the vehicle slid all over the place struggling to get up without grip. All the rest of the road was bumpy with pit holes and rocks.


I dispatched the EAB Diary Update this morning.


Yesterday I went to Green Pastures and checked over things there. All is well despite the drought, which bites harder and harder.


The Christians in Action group are off to the church plant in the neighbouring State of Rio Grande do Norte at Ipueira today, supported by others from the Patos church. The Green Pastures church will be holding a service at a rich land owner’s farm. The man has wonderfully come to the Lord.

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Liz and I are off to Curral Velho (Old Cow Pen) shortly to preach the Gospel but back in Patos for more ministry tomorrow. We value your prayers. It will be the first time I have been to this place on a tarmacked road as it was until recently a very very bad earth road with one steep dusty climb when the vehicle slid all over the place struggling to get up without grip. All the rest of the road was bumpy with pit holes and rocks.


I dispatched the EAB Diary Update this morning.


Yesterday I went to Green Pastures and checked over things there. All is well despite the drought, which bites harder and harder.


The Christians in Action group are off to the church plant in the neighbouring State of Rio Grande do Norte at Ipueira today, supported by others from the Patos church. The Green Pastures church will be holding a service at a rich land owner’s farm. The man has wonderfully come to the Lord.

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Amidst so much else today I managed to complete my preparation of my sermon for Saturday and prepared for the Bible study tonight. There was also a session of dental hygiene done with the kids at our school in Patos today carried out by the Care Centre team. I also answered a long survey from the London School of Theology as best as I could remember going back over 30 years! I’ve also been contacted by the State-wide Paraíba TV network today wanting to film an interview with me. Oh boy… it’s non-stop!

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Amidst so much else today I managed to complete my preparation of my sermon for Saturday and prepared for the Bible study tonight. There was also a session of dental hygiene done with the kids at our school in Patos today carried out by the Care Centre team. I also answered a long survey from the London School of Theology as best as I could remember going back over 30 years! I’ve also been contacted by the State-wide Paraíba TV network today wanting to film an interview with me. Oh boy… it’s non-stop!

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I’ve had my hair cut this morning so that I can get another haircut/trim in on the eve of travel to the UK and then hopefully last the 10 weeks in the UK without needing one!

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I’ve had my hair cut this morning so that I can get another haircut/trim in on the eve of travel to the UK and then hopefully last the 10 weeks in the UK without needing one!

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I have just received news that our project team vehicle, A small Fiat pick-up, was attacked tonight by a large rock which was thrown damaging the right hand side of the vehicle and the windscreen. None of our team was hurt. The police were called and they discovered it had been done but a mentally ill man who has got it into his head that the well we are aiming to drill for the Angola Community, about 5 miles from Green Pastures, should not be drilled. Please pray for the team and for the project.

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I have just received news that our project team vehicle, A small Fiat pick-up, was attacked tonight by a large rock which was thrown damaging the right hand side of the vehicle and the windscreen. None of our team was hurt. The police were called and they discovered it had been done but a mentally ill man who has got it into his head that the well we are aiming to drill for the Angola Community, about 5 miles from Green Pastures, should not be drilled. Please pray for the team and for the project.

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Just for you to have an idea about the pressure I am under, with less than 4 weeks to go to lift off to the UK, let me tell you this briefly:


1. I have completed the 10 pastors list to preach on the Sundays I’m away and written a longish email to them all with some basic instructions about not preaching too long etc.!


2. I am also in the middle of preparing a sermon for this Saturday at the Curral Velho (Old Cow Pen) church when a deaconess from the Patos church contacts me via a facebook message to ask for help with interpreting the extermination of the Cannanites in Joshua 6:21 as she has to teach this in the Sunday School and doesn’t know hope to cope – especially in the light of present day Islamic State’s similar practices! Now look – that I just could not answer with ‘let me get back from the UK’! I had to plunge deep into a massively  complex and difficult issue and help her! Oh Lord!


I do value your prayers!

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Just for you to have an idea about the pressure I am under, with less than 4 weeks to go to lift off to the UK, let me tell you this briefly:


1. I have completed the 10 pastors list to preach on the Sundays I’m away and written a longish email to them all with some basic instructions about not preaching too long etc.!


2. I am also in the middle of preparing a sermon for this Saturday at the Curral Velho (Old Cow Pen) church when a deaconess from the Patos church contacts me via a facebook message to ask for help with interpreting the extermination of the Cannanites in Joshua 6:21 as she has to teach this in the Sunday School and doesn’t know hope to cope – especially in the light of present day Islamic State’s similar practices! Now look – that I just could not answer with ‘let me get back from the UK’! I had to plunge deep into a massively  complex and difficult issue and help her! Oh Lord!


I do value your prayers!

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4 weeks today we will be arriving at Heathrow airport at 12.45 pm (DV) for a 10 Sundays tour of UK churches, plus a few mid-week days in Switzerland. There is so much yet to prepare and we value your prayers.

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Early in July the Manaira Action School was given a second hand fridge, to help with the food side of the school, by a visitor from our Campina Grande church. During the School holidays it was not switched on but yesterday they switched it on preparing for the return to lessons. Unfortunately the fridge later caught fire, burnt completely out and bought down part of the ceiling, and the black smoke means the whole place is going to have to be cleaned up and repainted. Gratefully nobody was in the building at the time. An investigation is now going on about where this fridge exactly had come from and what had been done to it prior to it being given to the school. Please pray for EAB/ACEV’s Manaíra School.

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Early in July the Manaira Action School was given a second hand fridge, to help with the food side of the school, by a visitor from our Campina Grande church. During the School holidays it was not switched on but yesterday they switched it on preparing for the return to lessons. Unfortunately the fridge later caught fire, burnt completely out and bought down part of the ceiling, and the black smoke means the whole place is going to have to be cleaned up and repainted. Gratefully nobody was in the building at the time. An investigation is now going on about where this fridge exactly had come from and what had been done to it prior to it being given to the school. Please pray for EAB/ACEV’s Manaíra School.

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Well… sort of! What I mean is we had Pastor Luciano Vergara (below) who is a Methodist pastor from Rio de Janeiro preaching in our church last night and his wife singing. It was a great service. They stayed the weekend at Green Pastures as part of a visit to north-east Brazil. We’ve known them since he came to preach at the EAB/ACEV special 60th anniversary celebration in 1998 and we have never lost contact. They stayed the weekend at Green Pastures.

Happy birthday to my sister Jean who is one year older than she was last year!

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This was Liz and I being met at Recife Airport 43 years
ago by Frank & Ivy Dyer. We will be arriving back in the
UK for a 10 Sundays visit 5 weeks today (DV). We hope to see you at
one of the churches if you live in that part of the world! 

EAB will be holding a ‘Welcome Back’ Cream Tea in lovely surroundings in the New Forest at Ipley on Saturday, August 29th in the afternoon. It will be lovely to see you and chat informally at this event if you can make it. For more information and directions please email dyers.ipley@gmail.com 

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I wrote and dispatched the latest EAB Nutshell Update to everyone on my mailing list today. I also went up to Jabre Peak invited by the State Environmental authorities.

Last night’s service was great. Packed house, excellent worship and the sermon went well.  PTL!


Tonight the teenagers of the church had their own prayer meeting! How wonderful! PTL!

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I wrote and dispatched the latest EAB Nutshell Update to everyone on my mailing list today. I also went up to Jabre Peak invited by the State Environmental authorities.

Last night’s service was great. Packed house, excellent worship and the sermon went well.  PTL!


Tonight the teenagers of the church had their own prayer meeting! How wonderful! PTL!

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I have just completed my sermon for tomorrow – the 8th in the series in the Gospel of Mark – covering the last block of chapter 2 and the first block of chapter 3, which essentially deals with the issue of the Sabbath. It’s a good section to warn of the dangers of pharasaic legalism and the error of focusing on judaistic law as opposed to Christ and His complete work.

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I have just completed my sermon for tomorrow – the 8th in the series in the Gospel of Mark – covering the last block of chapter 2 and the first block of chapter 3, which essentially deals with the issue of the Sabbath. It’s a good section to warn of the dangers of pharasaic legalism and the error of focusing on judaistic law as opposed to Christ and His complete work.

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I’ve worked on such a variety of things this week. Unbelievable! Radio people just turn up at the office as they know I’ll always give all sorts of subjects a go. We had a great Bible, Prayer and Praise meeting last night with over 50 present midweek. PTL! Great participation in a lovely spirit. It’s so good to see people developing in the Lord.


I’m now in the process of preparing to preach on Sunday continuing my Mark’s Gospel series which brings me to the last section of chapter 2 on the Sabbath. Once again not an ideal Sunday night topic but that’s Mark’s fault and not mine! My job is to preach the Word!


We have another meeting in the needy Jatobá area of Patos tomorrow as we persist in church plant efforts there. As well as the new core team the P&W and Youth ministries will be in support. Christians in Action Ministry will be off to Ipueira to continue work planting the church there.


I have done a lot of work on Action Child matters this week. This has taken up a lot of my time in this transition year for the program. We are moving forward. I am encouraged. PTL!

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I’ve worked on such a variety of things this week. Unbelievable! Radio people just turn up at the office as they know I’ll always give all sorts of subjects a go. We had a great Bible, Prayer and Praise meeting last night with over 50 present midweek. PTL! Great participation in a lovely spirit. It’s so good to see people developing in the Lord.


I’m now in the process of preparing to preach on Sunday continuing my Mark’s Gospel series which brings me to the last section of chapter 2 on the Sabbath. Once again not an ideal Sunday night topic but that’s Mark’s fault and not mine! My job is to preach the Word!


We have another meeting in the needy Jatobá area of Patos tomorrow as we persist in church plant efforts there. As well as the new core team the P&W and Youth ministries will be in support. Christians in Action Ministry will be off to Ipueira to continue work planting the church there.


I have done a lot of work on Action Child matters this week. This has taken up a lot of my time in this transition year for the program. We are moving forward. I am encouraged. PTL!

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We leave Brazil 6 weeks this Tuesday (DV) and arrive at Heathrow on Wednesday, August 26th. We value your prayers as we have a lot to get done before then and there are the normal on-going demands of the work here as well. 


EAB is organizing a cream-tea welcome for us (much appreciated) at Ipley in the New Forest on Saturday, August 29th in the afternoon. Information can be obtained from Keith & Mary Dyer at dyers.ipley@gmail.com The tea is open to family and friends from Tunbridge Wells to Timbuktu! Our ministry engagements are now confirmed as follows:


Aug. 30: Hardley am

Sep. 06: Thamesmead Baptist am
Sep. 08: Liz’s birthday!
Sep. 12: Ledbury (personal visit)
Sep. 13: Bristol Ivy Church am / Bristol PHC pm
Sep. 14 – 19: Switzerland
Sep. 20: Cadnam Methodist
Sep. 23: Shirley Warren Baptist
Sep. 26: Train London > Durham
Sep. 27: Great Lumley am / Bishop Auckland pm
Sep. 29: Horden


Oct. 01: Hylton Castle
Oct. 02: Train Durham > Larbert
Oct. 3-4: Larbert AOG
Oct. 5: Train Larbert > London
Oct. 11: Millbrook am / West Wellow pm
Oct. 12: My Mum’s 91st birthday!
Oct. 14: Dibden Purlieu Methodist
Oct. 17: EAB AGM pm
Oct. 18: Verwood am
Oct. 19-23: Rutland Water region 
Oct. 25: Danbury

Nov. 01: Cefn Cribwr
Nov. 03: Return to Brazil

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We leave Brazil 6 weeks this Tuesday (DV) and arrive at Heathrow on Wednesday, August 26th. We value your prayers as we have a lot to get done before then and there are the normal on-going demands of the work here as well. 


EAB is organizing a cream-tea welcome for us (much appreciated) at Ipley in the New Forest on Saturday, August 29th in the afternoon. Information can be obtained from Keith & Mary Dyer at dyers.ipley@gmail.com The tea is open to family and friends from Tunbridge Wells to Timbuktu! Our ministry engagements are now confirmed as follows:


Aug. 30: Hardley am

Sep. 06: Thamesmead Baptist am
Sep. 08: Liz’s birthday!
Sep. 12: Ledbury (personal visit)
Sep. 13: Bristol Ivy Church am / Bristol PHC pm
Sep. 14 – 19: Switzerland
Sep. 20: Cadnam Methodist
Sep. 23: Shirley Warren Baptist
Sep. 26: Train London > Durham
Sep. 27: Great Lumley am / Bishop Auckland pm
Sep. 29: Horden


Oct. 01: Hylton Castle
Oct. 02: Train Durham > Larbert
Oct. 3-4: Larbert AOG
Oct. 5: Train Larbert > London
Oct. 11: Millbrook am / West Wellow pm
Oct. 12: My Mum’s 91st birthday!
Oct. 14: Dibden Purlieu Methodist
Oct. 17: EAB AGM pm
Oct. 18: Verwood am
Oct. 19-23: Rutland Water region 
Oct. 25: Danbury

Nov. 01: Cefn Cribwr
Nov. 03: Return to Brazil

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