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 October 12th is both Children’s Day and that of the national patron saint. As we don’t believe in patron saints we of course concentrate on Children’s Day. Hence Saturday afternoon saw the Patos church packed out to capacity with joyful children praising the Lord and learning Bible stories about Jesus. I have seen many videos which are lovely! A parallel service was held at Green Pastures with the same joy in praising the Lord.

Yesterday we left Basingstoke for the city of Bristol which has a population of half a million people. We arrived at the Ivy church before anyone else an hour early! The service was lovely with Philip singing before I spoke. Afterwards we had a lovely lunch with Pastor Phil Watkins and his Irish wife Shirley before going on to the Bristol Pentecostal Holiness Church for a fellowship tea followed by a beautiful service at which I again spoke. It was nice to meet their new pastor and family from the USA.

What was especially good about our visit to Bristol on top of everything else was the presence of friends from Wales from Bridgend and Swansea.

I have seen here on Brazilian Globo TV the programme ‘Altas Horas’ with the participation of our friend and evangelical Christian singer Kleber Lucas together with the famous singer Caetano Veloso. It was beautiful hearing them singing ‘Deus cuida de mim’ (God cares for me).

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 It is nice to be back in Basingstoke after spending a week in London. Today we had a nice family get-together of Liz’s brother David and sisters Esther and Eunice. Also at the gathering was Phillip, the son of David, plus his partner Emma whom we met for the first time together with her daughter Lily, as well as Megan who is Phillip’s daughter. We found Emma and Lily charming. Everyone else we had met before.

We travel tomorrow morning for 2 ministry opportunities in Bristol which is just under a 2-hour drive west of Basingstoke. 

News from Brazil says that the police now know that all the poisonings of people with adulterated alcoholic drinks by methanol was bought at petrol stations, because in Brazil methanol is an alternative as a fuel in the place of petrol.

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 It is nice to be back in Basingstoke after spending a week in London. Today we had a nice family get-together of Liz’s brother David and sisters Esther and Eunice. Also at the gathering was Phillip, the son of David, plus his partner Emma whom we met for the first time together with her daughter Lily, as well as Megan who is Phillip’s daughter. We found Emma and Lily charming. Everyone else we had met before.

We travel tomorrow morning for 2 ministry opportunities in Bristol which is just under a 2-hour drive west of Basingstoke. 

News from Brazil says that the police now know that all the poisonings of people with adulterated alcoholic drinks by methanol was bought at petrol stations, because in Brazil methanol is an alternative as a fuel in the place of petrol.

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 It is nice to be back in Basingstoke after spending a week in London. Today we had a nice family get-together of Liz’s brother David and sisters Esther and Eunice. Also at the gathering was Phillip, the son of David, plus his partner Emma whom we met for the first time together with her daughter Lily, as well as Megan who is Phillip’s daughter. We found Emma and Lily charming. Everyone else we had met before.

We travel tomorrow morning for 2 ministry opportunities in Bristol which is just under a 2-hour drive west of Basingstoke. 

News from Brazil says that the police now know that all the poisonings of people with adulterated alcoholic drinks by methanol was bought at petrol stations, because in Brazil methanol is an alternative as a fuel in the place of petrol.

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Amaziah came to the throne of Judah aged 25 and he reigned for 29 years being half-hearted in the things of God, and he executed those who had murdered his father.

Then King Amaziah gathered an army from Judah of 300,000 men in order to go to war against the Edomites (the men of Seir). He added to them 100,000 men which he hired from Israel to the tune of 3.4 tons of silver! However a man of God told Amaziah to send the Israelites home because God was not with them, and this he did reluctantly in the light of the heavy loss involved, and the men from Ephraim were livid at being sent home.

Then Amaziah attacked the Edomites and killed 10,000 of them before he killed another 10,000 by pushing them off a cliff! Meanwhile the redundant Israelites caused a lot of trouble in Judah raiding towns, killing 3,000 people and seizing great quantities of plunder. However strangely after defeating the Edomites he started worshipping their gods which angered the Lord a lot, and he sent a prophet to tell him that he would be destroyed. 

Tensions always existed between Israel and Judah, and stupidly  Amaziah of Judah challenged Israel’s king’s son to a battle. King Jehoash of Israel replied comparing himself to a cedar tree whilst comparing Amaziah to a thistle bush, telling him that just because he had beaten the Edomites he was now arrogant and proud, and he laughed off the challenge. However Amaziah insisted on a battle which he lost completely and Jerusalem was plundered. Some years later Amaziah was killed. 

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Joash reigned as king of Judah for 40 years and whilst priest Jehoiada was alive Joash lived correctly before God and Jehoiada chose him 2 wives. Then Joash decided to restore the temple and instructed the Levites and priests to collect the temple tax to this end, but they heard but didn’t act, and the damage caused by Athaliah’s sons remained. So the king placed a collection chest at the gate of the temple to collect the temple tax and the people gave gladly to the Lord. With this income the workers were paid to repair the temple and they repaired the temple according to its original design and all the temple’s articles were restored. Thus as long as Jehoiada was alive burnt offerings were presented before God, but things changed once he died at the age of 130. 

Then the temple was abandoned, God was forgotten and Asherah poles and idols were worshipped. So the spirit of God came upon Jehoiada’s son Zechariah who declared that because Joash had forsaken God he had forsaken Joash, so they stoned the prophet to death. Hence the Aramean army came with a few men, killed Joash, invaded Jerusalem and Judah and killed all the leaders. Amaziah, Joash’s son, succeeded him as king.

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Joash reigned as king of Judah for 40 years and whilst priest Jehoiada was alive Joash lived correctly before God and Jehoiada chose him 2 wives. Then Joash decided to restore the temple and instructed the Levites and priests to collect the temple tax to this end, but they heard but didn’t act, and the damage caused by Athaliah’s sons remained. So the king placed a collection chest at the gate of the temple to collect the temple tax and the people gave gladly to the Lord. With this income the workers were paid to repair the temple and they repaired the temple according to its original design and all the temple’s articles were restored. Thus as long as Jehoiada was alive burnt offerings were presented before God, but things changed once he died at the age of 130. 

Then the temple was abandoned, God was forgotten and Asherah poles and idols were worshipped. So the spirit of God came upon Jehoiada’s son Zechariah who declared that because Joash had forsaken God he had forsaken Joash, so they stoned the prophet to death. Hence the Aramean army came with a few men, killed Joash, invaded Jerusalem and Judah and killed all the leaders. Amaziah, Joash’s son, succeeded him as king.

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The parallel to this chapter is 2 Kings 11. Priest Jehoiada and his wife Jehosheba had custody of young 7-year-old Joash who was the only surviving son of the late King Ahaziah of Judah. He survived the massacre of his brothers by queen Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah and was kept safe in hiding.

When Joash was 7 Priest Jehoiada made alliances with different commanders and heads of families so as to depose Athaliah from leadership of Judah and install the young Joash as the rightful heir to the throne. They brought Joash to the temple, crowned him king, gave him a copy of the covenant and shouted long live the king! When the wicked Athaliah saw what was happening she tore her robes shouting treason, but the troops put her to death. Then the king and all the people made a commitment to the Lord and went and tore down the temple of Baal smashing the altars and idols and killing priest Mattan of Baal. Then Priest Jehoiada placed the oversight of the temple into the hand of the Levite priests. They then took Joash from the temple and placed him on the throne in the palace and the people rejoiced because they were free of Athaliah and that Joash was king.

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 After last Sunday’s service at Devizes I spoke with a couple from the village of Durrington 2 miles from Stonehenge. This couple are EAB school sponsors and were child sponsors in the early days of EAB child sponsorship. They asked me if I could give them a sort of update on how their sponsored boy is today aged 26. So I traced the boy (now man) to Juru and asked the EAB/ACEV pastor Esequias there to find out how he was. By Tuesday I already had a lovely letter with photos from the ex-sponsored boy and I translated it for the couple. It was great to learn that the ex-sponsored man is doing very well, is very happy with a nice girlfriend, has a job as a personal trainer in a gym, and still has the letters and gifts received as a child from his sponsors of which he sent photos! We thank God for EAB school/child sponsors who really make a difference in poor children’s lives.  

Please put Saturday, October 25th at 6 pm in your diary when we will be holding EAB’s 87th annual AGM, tea (6 pm) and celebration (7 pm). Liz and I will be speaking about other aspects of EAB’s work than what we are talking about around the churches. The event will be as usual at the Lighthouse Community Church, Hardley, near Southampton. SO45 3NZ.

The latest edition #104 of the EAB biannual magazine InTouch will be with you by post in the coming weeks, but it is already available on our website at www.eabrazil.org . Our thanks again to Dave Flowers and Marian Rashleigh for their excellent work in producing another edition. 

Yesterday Liz enjoyed a lovely day in the centre of London with her sisters Eunice and Esther. I stayed in Harrow with my brother-in-law Jon as somebody has to hold the fort and do the work! 😜

I have started reading book number 9 in the Blitz Detective series by my friend Mike Hollow. This edition, kindly given to me by my sister Jean, is called the Soho Murder.

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 After last Sunday’s service at Devizes I spoke with a couple from the village of Durrington 2 miles from Stonehenge. This couple are EAB school sponsors and were child sponsors in the early days of EAB child sponsorship. They asked me if I could give them a sort of update on how their sponsored boy is today aged 26. So I traced the boy (now man) to Juru and asked the EAB/ACEV pastor Esequias there to find out how he was. By Tuesday I already had a lovely letter with photos from the ex-sponsored boy and I translated it for the couple. It was great to learn that the ex-sponsored man is doing very well, is very happy with a nice girlfriend, has a job as a personal trainer in a gym, and still has the letters and gifts received as a child from his sponsors of which he sent photos! We thank God for EAB school/child sponsors who really make a difference in poor children’s lives.  

Please put Saturday, October 25th at 6 pm in your diary when we will be holding EAB’s 87th annual AGM, tea (6 pm) and celebration (7 pm). Liz and I will be speaking about other aspects of EAB’s work than what we are talking about around the churches. The event will be as usual at the Lighthouse Community Church, Hardley, near Southampton. SO45 3NZ.

The latest edition #104 of the EAB biannual magazine InTouch will be with you by post in the coming weeks, but it is already available on our website at www.eabrazil.org . Our thanks again to Dave Flowers and Marian Rashleigh for their excellent work in producing another edition. 

Yesterday Liz enjoyed a lovely day in the centre of London with her sisters Eunice and Esther. I stayed in Harrow with my brother-in-law Jon as somebody has to hold the fort and do the work! 😜

I have started reading book number 9 in the Blitz Detective series by my friend Mike Hollow. This edition, kindly given to me by my sister Jean, is called the Soho Murder.

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 After last Sunday’s service at Devizes I spoke with a couple from the village of Durrington 2 miles from Stonehenge. This couple are EAB school sponsors and were child sponsors in the early days of EAB child sponsorship. They asked me if I could give them a sort of update on how their sponsored boy is today aged 26. So I traced the boy (now man) to Juru and asked the EAB/ACEV pastor Esequias there to find out how he was. By Tuesday I already had a lovely letter with photos from the ex-sponsored boy and I translated it for the couple. It was great to learn that the ex-sponsored man is doing very well, is very happy with a nice girlfriend, has a job as a personal trainer in a gym, and still has the letters and gifts received as a child from his sponsors of which he sent photos! We thank God for EAB school/child sponsors who really make a difference in poor children’s lives.  

Please put Saturday, October 25th at 6 pm in your diary when we will be holding EAB’s 87th annual AGM, tea (6 pm) and celebration (7 pm). Liz and I will be speaking about other aspects of EAB’s work than what we are talking about around the churches. The event will be as usual at the Lighthouse Community Church, Hardley, near Southampton. SO45 3NZ.

The latest edition #104 of the EAB biannual magazine InTouch will be with you by post in the coming weeks, but it is already available on our website at www.eabrazil.org . Our thanks again to Dave Flowers and Marian Rashleigh for their excellent work in producing another edition. 

Yesterday Liz enjoyed a lovely day in the centre of London with her sisters Eunice and Esther. I stayed in Harrow with my brother-in-law Jon as somebody has to hold the fort and do the work! 😜

I have started reading book number 9 in the Blitz Detective series by my friend Mike Hollow. This edition, kindly given to me by my sister Jean, is called the Soho Murder.

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Ahaziah, Jehoram’s youngest son, succeeded his father as king as he was his only surviving son, and he reigned for a year. He followed the evil pathway of Ahab doing evil in the sight of the Lord. Ahaziah went to visit Joram son of Ahab, and he was captured at Samaria where he was put to death. When Ahaziah’s mother found out about her son’s killing she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family of the house of Judah. Only one child escaped death and that was Joash the son of Ahaziah who was hidden away at the temple for 6 years. 

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Jehoshaphat was buried in Jerusalem and his son Jehoram succeeded him as king as his first born of 6 sons. Once well established in the throne he murdered all his brothers and some officials of Israel. He married a daughter of Ahab and did evil before God as did Ahab. 

Times of trouble evolved with rebellion by the Edomites and revolt by Libnah. Jehoram also built pagan high places and led the people into prostitution. (It is clear to me that the repeated attraction of falling into paganism by the people of Israel/Judah had a lot to do with sex) 

Then Elijah sent Jehoram a letter condemning his evil ways taking the people into prostitution and murdering his own brothers. He told him that God would now target Jehoram’s family as a consequence and also give him an incurable bowel disease! So the Philistines attacked Judah and kidnapped all his family, and Jehoram’s bowel disease got steadily worse till be died with it in great pain. Jehoram reigned for 8 years and died to no one’s regret.

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 Jehoshaphat now was faced with a possible invasion from the Moabites and Ammonites which made up a vast army. So he did what was right, consulted God as to what to do and proclaimed a fast for all Judah. Then before the general assembly of Judah King Jehoshaphat cried out to God in his distress beseeching him to hear them and save them. Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel and he told the people not to be afraid of the vast army because ‘the battle is not yours but is the Lord’s!’ He told Judah to face the enemy the following day and he would be with them. So Jehoshaphat appointed men to sing to the Lord and praise him for the splendour of his holiness saying: ‘Give thanks to the Lord, for his love endures forever’. As they began to sing and praise, the Lord set ambushes against the invaders and they panicked into fighting and killing each other! When the men of Judah looked at the enemy all they saw were dead bodies. They then proceeded to retrieve the plunder which took them 3 days to do, and everyone returned joyful to Jerusalem where they praised God in the temple. 

So Jehoshaphat came to the end of his 25-year reign at the age of 60 and he had largely done what was right in the eyes of the Lord. However before he died Jehoshaphat made an alliance with king Ahaziah of Israel whose ways were wicked. They made a trading fleet of ships together but God caused them to be wrecked before they set sail because of the alliance with wickedness.

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King Jehoshaphat of Judah was criticized for his alliance with the wicked Ahab, but this reprimand was reduced in severity because on the other hand he had combatted paganism and had set his heart on seeking God.

Then Jehoshaphat appointed judges in the fortified cities of Judah to judge carefully without injustice, partiality or bribery. In Jerusalem he appointed Levites, priests and heads of families to also judge faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the Lord. He also appointed chief priest Amariah to rule in all cases concerning the Lord and Zebadiah to be over any matter concerning the king.

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King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an unholy alliance with King Ahab of Israel and Ahab asked if Jehoshaphat would go with him in war against Ramoth Gilead. Jehoshaphat answered that first they should seek the counsel of God. So Ahab consulted 400 prophets who contaminated by a deceiving spirit all guaranteed victory in the battle. Jehoshaphat questioned the prophecy in unison so Ahab begrudgingly spoke to one further prophet named Micaiah whom he said he didn’t like because he never prophesied positively in his direction. Micaiah, the prophet of the Lord, prophesied the death of Ahab in battle and the scattering of Israel’s army, but he was not heeded and Ahab and Jehoshaphat went ahead to Ramoth Gilead. However Ahab disguised himself going into battle, but a random arrow had a direct hit on Ahaz between his breastplate and armour and by sunset he was dead.

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King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an unholy alliance with King Ahab of Israel and Ahab asked if Jehoshaphat would go with him in war against Ramoth Gilead. Jehoshaphat answered that first they should seek the counsel of God. So Ahab consulted 400 prophets who contaminated by a deceiving spirit all guaranteed victory in the battle. Jehoshaphat questioned the prophecy in unison so Ahab begrudgingly spoke to one further prophet named Micaiah whom he said he didn’t like because he never prophesied positively in his direction. Micaiah, the prophet of the Lord, prophesied the death of Ahab in battle and the scattering of Israel’s army, but he was not heeded and Ahab and Jehoshaphat went ahead to Ramoth Gilead. However Ahab disguised himself going into battle, but a random arrow had a direct hit on Ahaz between his breastplate and armour and by sunset he was dead.

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On Sunday we ministered at the church in Devizes, Wiltshire where David Fiddy (ex football referee!) is the pastor and he didn’t give us a red card! The service was lovely. A real blessing. After the service David’s wife Margaret served us a delicious meal at their home together with their children Nathanael and Bethany.

Thanks to Deaconess Deborah Maria, Deacon Dedé and Brother Roberto Tiburtino for their kind comments on this blog. Please remember that if you don’t post your name I have no way of knowing who wrote. Last week someone wrote in England a comment (I deduced this from the wording) but I don’t have a clue who it was which is a pity. 

It is getting gradually colder in England so Brazilian readers will be interested to read that when I go out I wear a vest, a shirt, a thick cardigan and a thick coat! 4 layers of clothing to protect from the cold!

This week we are in London at Liz’s sister Eunice’s house and her husband Jon. On Sunday we will be in Bristol ministering at 10:30 am at the Bristol Ivy Church (BS6 5JD) and ministering at 5 pm at the Bristol Pentecostal Holiness Church (BS10 6EA). Please be at one of these venues if you can!

The Brazilian contaminated alcoholic drinks crisis grows with 225 cases under investigation and 16 of these cases have thus far been confirmed. Drinks contaminated with Methanol (cheap alcohol) sell for half normal prices and makers of legitimate alcoholic drinks fear the government will end up banning all sales so as to contain the growing crisis which is killing people.

We will be leaving the UK a month today and returning to Brazil.

On Sunday I saw 3 Red Kites. 

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On Sunday we ministered at the church in Devizes, Wiltshire where David Fiddy (ex football referee!) is the pastor and he didn’t give us a red card! The service was lovely. A real blessing. After the service David’s wife Margaret served us a delicious meal at their home together with their children Nathanael and Bethany.

Thanks to Deaconess Deborah Maria, Deacon Dedé and Brother Roberto Tiburtino for their kind comments on this blog. Please remember that if you don’t post your name I have no way of knowing who wrote. Last week someone wrote in England a comment (I deduced this from the wording) but I don’t have a clue who it was which is a pity. 

It is getting gradually colder in England so Brazilian readers will be interested to read that when I go out I wear a vest, a shirt, a thick cardigan and a thick coat! 4 layers of clothing to protect from the cold!

This week we are in London at Liz’s sister Eunice’s house and her husband Jon. On Sunday we will be in Bristol ministering at 10:30 am at the Bristol Ivy Church (BS6 5JD) and ministering at 5 pm at the Bristol Pentecostal Holiness Church (BS10 6EA). Please be at one of these venues if you can!

The Brazilian contaminated alcoholic drinks crisis grows with 225 cases under investigation and 16 of these cases have thus far been confirmed. Drinks contaminated with Methanol (cheap alcohol) sell for half normal prices and makers of legitimate alcoholic drinks fear the government will end up banning all sales so as to contain the growing crisis which is killing people.

We will be leaving the UK a month today and returning to Brazil.

On Sunday I saw 3 Red Kites. 

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 EAB’s commitment to north-east Brazil (the poorest and most needy region) is 87 years old since our founders Albert and Daisy Mundy landed at Recife docks on September 2nd 1938. From there the Mundys headed for the interior of the State of Paraiba so as “to go where nobody else wanted to go!” It is a hot area of annual severe droughts where there is great need of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word (evangelism, church planting, Bible teaching, training leadership) and deed (drilling wells, running schools, building toilets, setting up chicken runs and market gardens) for the glory of God. You can help support EAB by donating at https://www.justgiving.com/evangelicalactionbrazil/donate

On Friday we went out for a lovely meal to celebrate Isla’s 7th birthday. Isla is the daughter of our niece Lisa and granddaughter of my sister Jean.

Yesterday we visited the grave of my parents. My Father died in 2002 on a visit to Patos and my Mother died in 2017 in Basingstoke. We also visited our niece Sarah’s grave.

I went to a milkshake shop with my grandson Lucas which sells 180 types of milkshake! I tried one but I didn’t like it.

QPR won against Bristol City yesterday coming from behind to win away from Loftus Road 2 x 1. This means QPR are undefeated in 6 consecutive matches with 4 wins and 2 draws, and are now 6th in the Championship which is in the playoffs section. I hope they keep this up for when I see them play Ipswich on November 1st together with my son Philip and grandson Lucas.

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 EAB’s commitment to north-east Brazil (the poorest and most needy region) is 87 years old since our founders Albert and Daisy Mundy landed at Recife docks on September 2nd 1938. From there the Mundys headed for the interior of the State of Paraiba so as “to go where nobody else wanted to go!” It is a hot area of annual severe droughts where there is great need of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word (evangelism, church planting, Bible teaching, training leadership) and deed (drilling wells, running schools, building toilets, setting up chicken runs and market gardens) for the glory of God. You can help support EAB by donating at https://www.justgiving.com/evangelicalactionbrazil/donate

On Friday we went out for a lovely meal to celebrate Isla’s 7th birthday. Isla is the daughter of our niece Lisa and granddaughter of my sister Jean.

Yesterday we visited the grave of my parents. My Father died in 2002 on a visit to Patos and my Mother died in 2017 in Basingstoke. We also visited our niece Sarah’s grave.

I went to a milkshake shop with my grandson Lucas which sells 180 types of milkshake! I tried one but I didn’t like it.

QPR won against Bristol City yesterday coming from behind to win away from Loftus Road 2 x 1. This means QPR are undefeated in 6 consecutive matches with 4 wins and 2 draws, and are now 6th in the Championship which is in the playoffs section. I hope they keep this up for when I see them play Ipswich on November 1st together with my son Philip and grandson Lucas.

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 EAB’s commitment to north-east Brazil (the poorest and most needy region) is 87 years old since our founders Albert and Daisy Mundy landed at Recife docks on September 2nd 1938. From there the Mundys headed for the interior of the State of Paraiba so as “to go where nobody else wanted to go!” It is a hot area of annual severe droughts where there is great need of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in word (evangelism, church planting, Bible teaching, training leadership) and deed (drilling wells, running schools, building toilets, setting up chicken runs and market gardens) for the glory of God. You can help support EAB by donating at https://www.justgiving.com/evangelicalactionbrazil/donate

On Friday we went out for a lovely meal to celebrate Isla’s 7th birthday. Isla is the daughter of our niece Lisa and granddaughter of my sister Jean.

Yesterday we visited the grave of my parents. My Father died in 2002 on a visit to Patos and my Mother died in 2017 in Basingstoke. We also visited our niece Sarah’s grave.

I went to a milkshake shop with my grandson Lucas which sells 180 types of milkshake! I tried one but I didn’t like it.

QPR won against Bristol City yesterday coming from behind to win away from Loftus Road 2 x 1. This means QPR are undefeated in 6 consecutive matches with 4 wins and 2 draws, and are now 6th in the Championship which is in the playoffs section. I hope they keep this up for when I see them play Ipswich on November 1st together with my son Philip and grandson Lucas.

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 Jehoshaphat succeeded his father Asa as king of Judah and he strengthened himself against Israel stationing troops in all the fortified cities. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he sought God and was devoted to the Lord, not consulting the Baals and removing the high places and the Asherah poles. In the 3rd year of his reign Jehoshaphat sent officials to teach in Judah together with some Levites and priests. They went round Judah teaching the people with the Book of the Law of the Lord. The fear of God came upon the surrounding kingdoms and they never went to war against Jehoshaphat, some Philistines brought gold and silver as tribute, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats as Jehoshaphat became increasingly more powerful.  He kept experienced fighting men in Jerusalem. 

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 Jehoshaphat succeeded his father Asa as king of Judah and he strengthened himself against Israel stationing troops in all the fortified cities. The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he sought God and was devoted to the Lord, not consulting the Baals and removing the high places and the Asherah poles. In the 3rd year of his reign Jehoshaphat sent officials to teach in Judah together with some Levites and priests. They went round Judah teaching the people with the Book of the Law of the Lord. The fear of God came upon the surrounding kingdoms and they never went to war against Jehoshaphat, some Philistines brought gold and silver as tribute, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats as Jehoshaphat became increasingly more powerful.  He kept experienced fighting men in Jerusalem. 

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In the 36th year of Asa’s reign king Baasha of Israel came up against Judah, so Asa sent gold and silver to king Ben-Hadad of Aran asking him to relinquish his alliance with Israel and form an alliance with Judah. Ben-Hadad agreed to this and sent the commanders of his forces against the towns of Israel causing Baasha to give up his plans and work against Judah. Then the prophet Hanani rebuked Asa for having put his trust in a human alliance with Ben-Hadad rather than depending upon God as he had done against the Cushites. For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him. God therefore said that Asa had been foolish and would now be at war as a consequence. Then Asa contracted a foot disease for which he never sought God’s help and in his 41st year he died. 

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Our 15-year-old granddaughter Beatriz (Bia) is undergoing a series of tests for allergies after a recent serious incident. Thus far she has been shown to be seriously allergic to cats’ fur, corn on the cob and melon.

A little boy aged five was found wandering near an overturned car at Garanhuns, north-east Brazil, with his dead parents in the car and a dead horse nearby which clearly the car had hit. The little boy is fine. The death toll in the alcoholic beverages contaminated with methanol has risen to 5 in São Paulo, with further suspected cases all over Brazil.

Temperatures in Basingstoke today have a low of 7 degrees and a high of 17 degrees. It’s cloudy but without rain.

Thank you Dedé, Orlando, Roberto Tiburtino and Pastor Manoel Oliveira Filho for your recent comments on this blog. 

On Wednesday evening QPR drew again, This time it was at home 0 x 0 against Oxford, leaving them 10th out of 24 in the Championship. To date this season we have won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches.

We went for a nice lunch with my sister and music teacher Jean yesterday in the Basingstoke Shopping Centre.

I have just read in 2 Chronicles 15:7 – “Be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded!” May God bless and encourage you as you read God’s word today.

We are now in the autumn in the UK and all the millions of trees are changing colours with the leaves turning from green to yellow, gold and brown. It is a period of spectacular natural beauty!

This Sunday we will be speaking at the Rock Community Church, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1FE at 10:30 am. Please be there if you can. It will be good to see the pastor David Fiddy (ex football referee!) and family who were with us last year in northeast Brazil on a missions trip.

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Our 15-year-old granddaughter Beatriz (Bia) is undergoing a series of tests for allergies after a recent serious incident. Thus far she has been shown to be seriously allergic to cats’ fur, corn on the cob and melon.

A little boy aged five was found wandering near an overturned car at Garanhuns, north-east Brazil, with his dead parents in the car and a dead horse nearby which clearly the car had hit. The little boy is fine. The death toll in the alcoholic beverages contaminated with methanol has risen to 5 in São Paulo, with further suspected cases all over Brazil.

Temperatures in Basingstoke today have a low of 7 degrees and a high of 17 degrees. It’s cloudy but without rain.

Thank you Dedé, Orlando, Roberto Tiburtino and Pastor Manoel Oliveira Filho for your recent comments on this blog. 

On Wednesday evening QPR drew again, This time it was at home 0 x 0 against Oxford, leaving them 10th out of 24 in the Championship. To date this season we have won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2 matches.

We went for a nice lunch with my sister and music teacher Jean yesterday in the Basingstoke Shopping Centre.

I have just read in 2 Chronicles 15:7 – “Be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded!” May God bless and encourage you as you read God’s word today.

We are now in the autumn in the UK and all the millions of trees are changing colours with the leaves turning from green to yellow, gold and brown. It is a period of spectacular natural beauty!

This Sunday we will be speaking at the Rock Community Church, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1FE at 10:30 am. Please be there if you can. It will be good to see the pastor David Fiddy (ex football referee!) and family who were with us last year in northeast Brazil on a missions trip.

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The Spirit of God came on Azariah and he said to Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you when you are with him! If you forsake him he will forsake you! Be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded. These words encouraged Asa to combat paganism in Judah, and he repaired the altar of the Lord. Then Asa assembled all Judah in Jerusalem and he sacrificed 700 head of cattle plus 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder brought back from the defeat of the Cushites, and the people went into a covenant to seek the Lord with all their heart and soul, but all who refused to enter this covenant were to be put to death. As part of Asa’s reform he even deposed his own grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother because of her bad involvement with pagan Asherah religion. Asa’s heart was fully committed to God throughout his life and there was no more war until the 35th year of Asa’s reign. 

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The Spirit of God came on Azariah and he said to Asa and all Judah and Benjamin: The Lord is with you when you are with him! If you forsake him he will forsake you! Be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded. These words encouraged Asa to combat paganism in Judah, and he repaired the altar of the Lord. Then Asa assembled all Judah in Jerusalem and he sacrificed 700 head of cattle plus 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder brought back from the defeat of the Cushites, and the people went into a covenant to seek the Lord with all their heart and soul, but all who refused to enter this covenant were to be put to death. As part of Asa’s reform he even deposed his own grandmother Maakah from her position as queen mother because of her bad involvement with pagan Asherah religion. Asa’s heart was fully committed to God throughout his life and there was no more war until the 35th year of Asa’s reign. 

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Abijah died and his son Asa succeeded him as king and reigned for 10 peaceful years. Asa lived correctly before God and destroyed all aspects of paganism in Judah whilst also building up its fortified cities. Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah and 280,000 from Benjamin. Then the Cushites marched against Judah with an enormous army including 300 chariots, so Asa called to the Lord for his help saying they relied on God as they faced such a vast army. So the Lord struck down the Cushites and the people of God pursued them as they  fled as far as Gerar killing a great number of them on the way. Thus the men of Judah obtained a great deal of plunder destroying and looting all the villages around Gerar, and capturing droves of sheep, goats and camels.

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Abijah reigned for 3 years as king of Judah and he was engaged in war with Jeroboam of Israel. Abijah’s army was half the size of Jeroboam’s but he made a rousing speech condemning Jeroboam’s rebellion and idolatry and focusing on God’s promise of a Davidic dynasty. Thus God intervened on Judah’s behalf because Judah’s priests were the sons of Aaron and they presented regular burnt offerings and incense to the Lord. Judah was faithful to God but Israel was not, and when the priests blew their trumpets and the men of Judah raised the battle cry God gave the victory to Judah with 500,000 casualties amongst Israel’s men because Judah relied on the Lord. So Jeroboam died but Abijah was very much alive and  married 14 wives with whom he had 22 sons and 16 daughters!    

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Once Rehoboam was well established as king of Judah he and all the nation abandoned God. As a consequence King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem with the support of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites, and they captured the fortified cities of Judah coming as far as Jerusalem. So the prophet Shemaiah told Judah that God had abandoned them because they had abandoned God. The leaders of Judah admitted that God’s action was just and in the light of them humbling themselves God said he would not destroy them but would teach them a lesson by letting them become subject to Shishak. So Shishak plundered all the wealth of the temple and royal palace in Jerusalem, but Rehoboam continued as king of Judah for 17 years although he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord, and there was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam before Rehoboam died and was succeeded by his son Abijah. 

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Once Rehoboam was well established as king of Judah he and all the nation abandoned God. As a consequence King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem with the support of Libyans, Sukkites and Cushites, and they captured the fortified cities of Judah coming as far as Jerusalem. So the prophet Shemaiah told Judah that God had abandoned them because they had abandoned God. The leaders of Judah admitted that God’s action was just and in the light of them humbling themselves God said he would not destroy them but would teach them a lesson by letting them become subject to Shishak. So Shishak plundered all the wealth of the temple and royal palace in Jerusalem, but Rehoboam continued as king of Judah for 17 years although he had not set his heart on seeking the Lord, and there was continual warfare between Rehoboam and Jeroboam before Rehoboam died and was succeeded by his son Abijah. 

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Yesterday Liz dragged me round the shops in Basingstoke and I bought my 2026 diary for 99 p made in Ireland! I also bought 7 pairs of socks for £14 in Marks & Spencer’s which is £1 a sock! I also bought a Sunday best shirt there for £40! That one hurt! 😜

News from Brazil is good. Sunday night’s service in Patos saw a church packed to capacity and richly blessed of God. Monday night’s service at a farmstead in the municipality of São Mamede gathered 35 people to hear the Gospel in the open air. However the drought is biting very hard throughout the interior sertão caatinga of northeast Brazil and the Caroá region’s pastor Valdemy reports that the reservoirs have dried up and if it wasn’t for the EAB/ACEV wells the communities of the region would be totally destroyed and the churches would be decimated!

Last night I watched on TV Liverpool lose 1 x 0 away to Galatasaray with my son who supports Liverpool. It was a boring match far from QPR quality! 

Last month this blog was read 22,599 times. Our thanks and greetings to everyone.

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Yesterday Liz dragged me round the shops in Basingstoke and I bought my 2026 diary for 99 p made in Ireland! I also bought 7 pairs of socks for £14 in Marks & Spencer’s which is £1 a sock! I also bought a Sunday best shirt there for £40! That one hurt! 😜

News from Brazil is good. Sunday night’s service in Patos saw a church packed to capacity and richly blessed of God. Monday night’s service at a farmstead in the municipality of São Mamede gathered 35 people to hear the Gospel in the open air. However the drought is biting very hard throughout the interior sertão caatinga of northeast Brazil and the Caroá region’s pastor Valdemy reports that the reservoirs have dried up and if it wasn’t for the EAB/ACEV wells the communities of the region would be totally destroyed and the churches would be decimated!

Last night I watched on TV Liverpool lose 1 x 0 away to Galatasaray with my son who supports Liverpool. It was a boring match far from QPR quality! 

Last month this blog was read 22,599 times. Our thanks and greetings to everyone.

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We spent a most enjoyable weekend in Scotland visiting the Found Church in Larbert, Falkirk. We flew up on Saturday afternoon from Southampton to Edinburgh and in the evening were taken out for a lovely meal by the senior pastor Stephen Maguire and retiring pastor Michael Rollo. Then yesterday morning we spoke at the church in what was a lovely service. We were then taken out for a most enjoyable lunch by Pastor Stephen, his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Charlotte. Today we were taken for a tasty Scottish breakfast complete with haggis by Pastor Michael Rollo and his wife Diane before flying back down to Southampton from where we caught a train to Basingstoke. Thank you for your prayers. I should just add that today’s flight was again in a small Brazilian-made jet (Embraer 145) seating 50 people and it gives a very smooth flight without a bump!

QPR drew 1 x 1 away to Sheffield Wednesday and continue in 9th position in the Championship.

I have just heard about a tragedy in São Paulo with a 9-year-old boy stabbing to death his 36-year-old mother. How awful! 

2 people have also died in São Paulo as a result of drinking alcoholic beverages contaminated with methanol. 

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