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I now have more news on what as happened at the João Pessoa Boa Esperança (Good Hope) church. In fact it was not the pastor who was tied up and beaten, but it was his 14 year old daughter. The thief came as the pastor had gone out to buy the milk and he tied up and beat the daughter so as to extract from her the whereabouts of the church’s money and the money from the pastor’s wife’s little shop. The thing was that the poor girl didn’t know where the money was so couldn’t tell the thief to save her life.


Fortunately the pastor and his older daughter’s husband arrived at the house in time to cause the thief to run away out of a back door – thus avoiding blood shed or the likes. When they got inside they untied and ungagged their daughter. They called the police who were of no help. The family is naturally absolutely traumatized and need prayer big time.


I have finished preparing my sermon amongst all this for tomorrow. I will also be dedicating 3 children and baptizing one lady. Some children and teenagers will be doing a choreography in the service too tomorrow night so it should be quite a service.


The P&W group have gone to minister at the Princesa Isabel church tonight and over 30 others from the Patos church have gone to Passagem to support the little EAB church there. Praise God for an active church alive for God!

I now have more news on what as happened at the João Pessoa Boa Esperança (Good Hope) church. In fact it was not the pastor who was tied up and beaten, but it was his 14 year old daughter. The thief came as the pastor had gone out to buy the milk and he tied up and beat the daughter so as to extract from her the whereabouts of the church’s money and the money from the pastor’s wife’s little shop. The thing was that the poor girl didn’t know where the money was so couldn’t tell the thief to save her life.


Fortunately the pastor and his older daughter’s husband arrived at the house in time to cause the thief to run away out of a back door – thus avoiding blood shed or the likes. When they got inside they untied and ungagged their daughter. They called the police who were of no help. The family is naturally absolutely traumatized and need prayer big time.


I have finished preparing my sermon amongst all this for tomorrow. I will also be dedicating 3 children and baptizing one lady. Some children and teenagers will be doing a choreography in the service too tomorrow night so it should be quite a service.


The P&W group have gone to minister at the Princesa Isabel church tonight and over 30 others from the Patos church have gone to Passagem to support the little EAB church there. Praise God for an active church alive for God!

I now have more news on what as happened at the João Pessoa Boa Esperança (Good Hope) church. In fact it was not the pastor who was tied up and beaten, but it was his 14 year old daughter. The thief came as the pastor had gone out to buy the milk and he tied up and beat the daughter so as to extract from her the whereabouts of the church’s money and the money from the pastor’s wife’s little shop. The thing was that the poor girl didn’t know where the money was so couldn’t tell the thief to save her life.


Fortunately the pastor and his older daughter’s husband arrived at the house in time to cause the thief to run away out of a back door – thus avoiding blood shed or the likes. When they got inside they untied and ungagged their daughter. They called the police who were of no help. The family is naturally absolutely traumatized and need prayer big time.


I have finished preparing my sermon amongst all this for tomorrow. I will also be dedicating 3 children and baptizing one lady. Some children and teenagers will be doing a choreography in the service too tomorrow night so it should be quite a service.


The P&W group have gone to minister at the Princesa Isabel church tonight and over 30 others from the Patos church have gone to Passagem to support the little EAB church there. Praise God for an active church alive for God!

I am receiving very serious and alarming news from João Pessoa about one
of our EAB/ACEV pastors who was held at gun point and tied up
yesterday. I do not have full details yet and do not feel I should share
more than this at this point. I just ask you to pray for this pastor
and his family – one of which appears to have been badly beaten up. I
will give further news as I can.

I am receiving very serious and alarming news from João Pessoa about one
of our EAB/ACEV pastors who was held at gun point and tied up
yesterday. I do not have full details yet and do not feel I should share
more than this at this point. I just ask you to pray for this pastor
and his family – one of which appears to have been badly beaten up. I
will give further news as I can.

The Communion service last night turned out to be quite extraordinary with the sermon having wonderful response with different ones putting things right with others as a result straight after the meeting. PTL!


On the Saturday we had the deaf fellowship reaching out to the deaf, the Christians in Action group continuing their ministry with the church plant in Rio Grande do Norte State, a lot of the youth making a new start to an effort to plant a church where we have our school in Patos, and the teenagers visiting a senior citizens’ home. 45 from one of our Campina Grande churches spent the day at Green Pastures.


On the Friday the new little church at the ex-slave community of Fonseca was opened and it was also Philip’s 37th birthday!

The Communion service last night turned out to be quite extraordinary with the sermon having wonderful response with different ones putting things right with others as a result straight after the meeting. PTL!


On the Saturday we had the deaf fellowship reaching out to the deaf, the Christians in Action group continuing their ministry with the church plant in Rio Grande do Norte State, a lot of the youth making a new start to an effort to plant a church where we have our school in Patos, and the teenagers visiting a senior citizens’ home. 45 from one of our Campina Grande churches spent the day at Green Pastures.


On the Friday the new little church at the ex-slave community of Fonseca was opened and it was also Philip’s 37th birthday!

The Communion service last night turned out to be quite extraordinary with the sermon having wonderful response with different ones putting things right with others as a result straight after the meeting. PTL!


On the Saturday we had the deaf fellowship reaching out to the deaf, the Christians in Action group continuing their ministry with the church plant in Rio Grande do Norte State, a lot of the youth making a new start to an effort to plant a church where we have our school in Patos, and the teenagers visiting a senior citizens’ home. 45 from one of our Campina Grande churches spent the day at Green Pastures.


On the Friday the new little church at the ex-slave community of Fonseca was opened and it was also Philip’s 37th birthday!

My petition to save the beautiful natural habitat and wildlife at Jabre Peak – the highest point in the State of Paraíba – has today passed the 9,000 signatures mark! PTL! It would appear that things are starting to have the possibly desired effect as I received information today that the top environmental council set up to defend nature discussed the question and it was made clear at the meeting that the State Governor is organizing action. Please keep praying.


I had a good discussion with Philip this morning on this year’s EAB/ACEV Youth Conference to be held at Green Pastures in October whilst we will be in the UK. It was a very good chat with some clear plans drawn up to aim at for the conference. Please pray.


I have done some more work today on preparations for what to say and present around the churches in the UK in the autumn.


Tomorrow I am going to inaugurate the well at Sousa for the gypsies. It is the largest gypsy community in Brazil.

My petition to save the beautiful natural habitat and wildlife at Jabre Peak – the highest point in the State of Paraíba – has today passed the 9,000 signatures mark! PTL! It would appear that things are starting to have the possibly desired effect as I received information today that the top environmental council set up to defend nature discussed the question and it was made clear at the meeting that the State Governor is organizing action. Please keep praying.


I had a good discussion with Philip this morning on this year’s EAB/ACEV Youth Conference to be held at Green Pastures in October whilst we will be in the UK. It was a very good chat with some clear plans drawn up to aim at for the conference. Please pray.


I have done some more work today on preparations for what to say and present around the churches in the UK in the autumn.


Tomorrow I am going to inaugurate the well at Sousa for the gypsies. It is the largest gypsy community in Brazil.

My petition to save the beautiful natural habitat and wildlife at Jabre Peak – the highest point in the State of Paraíba – has today passed the 9,000 signatures mark! PTL! It would appear that things are starting to have the possibly desired effect as I received information today that the top environmental council set up to defend nature discussed the question and it was made clear at the meeting that the State Governor is organizing action. Please keep praying.


I had a good discussion with Philip this morning on this year’s EAB/ACEV Youth Conference to be held at Green Pastures in October whilst we will be in the UK. It was a very good chat with some clear plans drawn up to aim at for the conference. Please pray.


I have done some more work today on preparations for what to say and present around the churches in the UK in the autumn.


Tomorrow I am going to inaugurate the well at Sousa for the gypsies. It is the largest gypsy community in Brazil.

Last night’s service in Patos was great. A real blessing. The sermon on “To Fast or not to Fast? – that is the question”! was from Mark 2:18-22 and the answer some are asking me for can only be given in a longish sermon really. But certainly not like a show-biz act like the Pharisees but sometimes yes as a private discreet devotional exercise.


This morning I was out to Green Pastures early for exercise and discussions. It was good.


The petition in defense of the natural environment at the highest point in the State of Paraíba has really taken off today so as to double signatues in a day to over 3,000 thus far! PTL!


Please pray for the EAB finances, as I have been told today that our contingency back-up fund is down to nought!

Last night’s service in Patos was great. A real blessing. The sermon on “To Fast or not to Fast? – that is the question”! was from Mark 2:18-22 and the answer some are asking me for can only be given in a longish sermon really. But certainly not like a show-biz act like the Pharisees but sometimes yes as a private discreet devotional exercise.


This morning I was out to Green Pastures early for exercise and discussions. It was good.


The petition in defense of the natural environment at the highest point in the State of Paraíba has really taken off today so as to double signatues in a day to over 3,000 thus far! PTL!


Please pray for the EAB finances, as I have been told today that our contingency back-up fund is down to nought!

Last night’s special service, uniting almost all of our church ministries, was very good. The church was packed out on a Saturday night with people dressed in regional dress and taking part with songs, dances, poems, testimonies and a short play. It was wonderful! Afterwards there were the typical regional foods made from maize for all. You can see the kid’s choreography group below with our granddaughters Bia and Alice 2nd and 3rd from left.

I finally got my sermon preparation done yesterday afternoon ready for tonight. The title is “To Fast or not to Fast? That is the question”! based on Mark 2:18-22 in my 7th sermon in the series in this Gospel. We value your prayers.

I worked a lot on preparing for our trip to Europe in 2 months time yesterday. It’s always a challenge to try and figure out what to speak about and show in our presentations as there is so much to chose from. I remember in my youth producing a super-8 film which lasted over an hour! That was crazy! We learn by our mistakes! So I am now in the process of getting my mind round all we have going here in terms of churches and projects and then chosing just a little bit of this to present. All suggestions are welcome – not that we are in a position to guarantee anything at this stage, but I always consider suggestions and put them in the mix to see what comes out at the end. We value your prayers.


Tonight is Bible study night so I am preparing for this too.


Philip, I am glad to say, is flying back from India today and should be back in Patos tomorrow afternoon.

I worked a lot on preparing for our trip to Europe in 2 months time yesterday. It’s always a challenge to try and figure out what to speak about and show in our presentations as there is so much to chose from. I remember in my youth producing a super-8 film which lasted over an hour! That was crazy! We learn by our mistakes! So I am now in the process of getting my mind round all we have going here in terms of churches and projects and then chosing just a little bit of this to present. All suggestions are welcome – not that we are in a position to guarantee anything at this stage, but I always consider suggestions and put them in the mix to see what comes out at the end. We value your prayers.


Tonight is Bible study night so I am preparing for this too.


Philip, I am glad to say, is flying back from India today and should be back in Patos tomorrow afternoon.

We would appreciate your prayers and support for our campaign in defence of the most beautiful area in our region: Jabre Peak – the highest point in the State of Paraíba. Owing to its height the vegetation is different with a more humid atmosphere and thus the fauna is richer too. However the promised protection for this very special area (promised in the State Government decree of 2002!) has not been forthcoming. Hence we have lots of illegal and enormous antenas on top of the peak, ruining its beauty. We also have hunting and trapping for later selling of wildlife totally out of control, logging is also occurring as is the proliferation of rubbish by the visitors, hunters etc.


The battle is hot on the matter as I have had discussions with the State Governor and County authorities. There are vested interests in the status quo from some quarters. So to increase pressure on the Government to ACT I started an online petition last night which already has 250 signatures. Please help us by signing the online petition no matter where you live if you love God’s creation and believe it is right to defend it. All you need is to give your name and email to sign the online form. 

https://www.change.org/p/governo-do-estado-da-para%C3%ADba-vamos-salvar-o-pico-do-jabre-8d836171-1540-4eda-9a88-368b190a9ea2?recruiter=32259807&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_facebook_responsive&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-no_msg&fb_ref=Default

We would appreciate your prayers and support for our campaign in defence of the most beautiful area in our region: Jabre Peak – the highest point in the State of Paraíba. Owing to its height the vegetation is different with a more humid atmosphere and thus the fauna is richer too. However the promised protection for this very special area (promised in the State Government decree of 2002!) has not been forthcoming. Hence we have lots of illegal and enormous antenas on top of the peak, ruining its beauty. We also have hunting and trapping for later selling of wildlife totally out of control, logging is also occurring as is the proliferation of rubbish by the visitors, hunters etc.


The battle is hot on the matter as I have had discussions with the State Governor and County authorities. There are vested interests in the status quo from some quarters. So to increase pressure on the Government to ACT I started an online petition last night which already has 250 signatures. Please help us by signing the online petition no matter where you live if you love God’s creation and believe it is right to defend it. All you need is to give your name and email to sign the online form. 

https://www.change.org/p/governo-do-estado-da-para%C3%ADba-vamos-salvar-o-pico-do-jabre-8d836171-1540-4eda-9a88-368b190a9ea2?recruiter=32259807&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_facebook_responsive&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-no_msg&fb_ref=Default

I’m off to do a wedding in a couple of hours and Louisa (bless her heart) is going to do the songs accompanied by her boyfriend Tiago. This couple are my great supporters in the mid-week meetings when Philip is away as Sacha works in the evenings. Louisa always is there. A chip off the old block! The wedding isn’t even anyone from the church but the groom is a brother of a deaconess – so out of consideration for her I accepted the wedding on top of everything else I have on.


I finished preparing my sermon this morning for tomorrow in Patos. It’s sermon 6 in my series in Mark’s Gospel and talks about the Call of Matthew: 1. The challenge of the Call (after all he was giving up a lot more than the fishermen!). 2. The Grace of God in the Call (traitor to apostle!). 3. The Cure of the Call (the best doctor at work!). – For a small fee I’d let my friend Michael Rollo borrow these 3 points!!


Baby granddaughter Amanda Ivy is steadily improving. PTL! She had her weekly weigh-in yesterday with the paediatrician’s and is over 2.7kg now and should reach 3 kg at next Friday’s visit calculating by the rate of daily weight increase she is now into. We are very happy. Thanks for your prayers and please keep praying!

I’m off to do a wedding in a couple of hours and Louisa (bless her heart) is going to do the songs accompanied by her boyfriend Tiago. This couple are my great supporters in the mid-week meetings when Philip is away as Sacha works in the evenings. Louisa always is there. A chip off the old block! The wedding isn’t even anyone from the church but the groom is a brother of a deaconess – so out of consideration for her I accepted the wedding on top of everything else I have on.


I finished preparing my sermon this morning for tomorrow in Patos. It’s sermon 6 in my series in Mark’s Gospel and talks about the Call of Matthew: 1. The challenge of the Call (after all he was giving up a lot more than the fishermen!). 2. The Grace of God in the Call (traitor to apostle!). 3. The Cure of the Call (the best doctor at work!). – For a small fee I’d let my friend Michael Rollo borrow these 3 points!!


Baby granddaughter Amanda Ivy is steadily improving. PTL! She had her weekly weigh-in yesterday with the paediatrician’s and is over 2.7kg now and should reach 3 kg at next Friday’s visit calculating by the rate of daily weight increase she is now into. We are very happy. Thanks for your prayers and please keep praying!

That was the week that was! I’ve been so busy that I can’t even remember all I’ve done. I just know that lots of church issues were initially sorted plus more work on EAB’s Action Child Project.


Then on Wednesday I was invited by the State Government to a meeting in the morning on the environment and I went. I was the first to ask a question about the criminal devastation and hunting going on up in the mountain in the beautiful area of Jabre Peak – the highest point in the State. Since then I have been leading a campaign with the Stae Governor to change things and I have had some good exchanges of views with him and we seem to be making progress. Please pray.


I gave the Bible Study last night and that went great and the meeting was followed by umpteen meetings with different people. I had a meeting today with one of our pastors and have been preparing my sermon for Sunday on the Call of Levi/Matthew from Mark 2. This is sermon number 6 in the Mark’s Gospel series.


Now it’s the noisy St. John’s Festival time in Patos. May the Lord help us between now and next Wednesday!

That was the week that was! I’ve been so busy that I can’t even remember all I’ve done. I just know that lots of church issues were initially sorted plus more work on EAB’s Action Child Project.


Then on Wednesday I was invited by the State Government to a meeting in the morning on the environment and I went. I was the first to ask a question about the criminal devastation and hunting going on up in the mountain in the beautiful area of Jabre Peak – the highest point in the State. Since then I have been leading a campaign with the Stae Governor to change things and I have had some good exchanges of views with him and we seem to be making progress. Please pray.


I gave the Bible Study last night and that went great and the meeting was followed by umpteen meetings with different people. I had a meeting today with one of our pastors and have been preparing my sermon for Sunday on the Call of Levi/Matthew from Mark 2. This is sermon number 6 in the Mark’s Gospel series.


Now it’s the noisy St. John’s Festival time in Patos. May the Lord help us between now and next Wednesday!

That was the week that was! I’ve been so busy that I can’t even remember all I’ve done. I just know that lots of church issues were initially sorted plus more work on EAB’s Action Child Project.


Then on Wednesday I was invited by the State Government to a meeting in the morning on the environment and I went. I was the first to ask a question about the criminal devastation and hunting going on up in the mountain in the beautiful area of Jabre Peak – the highest point in the State. Since then I have been leading a campaign with the Stae Governor to change things and I have had some good exchanges of views with him and we seem to be making progress. Please pray.


I gave the Bible Study last night and that went great and the meeting was followed by umpteen meetings with different people. I had a meeting today with one of our pastors and have been preparing my sermon for Sunday on the Call of Levi/Matthew from Mark 2. This is sermon number 6 in the Mark’s Gospel series.


Now it’s the noisy St. John’s Festival time in Patos. May the Lord help us between now and next Wednesday!

The service in Patos tonight was really good. The church was full but not the overflow hall. The P&W was lovely and the sermon really rocked! 2 decisions were made for Christ at the end, including a man of about 40 who was last in church in our Sunday School as a kid of 7 years of age, having been living in a poor little house near the church. He is now bubbling and says he’s back with his wife and child! PTL!

The service in Patos tonight was really good. The church was full but not the overflow hall. The P&W was lovely and the sermon really rocked! 2 decisions were made for Christ at the end, including a man of about 40 who was last in church in our Sunday School as a kid of 7 years of age, having been living in a poor little house near the church. He is now bubbling and says he’s back with his wife and child! PTL!

Thursday’s meeting of the Action Child leaders went very well and lasted about 4 hours. We did a complete overall evaluation of the different schools and set things in motion (I think and I hope) for the speeding up of the making available of new children for sponsorship with EAB oversees. I sent 4 this week to the UK coordinator Pauline and now hope to be able to send more next week.


Following this meeting we had another on the the new project in a very complicated and dangerous borough of Patos where drugs reign supreme! We discussed some necessary adjustments to the project and praise God that thus far things are going well.


After lunch there was a general meeting of all our project coordinators. The work of God marches on!


Yesterday I was preparing my Sunday sermon (to be completed today) and went to Green Pastures to visit our school there and also to work on ways to cope with the new horrific drought. We have water from wells which is fine for certain things but is too brackish for others. We have discovered that another well little used and some distance from the centre of Green Pastures has good quality non-brackish water so we are working on running a pipeline to have access to this.

Thursday’s meeting of the Action Child leaders went very well and lasted about 4 hours. We did a complete overall evaluation of the different schools and set things in motion (I think and I hope) for the speeding up of the making available of new children for sponsorship with EAB oversees. I sent 4 this week to the UK coordinator Pauline and now hope to be able to send more next week.


Following this meeting we had another on the the new project in a very complicated and dangerous borough of Patos where drugs reign supreme! We discussed some necessary adjustments to the project and praise God that thus far things are going well.


After lunch there was a general meeting of all our project coordinators. The work of God marches on!


Yesterday I was preparing my Sunday sermon (to be completed today) and went to Green Pastures to visit our school there and also to work on ways to cope with the new horrific drought. We have water from wells which is fine for certain things but is too brackish for others. We have discovered that another well little used and some distance from the centre of Green Pastures has good quality non-brackish water so we are working on running a pipeline to have access to this.

Thursday’s meeting of the Action Child leaders went very well and lasted about 4 hours. We did a complete overall evaluation of the different schools and set things in motion (I think and I hope) for the speeding up of the making available of new children for sponsorship with EAB oversees. I sent 4 this week to the UK coordinator Pauline and now hope to be able to send more next week.


Following this meeting we had another on the the new project in a very complicated and dangerous borough of Patos where drugs reign supreme! We discussed some necessary adjustments to the project and praise God that thus far things are going well.


After lunch there was a general meeting of all our project coordinators. The work of God marches on!


Yesterday I was preparing my Sunday sermon (to be completed today) and went to Green Pastures to visit our school there and also to work on ways to cope with the new horrific drought. We have water from wells which is fine for certain things but is too brackish for others. We have discovered that another well little used and some distance from the centre of Green Pastures has good quality non-brackish water so we are working on running a pipeline to have access to this.

Liz, Sacha and I are just off to an EAB/ACEV Action Child leadership meeting to discuss how things are going in this year of transition for the programme and what can be done to speed the process up and make things flow smoother. Leaders are coming from Campina Grande and Imaculada and meeting at the Projects Centre next to the church in Patos.


Yesterday I dispatched to Pauline the first new children for this year for sponsorship. All 4 are either nursery or year one kids as the new Action Child system requires. Your prayer are valued.

Liz, Sacha and I are just off to an EAB/ACEV Action Child leadership meeting to discuss how things are going in this year of transition for the programme and what can be done to speed the process up and make things flow smoother. Leaders are coming from Campina Grande and Imaculada and meeting at the Projects Centre next to the church in Patos.


Yesterday I dispatched to Pauline the first new children for this year for sponsorship. All 4 are either nursery or year one kids as the new Action Child system requires. Your prayer are valued.

Liz, Sacha and I are just off to an EAB/ACEV Action Child leadership meeting to discuss how things are going in this year of transition for the programme and what can be done to speed the process up and make things flow smoother. Leaders are coming from Campina Grande and Imaculada and meeting at the Projects Centre next to the church in Patos.


Yesterday I dispatched to Pauline the first new children for this year for sponsorship. All 4 are either nursery or year one kids as the new Action Child system requires. Your prayer are valued.

A Celebration of Musical Talent in aid of EVANGELICAL ACTION BRAZIL.
This Saturday at 3pm at Christ Church Chineham Basingstoke. Tickets £5
children free. Refreshments included. Everyone welcome! Further details from the organizer Jean Medcraft-North at medcraftnorth@sky.com

A Celebration of Musical Talent in aid of EVANGELICAL ACTION BRAZIL.
This Saturday at 3pm at Christ Church Chineham Basingstoke. Tickets £5
children free. Refreshments included. Everyone welcome! Further details from the organizer Jean Medcraft-North at medcraftnorth@sky.com

The communion service on Sunday went particularly well – especially the sermon – because it was a sermon with a difference. I asked the church to give me the words that come to their minds at a breaking of bread service and preached on the spot on the 13 words they gave me plus one which I added. It was a risky thing to do as it might have not taken off – but it did! PTL! Some people gave rave reviews afterwards and said it was the best communion service in years! The words the church gave me were Love, Pact, the Blood of Jesus, Gratitude, Salvation, Last supper, Forgiveness, Communion, Reconciliation, Hope, Commitment, the return of Christ, Worship – and I added the Cross.


Yesterday (Monday) we had a special thanksgiving service for the graduation of a young woman in our church who has just become a physiotherapist. These events are always great opportunities to share the Gospel with people who do not usually come to church. There were at least 50 people there on a Monday night who I had never seen before. PTL!


Tonight we have a Patos church leadership meeting.

The communion service on Sunday went particularly well – especially the sermon – because it was a sermon with a difference. I asked the church to give me the words that come to their minds at a breaking of bread service and preached on the spot on the 13 words they gave me plus one which I added. It was a risky thing to do as it might have not taken off – but it did! PTL! Some people gave rave reviews afterwards and said it was the best communion service in years! The words the church gave me were Love, Pact, the Blood of Jesus, Gratitude, Salvation, Last supper, Forgiveness, Communion, Reconciliation, Hope, Commitment, the return of Christ, Worship – and I added the Cross.


Yesterday (Monday) we had a special thanksgiving service for the graduation of a young woman in our church who has just become a physiotherapist. These events are always great opportunities to share the Gospel with people who do not usually come to church. There were at least 50 people there on a Monday night who I had never seen before. PTL!


Tonight we have a Patos church leadership meeting.

Thursday’s Bible study went well. I am encouraging people to voluntarily bring short words in the earlier part of the service and this is really taking off. This week we had a young man called Joely and a married man called Dedé. Really good. PTL! It is a very participative service with different folk singing too plus good times of prayer. The Thursday night service is now getting between 40 and 50 present and it is varied and lively.


This weekend the Singles/Divorced Fellowship is running a food stall at the annual united church outreach in Patos. The stall serves also as the central point of focus for our church and is being a real blessing.


Philip is on his way home from Holland and should be back in Patos late tonight. He went and watched the Holland 3 x USA 4 football match in the Ajax stadium prior to leaving last night!


I am preparing for a graduation service on Monday evening. I am already prepared for tomorrow night’s Communion service.


Baby Amanda Ivy has now recovered her birth weight and passed it a bit. She is slowly improving and growing but still no visits allowed as great care needs to be taken to keep her away from viruses or the likes. Thanks for your continued prayers about everything.

Thursday’s Bible study went well. I am encouraging people to voluntarily bring short words in the earlier part of the service and this is really taking off. This week we had a young man called Joely and a married man called Dedé. Really good. PTL! It is a very participative service with different folk singing too plus good times of prayer. The Thursday night service is now getting between 40 and 50 present and it is varied and lively.


This weekend the Singles/Divorced Fellowship is running a food stall at the annual united church outreach in Patos. The stall serves also as the central point of focus for our church and is being a real blessing.


Philip is on his way home from Holland and should be back in Patos late tonight. He went and watched the Holland 3 x USA 4 football match in the Ajax stadium prior to leaving last night!


I am preparing for a graduation service on Monday evening. I am already prepared for tomorrow night’s Communion service.


Baby Amanda Ivy has now recovered her birth weight and passed it a bit. She is slowly improving and growing but still no visits allowed as great care needs to be taken to keep her away from viruses or the likes. Thanks for your continued prayers about everything.