From generation to generation we will praise the Lord! Alice and Beatriz
– Frank & Ivy Dyer’s great grandchildren taking part in this week’s
Carnival Camp. Missionaries Frank and Ivy (now with the Lord) came to
Brazil in 1949! His truth is marching on! PTL!
Tonight we will be having a great after camp testimony meeting in the Patos church.
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From generation to generation we will praise the Lord! Alice and Beatriz
– Frank & Ivy Dyer’s great grandchildren taking part in this week’s
Carnival Camp. Missionaries Frank and Ivy (now with the Lord) came to
Brazil in 1949! His truth is marching on! PTL!
Tonight we will be having a great after camp testimony meeting in the Patos church.
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From generation to generation we will praise the Lord! Alice and Beatriz
– Frank & Ivy Dyer’s great grandchildren taking part in this week’s
Carnival Camp. Missionaries Frank and Ivy (now with the Lord) came to
Brazil in 1949! His truth is marching on! PTL!
Tonight we will be having a great after camp testimony meeting in the Patos church.
Continue ReadingWe are now back in Patos after an excellent Camp with just one or two hitches – but overall a very positive and blessed Camp. Philip led the whole event for the second successive year and did very well indeed. Liz coordinated the logistics despite ill health and I preached twice and was in a general support role. We had 210 residents at the Camp and another 60 came into to the camp on a daily basis giving us a total of about 270. This is lower then previous years and I would put this mainly down to the financial crisis in Brazil which is now hitting this country hard, years after Europe and the USA had it tough. Thanks to some people’s kind donations via EAB we were able to allow some to come to the camp who wouldn’t have been able to come otherwise. The number we had was a nice comfortable number to cope with.
The services were really good, the messages on radical discipleship were excellent and the whole spirit of the Camp was lovely. Unfortunately Liz’s health was not good but she battled on despite it. Her allergy problems have not improved, affecting her throat and chest. She has been further medicated by the doctor since getting back to Patos and will being seeing the doctor again in the morning. Please pray.
We had the joy of baptizing 3 from Patos and 1 from Princesa Isabel at the Camp. It was a very blessed and victorious moment.
During the camp we had problems with poachers/hunters twice. Deborah and I caught them on the Saturday and Tarcísio caught them on the Sunday. What a pain!
On the final afternoon of the Camp I was preparing to preach at night in my room when I suddenly received a young man verbally abusing me quite awfully because his mobile phone had gone missing. He was so agressive. It was terrible. He turned out to be a new person from our Itaporanga church who says he’s a Christian. He certainly didn’t give me the impression that he was. The episode and ensuing enquiries ruined the final service for me and I don’t know how I managed to preach. I felt it was very hard to preach and didn’t go well. The mobile phone has not been found so the mystery continues.
Despite this bad taste in people’s mouths one felt that the Lord blessed many people in the Camp and we thank all those who supported it and prayed for it. There is much more to praise about than the opposite. PTL!
I have just received the news that Phyllis Hurst, who was at the docks to see off the Mundys in 1938 at the launch of EAB, has today gone to be with the Lord. We praise the Lord for her faithful life of service to God to the end.
We are now back in Patos after an excellent Camp with just one or two hitches – but overall a very positive and blessed Camp. Philip led the whole event for the second successive year and did very well indeed. Liz coordinated the logistics despite ill health and I preached twice and was in a general support role. We had 210 residents at the Camp and another 60 came into to the camp on a daily basis giving us a total of about 270. This is lower then previous years and I would put this mainly down to the financial crisis in Brazil which is now hitting this country hard, years after Europe and the USA had it tough. Thanks to some people’s kind donations via EAB we were able to allow some to come to the camp who wouldn’t have been able to come otherwise. The number we had was a nice comfortable number to cope with.
The services were really good, the messages on radical discipleship were excellent and the whole spirit of the Camp was lovely. Unfortunately Liz’s health was not good but she battled on despite it. Her allergy problems have not improved, affecting her throat and chest. She has been further medicated by the doctor since getting back to Patos and will being seeing the doctor again in the morning. Please pray.
We had the joy of baptizing 3 from Patos and 1 from Princesa Isabel at the Camp. It was a very blessed and victorious moment.
During the camp we had problems with poachers/hunters twice. Deborah and I caught them on the Saturday and Tarcísio caught them on the Sunday. What a pain!
On the final afternoon of the Camp I was preparing to preach at night in my room when I suddenly received a young man verbally abusing me quite awfully because his mobile phone had gone missing. He was so agressive. It was terrible. He turned out to be a new person from our Itaporanga church who says he’s a Christian. He certainly didn’t give me the impression that he was. The episode and ensuing enquiries ruined the final service for me and I don’t know how I managed to preach. I felt it was very hard to preach and didn’t go well. The mobile phone has not been found so the mystery continues.
Despite this bad taste in people’s mouths one felt that the Lord blessed many people in the Camp and we thank all those who supported it and prayed for it. There is much more to praise about than the opposite. PTL!
I have just received the news that Phyllis Hurst, who was at the docks to see off the Mundys in 1938 at the launch of EAB, has today gone to be with the Lord. We praise the Lord for her faithful life of service to God to the end.
Praise God the Carnival Camp is going great – so blessed! Thanks for your prayers and support. The services are flowing in the Spirit and the messages about radical discipleship are being really good. PTL! We even had a shower of rain during the opening service of 5mm!
The attacks continue with hunters attacking on both days. Please pray. But nothing detracts from the wonderful atmosphere and blessing of God. See below Philip leading the opening service on Saturday evening.
Praise God the Carnival Camp is going great – so blessed! Thanks for your prayers and support. The services are flowing in the Spirit and the messages about radical discipleship are being really good. PTL! We even had a shower of rain during the opening service of 5mm!
The attacks continue with hunters attacking on both days. Please pray. But nothing detracts from the wonderful atmosphere and blessing of God. See below Philip leading the opening service on Saturday evening.
I am very pleased to report that the lovely native tree – Erythroxylum pungens – found in abundance and in bloom this week at Green Pastures has been definitively identified and the university professors Caminha and Fátima, one of whom studied at Kew, asked for small branches in flower for the university herbarium as they did not have this species in it. It was a joy to supply the university in this way.
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This partnership is really developing with the federal university forestry engineering and biology schools and is a continuation and development of such partnerships which we have maintained over many years. The university has now produced seedlings from seeds we supplied from the quite rare tree Vitex gardneriana and we are now carefully observing the one and only even rarer Sideroxylon obtusifolium tree that we have so that when it flowers and produces seeds we can then collect all the seeds and send them to the university so as to produce lots of seedlings. It is exciting caring for God’s creation.
People, as happens every year, are already gathering at Green Pastures for the Camp. The official arrival time is in the afternoon but there are always plenty who manage to arrive early! May the Lord bless the camp and the big opening service this evening.
I am very pleased to report that the lovely native tree – Erythroxylum pungens – found in abundance and in bloom this week at Green Pastures has been definitively identified and the university professors Caminha and Fátima, one of whom studied at Kew, asked for small branches in flower for the university herbarium as they did not have this species in it. It was a joy to supply the university in this way.
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This partnership is really developing with the federal university forestry engineering and biology schools and is a continuation and development of such partnerships which we have maintained over many years. The university has now produced seedlings from seeds we supplied from the quite rare tree Vitex gardneriana and we are now carefully observing the one and only even rarer Sideroxylon obtusifolium tree that we have so that when it flowers and produces seeds we can then collect all the seeds and send them to the university so as to produce lots of seedlings. It is exciting caring for God’s creation.
People, as happens every year, are already gathering at Green Pastures for the Camp. The official arrival time is in the afternoon but there are always plenty who manage to arrive early! May the Lord bless the camp and the big opening service this evening.
This is the day that the big annual Carnival Camp kicks off through Wednesday. We value your prayers.
The difficulties of these days have been quite amazing (as referred to in a special prayer request email) with spiritist attacks of the black magic type, Liz really unwell (now on the mend), our grandson held up at gunpoint and now last night two known ex-convict thieves and drug dealers around our house a lot. These are days of extreme pressure. They even dumped stolen goods in our front garden and we called the police and had it taken away! We need your prayers please.
This is the day that the big annual Carnival Camp kicks off through Wednesday. We value your prayers.
The difficulties of these days have been quite amazing (as referred to in a special prayer request email) with spiritist attacks of the black magic type, Liz really unwell (now on the mend), our grandson held up at gunpoint and now last night two known ex-convict thieves and drug dealers around our house a lot. These are days of extreme pressure. They even dumped stolen goods in our front garden and we called the police and had it taken away! We need your prayers please.
It is absolutely non-stop here in preparation for this year’s Carnival Camp which runs Saturday through Wednesday. All the bedrooms, dormitories, kitchens, meeting hall etc. have been cleaned, re-painted where necessary and repaired. We needed some new locks, two new benches (sort of park benches) as the old ones were destroyed by termites, some new loo flushes and seats (many plastic things desintegrate with the heat), many new lamps. The electician will still be returning on Friday as another problem has arisen.
On the water pump side of things a tree frog got in one of the switches and short-circuited it. That has been replaced and the fountain pump has been fixed too. The Nature Reserve area has had its fencing altered and finalized and signs put on the gates. The trail right round the reserve has had bushes and branches trimmed back for people’s walks.
I have finished my sermon preparation for the Camp and will be having a meeting later with Philip to discuss the question and answer times in each service in the mornings. Philip is the Camp leader like last year. I am glad to report that my throat is much easier, but still not 100%. Please pray. The other pastors who will be speaking at the Camp are all ready to roll. We are looking to God for another greatly blessed Camp.
Please pray for the rain situation at Green Pastures as we badly need lots of rain soon.
QPR managed to win at Sunderland on Tuesday so are now just to say out of the relegation zone on goal difference. Let’s hope they can keep in winning ways.
It is absolutely non-stop here in preparation for this year’s Carnival Camp which runs Saturday through Wednesday. All the bedrooms, dormitories, kitchens, meeting hall etc. have been cleaned, re-painted where necessary and repaired. We needed some new locks, two new benches (sort of park benches) as the old ones were destroyed by termites, some new loo flushes and seats (many plastic things desintegrate with the heat), many new lamps. The electician will still be returning on Friday as another problem has arisen.
On the water pump side of things a tree frog got in one of the switches and short-circuited it. That has been replaced and the fountain pump has been fixed too. The Nature Reserve area has had its fencing altered and finalized and signs put on the gates. The trail right round the reserve has had bushes and branches trimmed back for people’s walks.
I have finished my sermon preparation for the Camp and will be having a meeting later with Philip to discuss the question and answer times in each service in the mornings. Philip is the Camp leader like last year. I am glad to report that my throat is much easier, but still not 100%. Please pray. The other pastors who will be speaking at the Camp are all ready to roll. We are looking to God for another greatly blessed Camp.
Please pray for the rain situation at Green Pastures as we badly need lots of rain soon.
QPR managed to win at Sunderland on Tuesday so are now just to say out of the relegation zone on goal difference. Let’s hope they can keep in winning ways.
I value your prayers as I prepare my sermon for the last night of the Carnival Camp which starts this Saturday. I don’t feel so well today having had a bad throat for a few days now.
The team is all working like the clappers ready for the Camp. The easy way to remember when Carnival is each year is working backwards from Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is the last day of the Camp and this immediately follows Pancake Tuesday (which I never have forgotten since my childhood with my Mum tossing the pancakes in the air). The Camp starts on the Saturday prior to Pancake Tuesday and Ash Wednesday! It couldn’t be easier!
Ash Wednesday here is when the catholics go to mass to get their sins forgiven which they committed during carnival and the priest gives them a big charcoal cross sign on their foreheads to prove they are OK.
I value your prayers as I prepare my sermon for the last night of the Carnival Camp which starts this Saturday. I don’t feel so well today having had a bad throat for a few days now.
The team is all working like the clappers ready for the Camp. The easy way to remember when Carnival is each year is working backwards from Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is the last day of the Camp and this immediately follows Pancake Tuesday (which I never have forgotten since my childhood with my Mum tossing the pancakes in the air). The Camp starts on the Saturday prior to Pancake Tuesday and Ash Wednesday! It couldn’t be easier!
Ash Wednesday here is when the catholics go to mass to get their sins forgiven which they committed during carnival and the priest gives them a big charcoal cross sign on their foreheads to prove they are OK.
Tomorrow QPR travel to Sunderland and I have predicted a draw of 1 x 1 at half-time and 2 x 2 at full-time with Rangers’ goals to be scored by Zarete and Zamora. Clearly we need a win, but a draw would be a miracle as we haven’t got a point away from home all season. With the defeat against Southampton with their “last ghasp” (their words on their site) on Saturday QPR look increasingly destined to relegation. Their next games against Sunderland and Hull are must-winners, but it’s difficult to believe they will win either of them. They can’t even get themselves a new manager! Oh boy!
I continue at the top of QPR’s prediction league by the way: http://qprtillidie-predictionleague.webnode.com/table/
I am working hard today on administrative matters linked to EAB. I know EAB’s treasurer will be pleased when I send her the paper trails I am working on… but it is a lot of monotonous work!
I have received the new signs to be put on the Green Pastures Nature Reserve gates in time for the Carnival Camp of the weekend. I’ll post a photo when they’re in place.
Liz’s Uncle Stephen (Dyer) died today, aged 91. Our prayers and condolences are with the family.
Tomorrow QPR travel to Sunderland and I have predicted a draw of 1 x 1 at half-time and 2 x 2 at full-time with Rangers’ goals to be scored by Zarete and Zamora. Clearly we need a win, but a draw would be a miracle as we haven’t got a point away from home all season. With the defeat against Southampton with their “last ghasp” (their words on their site) on Saturday QPR look increasingly destined to relegation. Their next games against Sunderland and Hull are must-winners, but it’s difficult to believe they will win either of them. They can’t even get themselves a new manager! Oh boy!
I continue at the top of QPR’s prediction league by the way: http://qprtillidie-predictionleague.webnode.com/table/
I am working hard today on administrative matters linked to EAB. I know EAB’s treasurer will be pleased when I send her the paper trails I am working on… but it is a lot of monotonous work!
I have received the new signs to be put on the Green Pastures Nature Reserve gates in time for the Carnival Camp of the weekend. I’ll post a photo when they’re in place.
Liz’s Uncle Stephen (Dyer) died today, aged 91. Our prayers and condolences are with the family.
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I was off to Green Pastures at 6.30am with a university professor and a university student. We had a long brisk walk all round the nature reserve as the professor plans how and where to plant what trees as soon as we have enough rain. I got stung by a type of wasp whilst there but these things affect me little as I don’t have allergy problems. Just hurt quite a bit for an hour or so.
My throat is a lot better today.
There is frenzied activity preparing for the Carnival Camp which starts on Saturday. At Green Pastures we had an electician and a gardener working on top of the usual people when I was there. Lots to be done but we are getting there. Please pray.
I was off to Green Pastures at 6.30am with a university professor and a university student. We had a long brisk walk all round the nature reserve as the professor plans how and where to plant what trees as soon as we have enough rain. I got stung by a type of wasp whilst there but these things affect me little as I don’t have allergy problems. Just hurt quite a bit for an hour or so.
My throat is a lot better today.
There is frenzied activity preparing for the Carnival Camp which starts on Saturday. At Green Pastures we had an electician and a gardener working on top of the usual people when I was there. Lots to be done but we are getting there. Please pray.
The service was lovely tonight with a full church as usual, really blessed worship and the sermon went very well. I applied the principles of how the Father received the Prodigal Son to how the church must receive people from a wide variety of situations.
The Green Pastures church is rejoicing with the conversion of two couples plus another man making a total of 5 this weekend. PTL!
Now it’s all stations go for the Carnival Camp which starts on Saturday. Please pray.
My throat is pretty sore, but I managed to preach alright despite this.
The service was lovely tonight with a full church as usual, really blessed worship and the sermon went very well. I applied the principles of how the Father received the Prodigal Son to how the church must receive people from a wide variety of situations.
The Green Pastures church is rejoicing with the conversion of two couples plus another man making a total of 5 this weekend. PTL!
Now it’s all stations go for the Carnival Camp which starts on Saturday. Please pray.
My throat is pretty sore, but I managed to preach alright despite this.
A thirsty Brown Racer Snake (philodryas nattereri) was filmed drinking at one of our watering holes this week at Green Pastures. The date on the film is incorrect. I find the 30 second film fascinating as I had never seen a snake drink like this before. This snake is fast moving and eats frog, lizards, bats and small birds. https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmedcraft/15840316244/
Liz went to Green Pastures last night with Josinete and only got home at nearly midnight. They took out supplies for the Carnival Camp which starts a week today.
A thirsty Brown Racer Snake (philodryas nattereri) was filmed drinking at one of our watering holes this week at Green Pastures. The date on the film is incorrect. I find the 30 second film fascinating as I had never seen a snake drink like this before. This snake is fast moving and eats frog, lizards, bats and small birds. https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmedcraft/15840316244/
Liz went to Green Pastures last night with Josinete and only got home at nearly midnight. They took out supplies for the Carnival Camp which starts a week today.
It must be the foxes mating season because I saw two pairs late afternoon when it was still very light at Green Pastures and they didn’t seem that concerned about me. I watched one catch and eat a Ground Dove. Fabulous!
I also saw and heard some beautiful birds like this Campo Troupial:
Earlier in the afternoon I had a difficult stressful meeting with a young man from the church whom I had to suspend from fellowship after he went nude on TV for a comedy stunt on a TV programme! Lord have mercy!
Amidst everything else I am pressing on with my sermon preparation for Sunday!
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It must be the foxes mating season because I saw two pairs late afternoon when it was still very light at Green Pastures and they didn’t seem that concerned about me. I watched one catch and eat a Ground Dove. Fabulous!
I also saw and heard some beautiful birds like this Campo Troupial:
Earlier in the afternoon I had a difficult stressful meeting with a young man from the church whom I had to suspend from fellowship after he went nude on TV for a comedy stunt on a TV programme! Lord have mercy!
Amidst everything else I am pressing on with my sermon preparation for Sunday!
Continue ReadingLiz and I have picked up fleas on our travels this week. Liz is especially badly bitten and we have both just been to the doctors and are now medicated. The jeep is having a special interior clean out too. Oh well… these things are sent to try us… or itch us!
On Wednesday night we finally had 20 mm of rain at Green Pastures. In Patos more rain fell too with 37.4 mm. We really need a lot more at Green Pastures now so that we can get planting our tree seedlings.
Last night’s “Praise, Prayer & Bible” went very well again. Another well balanced diet of the 3 ingredients. PTL! Especially good in the prayer time was a “hug-prayer” with me praying for and hugging an ex-convict who has come back to God and is trying hard to walk straight with God. He really was broken in the presence of God. The Bible study on the Parable of the Seed (Mark 4:26-29) went well too.
Now to preparing my sermon for Sunday in Patos. I value your prayers.
The Patos EAB/ACEV School has started the 2015 school year with 182 children enrolled. PTL!
The EAB magazine (long overdue) edition 84 should be at the printers next week and hopefully in the post to one and all later in February.
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Liz and I travelled to Ibiara today which is a 2 hour trip each way to be present at a baptism of 6 from the EAB/ACEV church there in the local lake. A good group from the church went on a Wednesday morning! Local leader Ben Price baptized 6 including his own teenage son. It all went off very nicely and after the baptisms we had a time of praise and worship followed by a session of questions and answers with the people asking Liz and I a wide range of questions. We then had a nice fellowship meal together.
Whilst I was waiting for the baptisms to start I scoured the area and thought I could see a different sort of duck in the distance as the orange beak was unmistakable and I knew I hadn’t see this bird previously. However I had to concentrate on the baptism and everything that followed. Nevertheless after lunch I took off to see if I could find the orange-billed ducks. They had moved, but I managed to get near enough for a reasonable photo and back in Patos my field guide shows me that I made a first time register on the wiki-aves bird site of the Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis).
We have more torrential rain tonight in Patos – even heavier than last night. However we have no word from Green Pastures.
What a fantastic video we have from yesterday at Green Pastures via the infra-red camera. Wow! The date and time are wrong on the video as I changed the batteries and forgot to re-adjust. https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmedcraft/16253295507/
So Harry has resigned as manager of QPR. He probably made the right decision as it was not working. Let’s see if his replacement can do any better, whoever that will be.
Continue ReadingThe Met. Office’s official rainfall total in Patos last night was 82.8 mm (3.45 inches). PTL! I am now going out to Green Pastures to see the situation there.
Continue ReadingWe have had quite a good amount of rain in Patos tonight. PTL! We sure need it. I don’t know if it has rained at Green Pastures but the fact that Tarcísio’s phone isn’t working points in the right direction!
I have sent all the photos today to Dave Flowers in the UK who is producing the next edition of the EAB magazine ‘InTouch’ – so I’m looking forward to proof reading a PDF version soon. Thanks a lot Dave!
We have had quite a good amount of rain in Patos tonight. PTL! We sure need it. I don’t know if it has rained at Green Pastures but the fact that Tarcísio’s phone isn’t working points in the right direction!
I have sent all the photos today to Dave Flowers in the UK who is producing the next edition of the EAB magazine ‘InTouch’ – so I’m looking forward to proof reading a PDF version soon. Thanks a lot Dave!
Last night in church the folk had prepared this little photo show video about my ministry in commemoration of my birthday. I know it’s in Portuguese, but there are lots of photos which I am sure will give you the gist. It was very sweet of the church. https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=4CFADD9F2E10EDA5&authkey=%21AD-h5xerIsTCDk4
Continue ReadingLast night in church the folk had prepared this little photo show video about my ministry in commemoration of my birthday. I know it’s in Portuguese, but there are lots of photos which I am sure will give you the gist. It was very sweet of the church. https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=4CFADD9F2E10EDA5&authkey=%21AD-h5xerIsTCDk4
Continue ReadingLast night in church the folk had prepared this little photo show video about my ministry in commemoration of my birthday. I know it’s in Portuguese, but there are lots of photos which I am sure will give you the gist. It was very sweet of the church. https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=4CFADD9F2E10EDA5&authkey=%21AD-h5xerIsTCDk4
Continue Reading2 Patos church babies have been born overnight! Jordan & Jordanya now have Miguel as a brother to João Pedro – born not long before midnight! Denis & Andréa now have Ayrla as a sister to Ayrton – born early this morning! Andréa was in church last night and we prayed for her! That’s the way I like mothers to be!
We are getting so much positive feedback from last night’s service in Patos. Wonderful! It was a great night in God’s presence.
2 Patos church babies have been born overnight! Jordan & Jordanya now have Miguel as a brother to João Pedro – born not long before midnight! Denis & Andréa now have Ayrla as a sister to Ayrton – born early this morning! Andréa was in church last night and we prayed for her! That’s the way I like mothers to be!
We are getting so much positive feedback from last night’s service in Patos. Wonderful! It was a great night in God’s presence.
I am home after a great communion service – church packed out – lots of visitors – some decisions at the end and 5 others asked for baptism at Easter. PTL! Sermon flowed like a river. It was a really encouraging night.
Liz is still not home as she’s trying to sort some medicine out for Arthur who has some sort of itchy allergy problem driving him crazy and no doctor available as far as I know.
I have just received the news that I remain top of the QPR prediction League! No doubt I will be inundated by requests for tips from a variety of Premiership managers and owners with the transfer window closing tomorrow night. These are problems that come with fame I guess! This coming Saturday we face Southampton at home so what should I forecast? I’ll have to give this some careful thought!
I concluded the preparation of my sermon for tonight’s communion service in the Patos church during the morning. I started the preparation on my birthday yesterday. I am ready to roll on the subject of the ‘edification or building up’ of the church as part of my review of our church’s vision.
I have just received the news that I remain top of the QPR prediction League! No doubt I will be inundated by requests for tips from a variety of Premiership managers and owners with the transfer window closing tomorrow night. These are problems that come with fame I guess! This coming Saturday we face Southampton at home so what should I forecast? I’ll have to give this some careful thought!
I concluded the preparation of my sermon for tonight’s communion service in the Patos church during the morning. I started the preparation on my birthday yesterday. I am ready to roll on the subject of the ‘edification or building up’ of the church as part of my review of our church’s vision.
This is how the EAB Board of trustees saw me yesterday during the meeting. I could only hear the log fire crackling but I couldn’t see it!
This is the EAB Board having a meal together after the meeting. On the left starting nearest the camera are: Beryl (treasurer), empty chair belongs to Marian taking the photo, Roy (chairman), Jean. On the right: Neil, Mary, Lisa and David.
Praise God for EAB’s faithful Board of Trustees and pray for them as they seek to maintain and expand interest in God’s work in NE Brazil with EAB. Pray too for our magazine editor and producer Dave Flowers who will soon be releasing a new edition of EAB’s magazine ‘InTouch’. Also pray for Pauline and Adrian Pennels taking up the reins of the EAB Action Child programme after many years being led by Sallie Irish. We are very grateful to Sallie for her long years of faithful service.
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This is how the EAB Board of trustees saw me yesterday during the meeting. I could only hear the log fire crackling but I couldn’t see it!
This is the EAB Board having a meal together after the meeting. On the left starting nearest the camera are: Beryl (treasurer), empty chair belongs to Marian taking the photo, Roy (chairman), Jean. On the right: Neil, Mary, Lisa and David.
Praise God for EAB’s faithful Board of Trustees and pray for them as they seek to maintain and expand interest in God’s work in NE Brazil with EAB. Pray too for our magazine editor and producer Dave Flowers who will soon be releasing a new edition of EAB’s magazine ‘InTouch’. Also pray for Pauline and Adrian Pennels taking up the reins of the EAB Action Child programme after many years being led by Sallie Irish. We are very grateful to Sallie for her long years of faithful service.
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Today I reached the ripe old age of 66 and celebrated it by attending an EAB Board meeting via Skype in which the members cut my birthday cake and ate it whilst I watched! The meeting was very good.
The main point of the meeting was to define that as from this year the EAB Action Child Schools will focus on primary education with intake at nursery and year 1 levels with children studying with EAB’s school programme through to the end of year 5. Everything else stays as it was. The defined goals of the programme are:
Current sponsors should consult EAB’s UK Action Child team now led by Pauline Pennels or speak to the EAB UK Chairman Roy Dyer so as to understand their options in this transitional year of 2015.
I now await the QPR match at Stoke. Surely QPR won’t lose again on my birthday!? I have predicted a 1 x 1 draw at both half-time and full-time.
Today I reached the ripe old age of 66 and celebrated it by attending an EAB Board meeting via Skype in which the members cut my birthday cake and ate it whilst I watched! The meeting was very good.
The main point of the meeting was to define that as from this year the EAB Action Child Schools will focus on primary education with intake at nursery and year 1 levels with children studying with EAB’s school programme through to the end of year 5. Everything else stays as it was. The defined goals of the programme are:
Current sponsors should consult EAB’s UK Action Child team now led by Pauline Pennels or speak to the EAB UK Chairman Roy Dyer so as to understand their options in this transitional year of 2015.
I now await the QPR match at Stoke. Surely QPR won’t lose again on my birthday!? I have predicted a 1 x 1 draw at both half-time and full-time.
I am writing this with Liz threatening me to go without lunch if I don’t get to the table right now! Help!
My week has been a mad rush like this with journies to Conceição and the State of Ceará. Exhasting but great. I met up with Pr, Márcio of the new Nova Olinda church whilst there. I had great fellowship with my Baptist pastor friend Fred.
The problem is when I travel that the backlog of work is gigantic – but I have to get away sometimes!
The newly expanded Green Pastures Nature Reserve was measured by GPS this morning. Wonderful! The bird singing this morning was gloriously deafening!
Last night’s service in the Patos church was wonderful. I am now off with Liz to an Action Child leadership meeting. I value your prayers at all times.
I am writing this with Liz threatening me to go without lunch if I don’t get to the table right now! Help!
My week has been a mad rush like this with journies to Conceição and the State of Ceará. Exhasting but great. I met up with Pr, Márcio of the new Nova Olinda church whilst there. I had great fellowship with my Baptist pastor friend Fred.
The problem is when I travel that the backlog of work is gigantic – but I have to get away sometimes!
The newly expanded Green Pastures Nature Reserve was measured by GPS this morning. Wonderful! The bird singing this morning was gloriously deafening!
Last night’s service in the Patos church was wonderful. I am now off with Liz to an Action Child leadership meeting. I value your prayers at all times.
Philip is safely in India – hopefully asleep now as they are five and a half hours ahead of GMT. Sacha continues in Recife going into the final week of her course. Deborah is in João Pessoa with her sons and we are in Patos. Louisa is just off to the band practice as the service starts in two and a half hours time.
I will be leading the service this evening, dedicating a baby and preaching on our church’s vision concerning being a worshipping church.
I have just realized that with Clayton away in João Pessoa (who normally does the visual aids stuff for the service – songs etc. for the big screen) and Philip in Mumbai who can also do it as a back up – we have nobody to do this. Help! Clayton has put it all together and will send it to me via email. Now trying to find someone to install it all in the church computer.
Just received news from someone who is going to send some financial help for the Carnival Camp. Many thanks indeed!
Philip is safely in India – hopefully asleep now as they are five and a half hours ahead of GMT. Sacha continues in Recife going into the final week of her course. Deborah is in João Pessoa with her sons and we are in Patos. Louisa is just off to the band practice as the service starts in two and a half hours time.
I will be leading the service this evening, dedicating a baby and preaching on our church’s vision concerning being a worshipping church.
I have just realized that with Clayton away in João Pessoa (who normally does the visual aids stuff for the service – songs etc. for the big screen) and Philip in Mumbai who can also do it as a back up – we have nobody to do this. Help! Clayton has put it all together and will send it to me via email. Now trying to find someone to install it all in the church computer.
Just received news from someone who is going to send some financial help for the Carnival Camp. Many thanks indeed!
