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Poetically personified as a snake, the forces of evil seduced Eve, and then Adam, to disobey God’s command not to eat of the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. Such a fall into disobedience had catastrophic consequences on humanity and they were banished from the garden.   

Poetically personified as a snake, the forces of evil seduced Eve, and then Adam, to disobey God’s command not to eat of the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. Such a fall into disobedience had catastrophic consequences on humanity and they were banished from the garden.   

Poetically personified as a snake, the forces of evil seduced Eve, and then Adam, to disobey God’s command not to eat of the forbidden tree in the Garden of Eden. Such a fall into disobedience had catastrophic consequences on humanity and they were banished from the garden.   

Yesterday I spent a whole long day doing mission administration work. This is part of our routine work which must be done. Everything we do we do for the glory of God.

Last night I travelled with the Patos men’s fellowship to Sao Mamede where I preached on Jesus Christ is Lord (Philippians 2:11)… Lord over nature… Lord over sickness… Lord over death! It was a good service led by Rafael and with Dede leading the praise. Before the service Jose and Marico asked me to go into their house and say a prayer of blessing.

Liz and I visited 85-year-old Judite who is heading south with her daughter to live in the State of Espirito Santo so that she can be looked after. We bid her farewell after reading the Bible and praying with her. She will be greatly missed by our young at heart group.

 God, who had created man, Adam, from the dust of the earth and woman, Eve, from the man’s rib, gave them the job of caring for the Garden of Eden which he had created. God told them they could eat what they liked except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which would cause their death. The couple initially lived happily together as man and wife.

 God, who had created man, Adam, from the dust of the earth and woman, Eve, from the man’s rib, gave them the job of caring for the Garden of Eden which he had created. God told them they could eat what they liked except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which would cause their death. The couple initially lived happily together as man and wife.

At the beginning of all things that we know the eternal God created everything and created the mechanisms for creation to develop and maintain itself. God created sun, moon, planets, stars, mountains, dry land, seas, flora and fauna. God created man and woman as his representatives and administrators of the earth.

I have this dream to write a résumé of the Bible chapter by chapter, and I have decided to start today. I am not sure how far I will get. I am not sure if I will be able to stick at it bit by bit, or whether I will find the time to do it on top of everything else that I have on my plate. But I am going to try. It will be good for my own personal edification and I hope it might be helpful to people. Perhaps it will get people who don’t read the Bible to start reading it to see if my résumé is OK!

Of course writing résumés involves some Bible interpretation and I hope people will be kind to me and bear with me. My résumés will not please everyone, but I hope it will get people to think about God’s Word even if their interpretation is different to mine. So in my next post I will start in the book of Genesis.

There are 1,189 chapters in the Protestant Bible so if I was able to cover a chapter every two days it would take me around 7 years!

I have this dream to write a résumé of the Bible chapter by chapter, and I have decided to start today. I am not sure how far I will get. I am not sure if I will be able to stick at it bit by bit, or whether I will find the time to do it on top of everything else that I have on my plate. But I am going to try. It will be good for my own personal edification and I hope it might be helpful to people. Perhaps it will get people who don’t read the Bible to start reading it to see if my résumé is OK!

Of course writing résumés involves some Bible interpretation and I hope people will be kind to me and bear with me. My résumés will not please everyone, but I hope it will get people to think about God’s Word even if their interpretation is different to mine. So in my next post I will start in the book of Genesis.

There are 1,189 chapters in the Protestant Bible so if I was able to cover a chapter every two days it would take me around 7 years!

A nice walk at Green Pastures revealed Guira Cuckoos, Cactus Parakeets, Chalk-browed Mocking Birds and White-naped Jays. Over the weekend a film crew are making a film at Green Pastures.

QPR drew at home to Millwall 1 x 1 on Saturday and dropped to 14th place in the 24 team Championship. 

Bia (our 14-year-old granddaughter Beatriz) has been playing table-tennis in Recife over the weekend in the national schools championship (over 5,400 teenagers taking part), having been Paraiba State runner up earlier in the year.

On Saturday night Rafael and I took the service at Green Pastures. Nega led the praise very well and there were participations in the service from Marileide, Fabrícia, Fred, Julio and Manoel. It was a lovely service. We saw a Burrowing Owl along the way. 

Last night we had a visiting speaker in Patos. He was Pastor Renilson from our Matureia church and he spoke very well on Ephesians 6:10-20. I led the service.

I led the mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study. Numbers were down by half as probably people were at the fair ground. Vasti returned to singing a solo after her gall bladder surgery and Espedita sang too. Marina led the praise backed by Davi on acoustic guitar. Deborah Maria, Mada, Cleide, Dede, João Moreno and Maria read “my Bible verses” and Pastor Rafael brought the study from Amos 9.

X (formerly Twitter) is back off the air again as the battle between Brazil’s supreme court and Elon Musk continues. X is now threatened with a fine of R$5 million a day (about 720,000 pounds) for every day it is illegally functioning in Brazil.

Brazil is considering introducing ‘Brazilian summer time’ to economize electricity, but it would not start until after the elections for mayors and councillors on October 6th because it would be an unpopular move. The last time they tried it it was chaos and they soon abandoned it. It would mean that Brazil would only be 2 hours behind the UK in the winter. At the moment we are 4 hours behind BST.

The whole of Brazil is in the midst of severe drought with many accompanying massive forest fires. The usually very wet Amazon rain forest region unbelievably has drought and the forest burns in large areas. Please pray.

I led the mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study. Numbers were down by half as probably people were at the fair ground. Vasti returned to singing a solo after her gall bladder surgery and Espedita sang too. Marina led the praise backed by Davi on acoustic guitar. Deborah Maria, Mada, Cleide, Dede, João Moreno and Maria read “my Bible verses” and Pastor Rafael brought the study from Amos 9.

X (formerly Twitter) is back off the air again as the battle between Brazil’s supreme court and Elon Musk continues. X is now threatened with a fine of R$5 million a day (about 720,000 pounds) for every day it is illegally functioning in Brazil.

Brazil is considering introducing ‘Brazilian summer time’ to economize electricity, but it would not start until after the elections for mayors and councillors on October 6th because it would be an unpopular move. The last time they tried it it was chaos and they soon abandoned it. It would mean that Brazil would only be 2 hours behind the UK in the winter. At the moment we are 4 hours behind BST.

The whole of Brazil is in the midst of severe drought with many accompanying massive forest fires. The usually very wet Amazon rain forest region unbelievably has drought and the forest burns in large areas. Please pray.

X (formerly Twitter) is back in Brazil having been banned since August 31st by the Supreme Court. Elon Musk has found a technical way round it being blocked, although it does not seem to be working properly. It seems like a technological battle is under way. 

I have been preparing my sermon for Imaculada’s 40th anniversary service on the 29th. They have asked me to preach on ‘The mission carries on’ based on Mark 16:15-20. 

QPR have sadly been knocked out in the 3rd round of the League Cup. They lost at home 2 x 1 to premiership side Crystal Palace. The winning goal was ironically scored by England player Eze who QPR sold to Crystal Palace in 2020.

Yesterday was our son Philip and Gylmara’s 25th wedding anniversary. Many congratulations to them!

Today is our grandson John David’s 23rd birthday. He will graduate from university next May as a medical doctor.

X (formerly Twitter) is back in Brazil having been banned since August 31st by the Supreme Court. Elon Musk has found a technical way round it being blocked, although it does not seem to be working properly. It seems like a technological battle is under way. 

I have been preparing my sermon for Imaculada’s 40th anniversary service on the 29th. They have asked me to preach on ‘The mission carries on’ based on Mark 16:15-20. 

QPR have sadly been knocked out in the 3rd round of the League Cup. They lost at home 2 x 1 to premiership side Crystal Palace. The winning goal was ironically scored by England player Eze who QPR sold to Crystal Palace in 2020.

Yesterday was our son Philip and Gylmara’s 25th wedding anniversary. Many congratulations to them!

Today is our grandson John David’s 23rd birthday. He will graduate from university next May as a medical doctor.

Sunday night’s main service of the week went well. I led and pastor Rafael preached from Luke 5. Sacha, Fabio and Marina led the praise and worship backed by Rogerio (keyboard), Rogaciano (guitar) and Ricardinho (bass). We were tired from the pastors’ conference, but it was a good meeting.

We are in the middle of the Patos September festival which runs from the 14th to the 24th. The 24th is the day of the town’s patron saint of “our lady of guidance” and is a municipal public holiday. The festival is a show of strength by the Catholic church which blocks off the entire centre of town filling it with a fund raising fair ground.

Liz and I have been for our bi-annual doctor’s check-ups and came out of them very well. My sodium and potassium levels (the problem I had a year and a half ago) are perfect as are cholesterol, glucose, vitamins B12 & D etc. Just Liz has started a course of antibiotics for an upper respiratory tract infection. 

Our annual Pastors and Leaders Conference has just ended at Green Pastures and all went off very well, praise the Lord! On Friday we kicked off with a fellowship lunch and at 3 pm we held a general assembly of pastors and leaders. This was followed by a general assembly of our projects NGO. At night we had a period of prayer together followed by the first teaching session given by Pastor Wostenes and his wife Gleydice based on the book of Nehemiah. 

On Saturday, after a fellowship breakfast, some members of our senior leadership team met with a pastor who is in difficulty and we had a good discussion and gave advice. This was followed by a meeting of our projects team especially concentrating on the wells and market garden projects. After lunch we had further meetings of the senior leadership team. At night we had our second teaching session continuing our reflections based on the book of Nehemiah. We then had a late night extra meeting discussing a very challenging situation I can’t mention and we only got to bed half an hour after midnight. The Conference ended with a fellowship breakfast this morning after which everyone left for their respective churches to be in place for their evening services. We thank the Lord for all his blessing at the conference and thank all those who remembered us in prayer.

Yesterday QPR drew at Sheffield Wednesday 1 x 1 keeping us in 12th place in the Championship table.

Our annual Pastors and Leaders Conference has just ended at Green Pastures and all went off very well, praise the Lord! On Friday we kicked off with a fellowship lunch and at 3 pm we held a general assembly of pastors and leaders. This was followed by a general assembly of our projects NGO. At night we had a period of prayer together followed by the first teaching session given by Pastor Wostenes and his wife Gleydice based on the book of Nehemiah. 

On Saturday, after a fellowship breakfast, some members of our senior leadership team met with a pastor who is in difficulty and we had a good discussion and gave advice. This was followed by a meeting of our projects team especially concentrating on the wells and market garden projects. After lunch we had further meetings of the senior leadership team. At night we had our second teaching session continuing our reflections based on the book of Nehemiah. We then had a late night extra meeting discussing a very challenging situation I can’t mention and we only got to bed half an hour after midnight. The Conference ended with a fellowship breakfast this morning after which everyone left for their respective churches to be in place for their evening services. We thank the Lord for all his blessing at the conference and thank all those who remembered us in prayer.

Yesterday QPR drew at Sheffield Wednesday 1 x 1 keeping us in 12th place in the Championship table.

Our annual Pastors and Leaders Conference has just ended at Green Pastures and all went off very well, praise the Lord! On Friday we kicked off with a fellowship lunch and at 3 pm we held a general assembly of pastors and leaders. This was followed by a general assembly of our projects NGO. At night we had a period of prayer together followed by the first teaching session given by Pastor Wostenes and his wife Gleydice based on the book of Nehemiah. 

On Saturday, after a fellowship breakfast, some members of our senior leadership team met with a pastor who is in difficulty and we had a good discussion and gave advice. This was followed by a meeting of our projects team especially concentrating on the wells and market garden projects. After lunch we had further meetings of the senior leadership team. At night we had our second teaching session continuing our reflections based on the book of Nehemiah. We then had a late night extra meeting discussing a very challenging situation I can’t mention and we only got to bed half an hour after midnight. The Conference ended with a fellowship breakfast this morning after which everyone left for their respective churches to be in place for their evening services. We thank the Lord for all his blessing at the conference and thank all those who remembered us in prayer.

Yesterday QPR drew at Sheffield Wednesday 1 x 1 keeping us in 12th place in the Championship table.

Having finished the writing of a new Christmas play, last night Liz and I officially handed it over to our drama leader Dilma. I went right through the play giving my thoughts on how different parts should be done. It was a very good time of sharing together. Now it’s over to Dilma and the drama team. It will be performed on Christmas Eve.

Our annual pastors and leaders conference starts today at Green Pastures. Please pray for this conference. 120 people are expected at the event.

Having finished the writing of a new Christmas play, last night Liz and I officially handed it over to our drama leader Dilma. I went right through the play giving my thoughts on how different parts should be done. It was a very good time of sharing together. Now it’s over to Dilma and the drama team. It will be performed on Christmas Eve.

Our annual pastors and leaders conference starts today at Green Pastures. Please pray for this conference. 120 people are expected at the event.

Having finished the writing of a new Christmas play, last night Liz and I officially handed it over to our drama leader Dilma. I went right through the play giving my thoughts on how different parts should be done. It was a very good time of sharing together. Now it’s over to Dilma and the drama team. It will be performed on Christmas Eve.

Our annual pastors and leaders conference starts today at Green Pastures. Please pray for this conference. 120 people are expected at the event.

Liz, Lynn and I have been to the wake of our good friend Ramalhinho who died of a heart attack in the night. It came as a great shock to us. He was the man who undertook all our building work and was an excellent person. He was who did the Care Centre building and more recently our garden back wall.

I have had some important meetings with some of our pastors this week sorting out problems and giving advice. We are also flat out preparing for the pastors and leaders conference which starts on Friday at Green Pastures.

Last night I travelled with the Patos men’s fellowship to take another street service in the town of Sao Mamede. The service was excellent with about 50 people attending. It has now become a custom there for people to give me slips of paper with prayer requests, so last night we prayed for a woman’s daughter who is on drugs and for another woman’s daughter who is in deep depression because her husband is having an affair. It is lovely to see people bringing their requests with faith looking to God.

Liz, Lynn and I have been to the wake of our good friend Ramalhinho who died of a heart attack in the night. It came as a great shock to us. He was the man who undertook all our building work and was an excellent person. He was who did the Care Centre building and more recently our garden back wall.

I have had some important meetings with some of our pastors this week sorting out problems and giving advice. We are also flat out preparing for the pastors and leaders conference which starts on Friday at Green Pastures.

Last night I travelled with the Patos men’s fellowship to take another street service in the town of Sao Mamede. The service was excellent with about 50 people attending. It has now become a custom there for people to give me slips of paper with prayer requests, so last night we prayed for a woman’s daughter who is on drugs and for another woman’s daughter who is in deep depression because her husband is having an affair. It is lovely to see people bringing their requests with faith looking to God.

Yesterday was the day in the year when Liz catches me up in age as she is 7 months younger than me. She had a nice day with a family lunch together. Last night in church a special tribute was made to Liz and a birthday gift and card with church members’ well wishes was given to her.

I led the service in church last night and I preached on the battle between the flesh and the spirit from Romans 7. It was a very good service with a full church and a lovely spirit of praise.

On Saturday Liz and I travelled to preach at the opening service of our new church plant at Diamante (Diamond). A large crowd gathered with folk from our Vazante, Barra de Oitis, Mata de Oitis, Conceicao, Ibiara and Curral Velho churches present. The church plant has started with 12 members. Please pray for Diamante.

Yesterday was the day in the year when Liz catches me up in age as she is 7 months younger than me. She had a nice day with a family lunch together. Last night in church a special tribute was made to Liz and a birthday gift and card with church members’ well wishes was given to her.

I led the service in church last night and I preached on the battle between the flesh and the spirit from Romans 7. It was a very good service with a full church and a lovely spirit of praise.

On Saturday Liz and I travelled to preach at the opening service of our new church plant at Diamante (Diamond). A large crowd gathered with folk from our Vazante, Barra de Oitis, Mata de Oitis, Conceicao, Ibiara and Curral Velho churches present. The church plant has started with 12 members. Please pray for Diamante.

The father of 2 boys who go to our Matureia school, Igor and Italo, committed suicide last night. Please pray for the boys at this sad time. This tragedy was apparently provoked by the separation of their parents.

I led the Thursday night mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study which 30 people attended. Erika and Rogerio led the praise, Linda & Espedita sang solos, Dede, Deborah Maria and Marcio brought ‘my Bible verses’ and Pastor Rafael brought the Word from Amos 8. It was a nice service. 

I have just been to the doctors to have by ears syringed. I can now almost hear you talking in the UK! Praise the Lord that both Liz and I both have excellent hearing.

We are a week away from our annual pastors and leaders conference at Green Pastures and we are very busy with all the preparations. Please pray.

The father of 2 boys who go to our Matureia school, Igor and Italo, committed suicide last night. Please pray for the boys at this sad time. This tragedy was apparently provoked by the separation of their parents.

I led the Thursday night mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study which 30 people attended. Erika and Rogerio led the praise, Linda & Espedita sang solos, Dede, Deborah Maria and Marcio brought ‘my Bible verses’ and Pastor Rafael brought the Word from Amos 8. It was a nice service. 

I have just been to the doctors to have by ears syringed. I can now almost hear you talking in the UK! Praise the Lord that both Liz and I both have excellent hearing.

We are a week away from our annual pastors and leaders conference at Green Pastures and we are very busy with all the preparations. Please pray.

I have just been to Green Pastures where a wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi) killed a peacock. It ripped the head off of the peacock and carried the rest of the bird off into the bush. It also killed 2 chickens.

On Saturday Liz and I will be travelling to preach at the opening service of our new church plant at the town of Diamante, which is about a two and a half hour drive west of Patos. Please pray for us and the church plant. The population of Diamante is of 6,431 people. 

On Tuesday night I took part in an important online meeting with pastors Wostenes and Renilson about our schools ministry. Getiane and Gerlania also took part.

Yesterday we took part in another senior leadership meeting online. It was a good productive meeting which lasted an hour.

I have just been to Green Pastures where a wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi) killed a peacock. It ripped the head off of the peacock and carried the rest of the bird off into the bush. It also killed 2 chickens.

On Saturday Liz and I will be travelling to preach at the opening service of our new church plant at the town of Diamante, which is about a two and a half hour drive west of Patos. Please pray for us and the church plant. The population of Diamante is of 6,431 people. 

On Tuesday night I took part in an important online meeting with pastors Wostenes and Renilson about our schools ministry. Getiane and Gerlania also took part.

Yesterday we took part in another senior leadership meeting online. It was a good productive meeting which lasted an hour.

I have just been to Green Pastures where a wild cat (Puma yagouaroundi) killed a peacock. It ripped the head off of the peacock and carried the rest of the bird off into the bush. It also killed 2 chickens.

On Saturday Liz and I will be travelling to preach at the opening service of our new church plant at the town of Diamante, which is about a two and a half hour drive west of Patos. Please pray for us and the church plant. The population of Diamante is of 6,431 people. 

On Tuesday night I took part in an important online meeting with pastors Wostenes and Renilson about our schools ministry. Getiane and Gerlania also took part.

Yesterday we took part in another senior leadership meeting online. It was a good productive meeting which lasted an hour.

The first Sunday in September is always Missions Sunday in all our churches, as it was on September 2nd that Albert and Daisy Mundy first landed in Brazil back in 1938. In Patos our drama group presented a 30-minute play about missions to commemorate the 86th anniversary of this date. I wrote the play. Then Pastor Rafael brought an excellent message on 1 Corinthians 15:58 challenging the church to stand firm in missions always “giving ourselves fully to the work of the Lord.”

Yesterday we received the visit of Fia who is the wife of Pastor Maesio up in the mountains at Teixeira. She had a nice long chat with Liz.

We have had an excellent meeting with senior pastor Oseias and his wife Lucia, followed by a nice lunch together. Oseias is pastor of our Itaporanga church, but he is also interim pastor of our central Princesa Isabel church which is without a pastor at the moment.

The first Sunday in September is always Missions Sunday in all our churches, as it was on September 2nd that Albert and Daisy Mundy first landed in Brazil back in 1938. In Patos our drama group presented a 30-minute play about missions to commemorate the 86th anniversary of this date. I wrote the play. Then Pastor Rafael brought an excellent message on 1 Corinthians 15:58 challenging the church to stand firm in missions always “giving ourselves fully to the work of the Lord.”

Yesterday we received the visit of Fia who is the wife of Pastor Maesio up in the mountains at Teixeira. She had a nice long chat with Liz.

We have had an excellent meeting with senior pastor Oseias and his wife Lucia, followed by a nice lunch together. Oseias is pastor of our Itaporanga church, but he is also interim pastor of our central Princesa Isabel church which is without a pastor at the moment.

The first Sunday in September is always Missions Sunday in all our churches, as it was on September 2nd that Albert and Daisy Mundy first landed in Brazil back in 1938. In Patos our drama group presented a 30-minute play about missions to commemorate the 86th anniversary of this date. I wrote the play. Then Pastor Rafael brought an excellent message on 1 Corinthians 15:58 challenging the church to stand firm in missions always “giving ourselves fully to the work of the Lord.”

Yesterday we received the visit of Fia who is the wife of Pastor Maesio up in the mountains at Teixeira. She had a nice long chat with Liz.

We have had an excellent meeting with senior pastor Oseias and his wife Lucia, followed by a nice lunch together. Oseias is pastor of our Itaporanga church, but he is also interim pastor of our central Princesa Isabel church which is without a pastor at the moment.

On Friday night (afternoon here) QPR completed a very successful week by beating Luton away 2 x 1 in the league, having beaten them at home in the league cup on Tuesday. Well done QPR! 😃

I saw a small flock of House Sparrows on Friday at Green Pastures. It was nice to see them as their numbers are in decline around the world. House Sparrows are found on every continent except Antarctica. 

X (Twitter) has been banned in Brazil for refusing to obey Brazil’s Supreme Court. Elon Musk thinks his fortune places him above the law as has also been seen in his recent stand-offs with the EU and with UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer.

I have received the visit of Pastor Saulo from the southern state of Paraná and we had a good chat about the work of the Lord in north-east Brazil. He was most generous in his kind words about the good work done by EAB/ACEV. 

On Saturday morning Liz led a jumble sale outside our Patos church which raised 130 pounds for the Care Centre.

This weekend the 5th Deaf Conference was held and led by our deaf pastor Luiz Carlos. Last night he led the service in sign language and preached on John 16:33. There were about 40 deaf people there. It was a wonderful opportunity for the Gospel.

On Friday night (afternoon here) QPR completed a very successful week by beating Luton away 2 x 1 in the league, having beaten them at home in the league cup on Tuesday. Well done QPR! 😃

I saw a small flock of House Sparrows on Friday at Green Pastures. It was nice to see them as their numbers are in decline around the world. House Sparrows are found on every continent except Antarctica. 

X (Twitter) has been banned in Brazil for refusing to obey Brazil’s Supreme Court. Elon Musk thinks his fortune places him above the law as has also been seen in his recent stand-offs with the EU and with UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer.

I have received the visit of Pastor Saulo from the southern state of Paraná and we had a good chat about the work of the Lord in north-east Brazil. He was most generous in his kind words about the good work done by EAB/ACEV. 

On Saturday morning Liz led a jumble sale outside our Patos church which raised 130 pounds for the Care Centre.

This weekend the 5th Deaf Conference was held and led by our deaf pastor Luiz Carlos. Last night he led the service in sign language and preached on John 16:33. There were about 40 deaf people there. It was a wonderful opportunity for the Gospel.

Yesterday we inaugurated a new well at the indigenous indians’ reservation of Aldeia Atikun in the county of Carnaubeira da Penha county in the state of Pernambuco. This is another successful well drilled, installed, equipped and functioning for the glory of God and for the benefit of a very needy community.

Last night I led the mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study and I took the study from Luke 1:5-25. We focused on Zechariah’s unbelief as to the fact that he was to be a father in his old age. We questioned and discussed how our reaction would have been in Zechariah’s shoes? There ensued a very healthy debate. It was a nice meeting.

Yesterday we inaugurated a new well at the indigenous indians’ reservation of Aldeia Atikun in the county of Carnaubeira da Penha county in the state of Pernambuco. This is another successful well drilled, installed, equipped and functioning for the glory of God and for the benefit of a very needy community.

Last night I led the mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study and I took the study from Luke 1:5-25. We focused on Zechariah’s unbelief as to the fact that he was to be a father in his old age. We questioned and discussed how our reaction would have been in Zechariah’s shoes? There ensued a very healthy debate. It was a nice meeting.

On Monday night we held a 2-hour senior leadership meeting online which was a productive meeting. We discussed a serious problem which has arisen at our Princesa Isabel church which has resulted in the pastor there being removed from office. We ask you to please pray for this church and for God’s direction as we seek a replacement pastor.

Yesterday the mighty QPR cruised into the third round of the football league cup! QPR drew 1 x 1 with Luton but won 4 x 1 on penalties.

Last night I travelled to the town of Sao Mamede with the Patos men’s fellowship to preach the Gospel. I preached on Jesus being the only way and God being the only God. I quoted various scriptures condemning idolatry (an alternative to God!) and quoted other scriptures, saying that everything we do must be for the glory of God. It was a good blessed street service.

On Monday night we held a 2-hour senior leadership meeting online which was a productive meeting. We discussed a serious problem which has arisen at our Princesa Isabel church which has resulted in the pastor there being removed from office. We ask you to please pray for this church and for God’s direction as we seek a replacement pastor.

Yesterday the mighty QPR cruised into the third round of the football league cup! QPR drew 1 x 1 with Luton but won 4 x 1 on penalties.

Last night I travelled to the town of Sao Mamede with the Patos men’s fellowship to preach the Gospel. I preached on Jesus being the only way and God being the only God. I quoted various scriptures condemning idolatry (an alternative to God!) and quoted other scriptures, saying that everything we do must be for the glory of God. It was a good blessed street service.

On Monday night we held a 2-hour senior leadership meeting online which was a productive meeting. We discussed a serious problem which has arisen at our Princesa Isabel church which has resulted in the pastor there being removed from office. We ask you to please pray for this church and for God’s direction as we seek a replacement pastor.

Yesterday the mighty QPR cruised into the third round of the football league cup! QPR drew 1 x 1 with Luton but won 4 x 1 on penalties.

Last night I travelled to the town of Sao Mamede with the Patos men’s fellowship to preach the Gospel. I preached on Jesus being the only way and God being the only God. I quoted various scriptures condemning idolatry (an alternative to God!) and quoted other scriptures, saying that everything we do must be for the glory of God. It was a good blessed street service.

Saturday’s visit to our Flores church went very well. We arrived there bang on time at 12 noon and had a lovely lunch with Pastor Nemias, his wife Fátima and their son Isaque. In the afternoon we visited the Saquinho community which is being evangelized by our church. At night I preached to a nearly full church. It was a lovely service. We slept the night in a sort of “hotel” in Princesa Isabel.

Yesterday we held a series of important meetings in Princesa Isabel. First of all we held a meeting of our senior leadership team. Then we made some visits to people from our church. We had lunch in a restaurant prior to 2 meetings of the church members.

We didn’t get back to Patos in time for the evening service so our daughter Sacha led and Elaine from the Presbyterian church preached from Luke 17.

Saturday’s visit to our Flores church went very well. We arrived there bang on time at 12 noon and had a lovely lunch with Pastor Nemias, his wife Fátima and their son Isaque. In the afternoon we visited the Saquinho community which is being evangelized by our church. At night I preached to a nearly full church. It was a lovely service. We slept the night in a sort of “hotel” in Princesa Isabel.

Yesterday we held a series of important meetings in Princesa Isabel. First of all we held a meeting of our senior leadership team. Then we made some visits to people from our church. We had lunch in a restaurant prior to 2 meetings of the church members.

We didn’t get back to Patos in time for the evening service so our daughter Sacha led and Elaine from the Presbyterian church preached from Luke 17.

Yesterday Liz and I spent hours on end dealing with a massive problem in the work of the mission. The issue is so sensitive that I can’t even hint at what the problem is. I will just say that it is not in our Patos church. I ask everyone to please pray for this massive problem that God may give us wisdom and guidance in these difficult days.

Today Liz and I will be travelling 163 km south west of Patos to minister at our Flores church. We will go up the Teixeira mountain and on to Princesa Isabel from where we will head south over the state border into the state of Pernambuco as far as Flores. I will be preaching at a special thanksgiving service at our church there led by Pastor Nemias (Nehemiah). His wife Fátima does a great job with our little Action School.

I went for a walk at Green Pastures and saw Pileated Finches, a Burrowing Owl, a flock of Cactus Parakeets, Picui Ground Doves and White-tipped Doves. Along the way I saw umpteen Armadillo’s burrows and masses of ant mounds and holes. More Deer tracks have been seen near the lake. I saw Black Jurema trees, Cashew Nut trees and Oiticica trees all in flower.

Tonight I led the mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study and I gave the study. First of all we discussed whether Sílvio Santos (a famous Jewish Brazilian TV presenter who died recently) has gone to heaven? I was asked this question by a Christian. We taught that people don’t go to heaven because of their nationality. Salvation is available to all through Christ alone. After this we got into the study which was about the genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke. Of special note were the mention of 4 “irregular” women in Mathew 1: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba which point to God’s mercy and grace. It was a lovely service. 

I went for a walk at Green Pastures and saw Pileated Finches, a Burrowing Owl, a flock of Cactus Parakeets, Picui Ground Doves and White-tipped Doves. Along the way I saw umpteen Armadillo’s burrows and masses of ant mounds and holes. More Deer tracks have been seen near the lake. I saw Black Jurema trees, Cashew Nut trees and Oiticica trees all in flower.

Tonight I led the mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study and I gave the study. First of all we discussed whether Sílvio Santos (a famous Jewish Brazilian TV presenter who died recently) has gone to heaven? I was asked this question by a Christian. We taught that people don’t go to heaven because of their nationality. Salvation is available to all through Christ alone. After this we got into the study which was about the genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke. Of special note were the mention of 4 “irregular” women in Mathew 1: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth and Bathsheba which point to God’s mercy and grace. It was a lovely service. 

The main service of the week on Sunday night was excellent. I led and our daughter Sacha, who is doing a degree in theology, preached very well on Psalm 99. She followed on after preaching by singing ‘Holy forever’. It was a real blessing!

At the weekend Pastor Robério and family (Tavares) travelled to minister at our church in the state of Ceará at the village of Felipe in the county of Saboeiro. It was a time of real blessing. The trip was 360 km each way.

I am working on writing the Christmas play for our drama group to  learn and perform on Christmas Eve. I have written a number of plays over the years. At the moment I am looking for inspiration and need your prayers.

Today is our youngest daughter Sacha’s birthday. We wish her a very happy birthday thanking her for all her ministry in church, preaching the word of God, leading the praise and worship and giving us support in everything we do for God.

The main service of the week on Sunday night was excellent. I led and our daughter Sacha, who is doing a degree in theology, preached very well on Psalm 99. She followed on after preaching by singing ‘Holy forever’. It was a real blessing!

At the weekend Pastor Robério and family (Tavares) travelled to minister at our church in the state of Ceará at the village of Felipe in the county of Saboeiro. It was a time of real blessing. The trip was 360 km each way.

I am working on writing the Christmas play for our drama group to  learn and perform on Christmas Eve. I have written a number of plays over the years. At the moment I am looking for inspiration and need your prayers.

Today is our youngest daughter Sacha’s birthday. We wish her a very happy birthday thanking her for all her ministry in church, preaching the word of God, leading the praise and worship and giving us support in everything we do for God.

I went for my usual Friday afternoon 3 km walk at Green Pastures and saw a beautiful flock of about 30 Brazilian Teal. They were swimming on the lake but took off when they saw me, but kept circling overhead. I also saw a Great Egret, a White-faced Whistling-Duck with 8 young, a White-naped Jay, a Crested Caracara and a Picui Ground-Dove. 

Yesterday QPR earned their first point of the season with a 2 x 2 draw away to Sheffield United, having been two goals down at half time.

Yesterday afternoon we held a pastors and leaders meeting online to discuss a topic linked to our Pastor Frank Dyer School in Patos and all went off smoothly. 

Last night we had a married couples evening at the church. First of all there were some ice-breaking games and then I brought a message on forgiveness. At the end everyone had a snack from the things everyone had taken. It was a nice time of warm fellowship.

I went for my usual Friday afternoon 3 km walk at Green Pastures and saw a beautiful flock of about 30 Brazilian Teal. They were swimming on the lake but took off when they saw me, but kept circling overhead. I also saw a Great Egret, a White-faced Whistling-Duck with 8 young, a White-naped Jay, a Crested Caracara and a Picui Ground-Dove. 

Yesterday QPR earned their first point of the season with a 2 x 2 draw away to Sheffield United, having been two goals down at half time.

Yesterday afternoon we held a pastors and leaders meeting online to discuss a topic linked to our Pastor Frank Dyer School in Patos and all went off smoothly. 

Last night we had a married couples evening at the church. First of all there were some ice-breaking games and then I brought a message on forgiveness. At the end everyone had a snack from the things everyone had taken. It was a nice time of warm fellowship.

I saw another beautiful orange ‘Campo Troupial’ (its name in English) at Green Pastures yesterday. It is a really spectacular bird especially when you see it in the afternoon sunlight like I did.

This week we are in the process of organizing things for the latest ACEV/EAB church being planted in the town of Diamante (Diamond). The rented hall is to be fitted out with 40 chairs, 2 amplified loudspeakers, 1 sound mixer, 2 microphones, 4 fans, 1 water cooler/dispenser and 1 church sign. This is costing 1,742 pounds. Please pray for this church plant. 

EAB/ACEV’s Pastor Frank Dyer school has received the top mark in Patos for primary schools from the Ministry of Education. Our congratulations go to head-teacher Gerlania and all her team! This morning Liz and I went to plan the creation of a play area for the children on rented land next to the school. 

Last night I led the mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study and Rafael brought the study from Amos 8. There were 20 present.