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I have been having long talks with pastor Léo of our Juazeirinho church who has been having some difficult times at his church. I feel our talks helped him and he feels supported by the senior leadership. Please pray for pastor Léo who is one of our younger pastors.

Tuesday night’s men’s fellowship went well despite low numbers (6). Security guard Fábio led 3 songs of praise first of all, School Teacher Claudivan then prayed for a number of prayer requests, and then we shared a discussion around Revelation 2:12-17 which went very well.

I have been discussing the new school year with our Action Schools coordinators João George, Jacilene, Gerlânia and Sacha. All our schools are back into in-person mode this year which is much better. I am making sure everyone has got all the materials they need for their teaching. It’s good to see that the Campina Grande school will have between 35 and 40 pupils this year and that the new school at Barra de Oitis has 20 meeting in their new church hall. 

Green Pastures will be very busy in the next few months. On April 2nd will be a Youth Day; from April 14th to 17th will be our Easter Camp in place of the Carnival Camp (thanks to those who are specially supporting this); On May 14th will be the ACEV Teixeira church fellowship day; from May 27th to 29th will be our annual General Conference; and from June 3rd to 5th will be the ACEV Campina Grande – Catolé Church Men’s Conference. Please pray for all these important activities at our Green Pastures Conference Centre.  

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I have been having long talks with pastor Léo of our Juazeirinho church who has been having some difficult times at his church. I feel our talks helped him and he feels supported by the senior leadership. Please pray for pastor Léo who is one of our younger pastors.

Tuesday night’s men’s fellowship went well despite low numbers (6). Security guard Fábio led 3 songs of praise first of all, School Teacher Claudivan then prayed for a number of prayer requests, and then we shared a discussion around Revelation 2:12-17 which went very well.

I have been discussing the new school year with our Action Schools coordinators João George, Jacilene, Gerlânia and Sacha. All our schools are back into in-person mode this year which is much better. I am making sure everyone has got all the materials they need for their teaching. It’s good to see that the Campina Grande school will have between 35 and 40 pupils this year and that the new school at Barra de Oitis has 20 meeting in their new church hall. 

Green Pastures will be very busy in the next few months. On April 2nd will be a Youth Day; from April 14th to 17th will be our Easter Camp in place of the Carnival Camp (thanks to those who are specially supporting this); On May 14th will be the ACEV Teixeira church fellowship day; from May 27th to 29th will be our annual General Conference; and from June 3rd to 5th will be the ACEV Campina Grande – Catolé Church Men’s Conference. Please pray for all these important activities at our Green Pastures Conference Centre.  

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I have been having long talks with pastor Léo of our Juazeirinho church who has been having some difficult times at his church. I feel our talks helped him and he feels supported by the senior leadership. Please pray for pastor Léo who is one of our younger pastors.

Tuesday night’s men’s fellowship went well despite low numbers (6). Security guard Fábio led 3 songs of praise first of all, School Teacher Claudivan then prayed for a number of prayer requests, and then we shared a discussion around Revelation 2:12-17 which went very well.

I have been discussing the new school year with our Action Schools coordinators João George, Jacilene, Gerlânia and Sacha. All our schools are back into in-person mode this year which is much better. I am making sure everyone has got all the materials they need for their teaching. It’s good to see that the Campina Grande school will have between 35 and 40 pupils this year and that the new school at Barra de Oitis has 20 meeting in their new church hall. 

Green Pastures will be very busy in the next few months. On April 2nd will be a Youth Day; from April 14th to 17th will be our Easter Camp in place of the Carnival Camp (thanks to those who are specially supporting this); On May 14th will be the ACEV Teixeira church fellowship day; from May 27th to 29th will be our annual General Conference; and from June 3rd to 5th will be the ACEV Campina Grande – Catolé Church Men’s Conference. Please pray for all these important activities at our Green Pastures Conference Centre.  

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On Sunday night we received both spiritual and physical rain during our service. It rained 51 mm (just over 2 inches) which cheered our hearts a lot. The service was greatly blessed inside the church too. The praise and worship was led by Sacha, Fábio, Marina and Tiago. It flowed beautifully. My sister Jean watched the service in England and she said afterwards how blessed she had been, and she doesn’t speak Portuguese. I led the service and the children took part with a nice song full of actions. Assistant pastor Rafael preached from Ezekiel 37:1-14. Thank you for your prayers for all our churches here. Last Sunday night was the first service when everyone was back in church without social distancing though we still wear masks.

Please do pray for our churches at Soledade and Juazeirinho. At Soledade the church is in a phase of transition to a new pastor. At Juazeirinho there is discontent with the current pastor Léo and we are not sure how to help the situation there.

Thankyou for your prayers for my sister and sister-in-law who both have had road accidents. My sister Joy (car crash) is doing alright, but remains in hospital at High Wycombe. My sister-in-law Eunice (knocked down by a motorbike) is doing alright too, but is going back to hospital for further scans and check-up.

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On Sunday night we received both spiritual and physical rain during our service. It rained 51 mm (just over 2 inches) which cheered our hearts a lot. The service was greatly blessed inside the church too. The praise and worship was led by Sacha, Fábio, Marina and Tiago. It flowed beautifully. My sister Jean watched the service in England and she said afterwards how blessed she had been, and she doesn’t speak Portuguese. I led the service and the children took part with a nice song full of actions. Assistant pastor Rafael preached from Ezekiel 37:1-14. Thank you for your prayers for all our churches here. Last Sunday night was the first service when everyone was back in church without social distancing though we still wear masks.

Please do pray for our churches at Soledade and Juazeirinho. At Soledade the church is in a phase of transition to a new pastor. At Juazeirinho there is discontent with the current pastor Léo and we are not sure how to help the situation there.

Thankyou for your prayers for my sister and sister-in-law who both have had road accidents. My sister Joy (car crash) is doing alright, but remains in hospital at High Wycombe. My sister-in-law Eunice (knocked down by a motorbike) is doing alright too, but is going back to hospital for further scans and check-up.

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Green Pastures, known in Portuguese as Reserva Ecológica Verdes Pastos, has now become a member of FARN (Friends of a Rocha Network). A Rocha is a Christian environmental organization which has the aim, as we do, of caring for creation. We believe that being part of the A Rocha Network will be mutually beneficial. I am sure we will learn a lot from our brothers and sisters worldwide. You can see videos and photos of the Green Pastures wildlife at https://www.facebook.com/ReservaVerdesPastos . If you are interested in learning more about a Rocha please go to https://arocha.org.uk/ .

Last night it rained 15 mm at Green Pastures and the night before 20 mm, but we are still hoping and praying for big rains to fill the lake up.

Last night I led the service at Green Pastures and young Bible College student Murilo brought the message from Genesis 1. Three people volunteered to sing songs – Júlio, Fred and Linda. The service was excellent.

Yesterday afternoon Liz and I visited Sister Socorro Help whose sister died with cancer yesterday. We spent some time chatting with her as well as reading the Bible and praying with her.

My sister Joy remains in hospital after her car accident and my sister-in-law Eunice is recovering from her broken wrist after being knocked down by a motorbike. We value your prayers for them both.

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Green Pastures, known in Portuguese as Reserva Ecológica Verdes Pastos, has now become a member of FARN (Friends of a Rocha Network). A Rocha is a Christian environmental organization which has the aim, as we do, of caring for creation. We believe that being part of the A Rocha Network will be mutually beneficial. I am sure we will learn a lot from our brothers and sisters worldwide. You can see videos and photos of the Green Pastures wildlife at https://www.facebook.com/ReservaVerdesPastos . If you are interested in learning more about a Rocha please go to https://arocha.org.uk/ .

Last night it rained 15 mm at Green Pastures and the night before 20 mm, but we are still hoping and praying for big rains to fill the lake up.

Last night I led the service at Green Pastures and young Bible College student Murilo brought the message from Genesis 1. Three people volunteered to sing songs – Júlio, Fred and Linda. The service was excellent.

Yesterday afternoon Liz and I visited Sister Socorro Help whose sister died with cancer yesterday. We spent some time chatting with her as well as reading the Bible and praying with her.

My sister Joy remains in hospital after her car accident and my sister-in-law Eunice is recovering from her broken wrist after being knocked down by a motorbike. We value your prayers for them both.

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I have been having discussions with Pastor Nemias (Nehemiah) at Flores in the State of Pernambuco. He was telling me about the new outreach places at the Sitio Saquinho and the Sítio Pedreira where there are families really interested in the Gospel. Please pray for Nemias, his wife Fátima and their teenage son Isaque. 

Please continue to pray for my sister Joy who continues in hospital at High Wycombe after her car accident. Please also pray for Liz’s sister Eunice who was knocked down by a motorbike yesterday in central London and broke a wrist.

We are working hard preparing everything for our Easter Camp which will start in just over a month’s time on April 14th. The camp will be from April 14th to 17th. I am working on my sermon. Other speakers will be Pastor Rafael, Teacher Sacha, Bible College student Murilo, and lawyers Rayla and Louisa. We value your prayers. 

I have been working on EAB’s Action Child/Schools today especially with all the materials needed for our new school at Barra de Oitis. The school there will function in the church hall. I have also sorted out materials for Flores and Imaculada schools.

There were nearly 50 at the Bible study last night and after this we had a meeting with the youth leadership team essentially about how to best take care of the pre-adolescents and adolescents. It was a positive meeting.   

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I have been having discussions with Pastor Nemias (Nehemiah) at Flores in the State of Pernambuco. He was telling me about the new outreach places at the Sitio Saquinho and the Sítio Pedreira where there are families really interested in the Gospel. Please pray for Nemias, his wife Fátima and their teenage son Isaque. 

Please continue to pray for my sister Joy who continues in hospital at High Wycombe after her car accident. Please also pray for Liz’s sister Eunice who was knocked down by a motorbike yesterday in central London and broke a wrist.

We are working hard preparing everything for our Easter Camp which will start in just over a month’s time on April 14th. The camp will be from April 14th to 17th. I am working on my sermon. Other speakers will be Pastor Rafael, Teacher Sacha, Bible College student Murilo, and lawyers Rayla and Louisa. We value your prayers. 

I have been working on EAB’s Action Child/Schools today especially with all the materials needed for our new school at Barra de Oitis. The school there will function in the church hall. I have also sorted out materials for Flores and Imaculada schools.

There were nearly 50 at the Bible study last night and after this we had a meeting with the youth leadership team essentially about how to best take care of the pre-adolescents and adolescents. It was a positive meeting.   

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I chaired the virtual meeting of 40 of our leaders on Monday with Cristiano Dias who is the representative of World Vision. WV is proposing partnerships with our churches as well as with our social action projects. A wide ranging explanation of WV’s aims and ethos was given, and now we will see what may come of this. We value your prayers.

The Care Centre revamp and modernization work is progressing well and the new walls will be started being built this week.

My sister Joy continues in hospital at High Wycombe after her serious car accident, but she is comfortable. Thanks for your prayers.

We had a meeting yesterday with Tarcísio, who used to be the leader of the EAB/ACEV church at Green Pastures and who used to care for the general day-to-day work there. It was good to talk to him because he has sadly lost his way since his wife died about a year and a half ago. Please pray for the restoration of Tarcísio.

Last night’s Men’s Fellowship meeting went well though there were only 6 of us present. We had a nice chat about football, a nice time of prayer and we reflected together on Revelation 2:8-11. When I got home I had a series of messages concerning the Juazeirinho church which apparently is in difficulty. It is another place which is going to need attention and much prayer.      

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I chaired the virtual meeting of 40 of our leaders on Monday with Cristiano Dias who is the representative of World Vision. WV is proposing partnerships with our churches as well as with our social action projects. A wide ranging explanation of WV’s aims and ethos was given, and now we will see what may come of this. We value your prayers.

The Care Centre revamp and modernization work is progressing well and the new walls will be started being built this week.

My sister Joy continues in hospital at High Wycombe after her serious car accident, but she is comfortable. Thanks for your prayers.

We had a meeting yesterday with Tarcísio, who used to be the leader of the EAB/ACEV church at Green Pastures and who used to care for the general day-to-day work there. It was good to talk to him because he has sadly lost his way since his wife died about a year and a half ago. Please pray for the restoration of Tarcísio.

Last night’s Men’s Fellowship meeting went well though there were only 6 of us present. We had a nice chat about football, a nice time of prayer and we reflected together on Revelation 2:8-11. When I got home I had a series of messages concerning the Juazeirinho church which apparently is in difficulty. It is another place which is going to need attention and much prayer.      

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This week I received a long phone call from an evangelical leader in João Pessoa telling me about the “glories” of his candidate for the Senate in the October elections. I politely listened to him and then made it clear to him that in ACEV (EAB) we do not get involved with party politics. This will happen many times between now and the elections.

We are in the process of doing the final check on the text for my book about the history of ACEV between 1938 and 2018. Hopefully we will soon have it published.

Tonight I will be coordinating a meeting online between all the ACEV pastors and leaders and World Vision. The objective is to see whether there are ways to develop a partnership between ACEV and World Vision.

Please continue to pray for my sister Joy who remains in hospital at High Wycombe after a nasty car accident. She is in the cardiology ward. 

I both led the service and preached Mark 4 last night in the Patos church. The service was exceptionally blessed. Praise God! 

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This week I received a long phone call from an evangelical leader in João Pessoa telling me about the “glories” of his candidate for the Senate in the October elections. I politely listened to him and then made it clear to him that in ACEV (EAB) we do not get involved with party politics. This will happen many times between now and the elections.

We are in the process of doing the final check on the text for my book about the history of ACEV between 1938 and 2018. Hopefully we will soon have it published.

Tonight I will be coordinating a meeting online between all the ACEV pastors and leaders and World Vision. The objective is to see whether there are ways to develop a partnership between ACEV and World Vision.

Please continue to pray for my sister Joy who remains in hospital at High Wycombe after a nasty car accident. She is in the cardiology ward. 

I both led the service and preached Mark 4 last night in the Patos church. The service was exceptionally blessed. Praise God! 

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Please continue to pray for my sister Joy who is in hospital in High Wycombe after a serious car crash. 

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Please continue to pray for my sister Joy who is in hospital in High Wycombe after a serious car crash. 

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Please continue to pray for my sister Joy who is in hospital in High Wycombe after a serious car crash. 

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I have finished writing my chapter for the Brazilian inter-varsity fellowship (called ABU here) history book, and I have sent it to the editor. My chapter covers the period from 1976 to 1982 when I worked with ABU. This was a rich time of ministry which included driving John Stott around Recife in 1980 as he was here to minister at the ABU national conference.

Please pray for our Easter Camp which will take place from Easter Thursday (14th April) to Sunday (17th April) in place of the carnival camp which was cancelled owing to Covid.

Please also pray for our pastor Ângelo and his wife Adilma that God might guide them and restore them. They used to lead the Soledade church and are without a church at the moment. I am having discussions about this with our senior leadership team.

On Thursday night the Green Pastures football team was knocked out of the São Mamede Beach Soccer tournament in the semi-final by 4 goals to 2 by Boa Vista (Good View). Green Pastures had won the quarter-final beating Cágado (Turtle) by 2 goals to 1. On Thursday night in Patos the midweek Bible Study went well covering 1 John 2:3-6. There were 29 in the service. It rained 15 mm at Green Pastures on Thursday night. Rainfall continues to be very low. Please pray for abundant rain between now and the end of April. 

Last night we had an excellent meeting with headteacher Gerlânia of our Patos School, which is the largest school we have. Our social worker Marah Danielle also took part in the meeting. We had a wide range of discussions about the school which is going very well and is now back to in-person teaching. We have decided to hold weekly Bible studies for the parents of school children who are making decisions to follow Jesus. At long last, after years of trying, the planting of a church at our school in Patos seems like it will work out. We also discussed a very dangerous issue of a parent of one of our pupils who is particularly violent and ruthlessly dangerous. I can’t say more about this, but I do ask you for prayer. I also ask you to support EAB action schools for just 20 pounds a month.

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I have finished writing my chapter for the Brazilian inter-varsity fellowship (called ABU here) history book, and I have sent it to the editor. My chapter covers the period from 1976 to 1982 when I worked with ABU. This was a rich time of ministry which included driving John Stott around Recife in 1980 as he was here to minister at the ABU national conference.

Please pray for our Easter Camp which will take place from Easter Thursday (14th April) to Sunday (17th April) in place of the carnival camp which was cancelled owing to Covid.

Please also pray for our pastor Ângelo and his wife Adilma that God might guide them and restore them. They used to lead the Soledade church and are without a church at the moment. I am having discussions about this with our senior leadership team.

On Thursday night the Green Pastures football team was knocked out of the São Mamede Beach Soccer tournament in the semi-final by 4 goals to 2 by Boa Vista (Good View). Green Pastures had won the quarter-final beating Cágado (Turtle) by 2 goals to 1. On Thursday night in Patos the midweek Bible Study went well covering 1 John 2:3-6. There were 29 in the service. It rained 15 mm at Green Pastures on Thursday night. Rainfall continues to be very low. Please pray for abundant rain between now and the end of April. 

Last night we had an excellent meeting with headteacher Gerlânia of our Patos School, which is the largest school we have. Our social worker Marah Danielle also took part in the meeting. We had a wide range of discussions about the school which is going very well and is now back to in-person teaching. We have decided to hold weekly Bible studies for the parents of school children who are making decisions to follow Jesus. At long last, after years of trying, the planting of a church at our school in Patos seems like it will work out. We also discussed a very dangerous issue of a parent of one of our pupils who is particularly violent and ruthlessly dangerous. I can’t say more about this, but I do ask you for prayer. I also ask you to support EAB action schools for just 20 pounds a month.

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I have finished writing my chapter for the Brazilian inter-varsity fellowship (called ABU here) history book, and I have sent it to the editor. My chapter covers the period from 1976 to 1982 when I worked with ABU. This was a rich time of ministry which included driving John Stott around Recife in 1980 as he was here to minister at the ABU national conference.

Please pray for our Easter Camp which will take place from Easter Thursday (14th April) to Sunday (17th April) in place of the carnival camp which was cancelled owing to Covid.

Please also pray for our pastor Ângelo and his wife Adilma that God might guide them and restore them. They used to lead the Soledade church and are without a church at the moment. I am having discussions about this with our senior leadership team.

On Thursday night the Green Pastures football team was knocked out of the São Mamede Beach Soccer tournament in the semi-final by 4 goals to 2 by Boa Vista (Good View). Green Pastures had won the quarter-final beating Cágado (Turtle) by 2 goals to 1. On Thursday night in Patos the midweek Bible Study went well covering 1 John 2:3-6. There were 29 in the service. It rained 15 mm at Green Pastures on Thursday night. Rainfall continues to be very low. Please pray for abundant rain between now and the end of April. 

Last night we had an excellent meeting with headteacher Gerlânia of our Patos School, which is the largest school we have. Our social worker Marah Danielle also took part in the meeting. We had a wide range of discussions about the school which is going very well and is now back to in-person teaching. We have decided to hold weekly Bible studies for the parents of school children who are making decisions to follow Jesus. At long last, after years of trying, the planting of a church at our school in Patos seems like it will work out. We also discussed a very dangerous issue of a parent of one of our pupils who is particularly violent and ruthlessly dangerous. I can’t say more about this, but I do ask you for prayer. I also ask you to support EAB action schools for just 20 pounds a month.

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My sister Joy has just been involved in a head-on vehicle collision at High Wycombe, England. I am told that both cars are write-offs. Joy is OK in general but has been taken to hospital with chest pains. Please pray for Joy. 

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My sister Joy has just been involved in a head-on vehicle collision at High Wycombe, England. I am told that both cars are write-offs. Joy is OK in general but has been taken to hospital with chest pains. Please pray for Joy. 

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Soledade is a town about a one and a half hour’s drive east from Patos where we live. It is about 45 minutes drive west of Campina Grande. Pastor Ângelo was the pastor there for a good number of years until the end of November 2021. He resigned amicably having realized that he had lost the support of the majority of church members. Pastors in ACEV have mandates of 5 years and he realized that his mandate would not be renewed. Ângelo had lost his way, I think it would be safe to say, and this had a detrimental effect on the church.

In the three months, since Ângelo left the church, Soledade has been under the leadership and responsibility of Pastor Wostenes (Campina Grande – Catolé) who has organized special ministry, mainly from our Campina Grande churches, in the endeavor of revitalizing the church. Wostenes (vice-chair person of ACEV. I am chairperson) has a rotor of ministers every Sunday and Tuesday investing rich ministry of God’s word into the needy church, and the fruit of this is already having a very positive effect. One key man called Sandro had left the church and was pressurizing his wife Sandra to leave too. Now he is back and his wife is also very active in the church again. 

Now Wostenes is starting to train leaders at Soledade for home fellowship groups with the objectives of fellowship, edification and evangelization so as to establish weekly fellowship groups around the town. Please pray for our Soledade church and for the revitalization process for the glory of God.       

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Soledade is a town about a one and a half hour’s drive east from Patos where we live. It is about 45 minutes drive west of Campina Grande. Pastor Ângelo was the pastor there for a good number of years until the end of November 2021. He resigned amicably having realized that he had lost the support of the majority of church members. Pastors in ACEV have mandates of 5 years and he realized that his mandate would not be renewed. Ângelo had lost his way, I think it would be safe to say, and this had a detrimental effect on the church.

In the three months, since Ângelo left the church, Soledade has been under the leadership and responsibility of Pastor Wostenes (Campina Grande – Catolé) who has organized special ministry, mainly from our Campina Grande churches, in the endeavor of revitalizing the church. Wostenes (vice-chair person of ACEV. I am chairperson) has a rotor of ministers every Sunday and Tuesday investing rich ministry of God’s word into the needy church, and the fruit of this is already having a very positive effect. One key man called Sandro had left the church and was pressurizing his wife Sandra to leave too. Now he is back and his wife is also very active in the church again. 

Now Wostenes is starting to train leaders at Soledade for home fellowship groups with the objectives of fellowship, edification and evangelization so as to establish weekly fellowship groups around the town. Please pray for our Soledade church and for the revitalization process for the glory of God.       

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Soledade is a town about a one and a half hour’s drive east from Patos where we live. It is about 45 minutes drive west of Campina Grande. Pastor Ângelo was the pastor there for a good number of years until the end of November 2021. He resigned amicably having realized that he had lost the support of the majority of church members. Pastors in ACEV have mandates of 5 years and he realized that his mandate would not be renewed. Ângelo had lost his way, I think it would be safe to say, and this had a detrimental effect on the church.

In the three months, since Ângelo left the church, Soledade has been under the leadership and responsibility of Pastor Wostenes (Campina Grande – Catolé) who has organized special ministry, mainly from our Campina Grande churches, in the endeavor of revitalizing the church. Wostenes (vice-chair person of ACEV. I am chairperson) has a rotor of ministers every Sunday and Tuesday investing rich ministry of God’s word into the needy church, and the fruit of this is already having a very positive effect. One key man called Sandro had left the church and was pressurizing his wife Sandra to leave too. Now he is back and his wife is also very active in the church again. 

Now Wostenes is starting to train leaders at Soledade for home fellowship groups with the objectives of fellowship, edification and evangelization so as to establish weekly fellowship groups around the town. Please pray for our Soledade church and for the revitalization process for the glory of God.       

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We have a bank of wheelchairs so that we can help people in need who can’t afford to buy one. This week two wheelchairs were received back from people and have already been reloaned. One of these went to our Sister Judite’s husband. Judite is a member of our Patos church but her husband has never even been to church. It is especially gratifying to see a bridge being built to a person in a simple way as this. It is a bridge of God’s love on wheels.

Liz and I had a lovely relaxing break over the carnival period and are now back into normal action. It was lovely to have the family with us, apart from Philip, Gylmara, Lucas and Luis who are in the UK. I did a lot of good walking and photographed many butterflies. Just over 100 species of butterflies have been registered by biologists at Green Pastures. We also observed a nest of Rufous-bellied Thrushes being fed by their parents and then on the Tuesday finally the 3 chicks left the nest. It was fascinating observing the whole process. We have been watching this nest for some time. On top of the family Tiago, Louisa’s fiancé, was there, plus Vivi (Felipe’s long time partner). Yesterday we were joined for the day by Segundo who is granddaughter Alice’s first boyfriend. He is a lovely Christian boy. However Alice’s father was ridiculously hostile to the boy which was quite embarrassing. We felt quite sorry for Segundo.    

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We have a bank of wheelchairs so that we can help people in need who can’t afford to buy one. This week two wheelchairs were received back from people and have already been reloaned. One of these went to our Sister Judite’s husband. Judite is a member of our Patos church but her husband has never even been to church. It is especially gratifying to see a bridge being built to a person in a simple way as this. It is a bridge of God’s love on wheels.

Liz and I had a lovely relaxing break over the carnival period and are now back into normal action. It was lovely to have the family with us, apart from Philip, Gylmara, Lucas and Luis who are in the UK. I did a lot of good walking and photographed many butterflies. Just over 100 species of butterflies have been registered by biologists at Green Pastures. We also observed a nest of Rufous-bellied Thrushes being fed by their parents and then on the Tuesday finally the 3 chicks left the nest. It was fascinating observing the whole process. We have been watching this nest for some time. On top of the family Tiago, Louisa’s fiancé, was there, plus Vivi (Felipe’s long time partner). Yesterday we were joined for the day by Segundo who is granddaughter Alice’s first boyfriend. He is a lovely Christian boy. However Alice’s father was ridiculously hostile to the boy which was quite embarrassing. We felt quite sorry for Segundo.    

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We have a bank of wheelchairs so that we can help people in need who can’t afford to buy one. This week two wheelchairs were received back from people and have already been reloaned. One of these went to our Sister Judite’s husband. Judite is a member of our Patos church but her husband has never even been to church. It is especially gratifying to see a bridge being built to a person in a simple way as this. It is a bridge of God’s love on wheels.

Liz and I had a lovely relaxing break over the carnival period and are now back into normal action. It was lovely to have the family with us, apart from Philip, Gylmara, Lucas and Luis who are in the UK. I did a lot of good walking and photographed many butterflies. Just over 100 species of butterflies have been registered by biologists at Green Pastures. We also observed a nest of Rufous-bellied Thrushes being fed by their parents and then on the Tuesday finally the 3 chicks left the nest. It was fascinating observing the whole process. We have been watching this nest for some time. On top of the family Tiago, Louisa’s fiancé, was there, plus Vivi (Felipe’s long time partner). Yesterday we were joined for the day by Segundo who is granddaughter Alice’s first boyfriend. He is a lovely Christian boy. However Alice’s father was ridiculously hostile to the boy which was quite embarrassing. We felt quite sorry for Segundo.    

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We will be having a break over the carnival period, as from tomorrow, with us and the family spending the days at Green Pastures. The camp that was to have been held over the carnival period has been switched to the Easter week owing to the pandemic.

I have been having discussions with Pastor Maésio (Teixeira) and Pastor Manoel Oliveira Filho (João Pessoa – Boa Esperança). The discussions were blessed and fruitful. I also have been talking to Pastor Ângelo regarding his future work and ministry after he resigned from the Soledade church. I too have been checking the reports from the EAB Action Schools at Patos, Imaculada, Soledade, Matureia, Manaíra and Flores. I have had discussions with the projects team about the 4-Legs Project (goats/hair sheep) which is going very well.

I received a request from the Brazilian Inter-Varsity Fellowship asking me to write a chapter for a new book. My contribution will be about my experiences and work with the Brazilian IVF between 1976 and 1982. I have been working on this.

It is with great sadness that we see the news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Putin is cynical, ruthless and evil. This invasion has clearly been plotted and planned for a long time. We pray for peace and justice.

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We will be having a break over the carnival period, as from tomorrow, with us and the family spending the days at Green Pastures. The camp that was to have been held over the carnival period has been switched to the Easter week owing to the pandemic.

I have been having discussions with Pastor Maésio (Teixeira) and Pastor Manoel Oliveira Filho (João Pessoa – Boa Esperança). The discussions were blessed and fruitful. I also have been talking to Pastor Ângelo regarding his future work and ministry after he resigned from the Soledade church. I too have been checking the reports from the EAB Action Schools at Patos, Imaculada, Soledade, Matureia, Manaíra and Flores. I have had discussions with the projects team about the 4-Legs Project (goats/hair sheep) which is going very well.

I received a request from the Brazilian Inter-Varsity Fellowship asking me to write a chapter for a new book. My contribution will be about my experiences and work with the Brazilian IVF between 1976 and 1982. I have been working on this.

It is with great sadness that we see the news of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Putin is cynical, ruthless and evil. This invasion has clearly been plotted and planned for a long time. We pray for peace and justice.

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Please pray for rain for our region of Brazil because all we are getting thus far in this rainy season are showers. We need abundant rain to fill up the lakes.

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Please pray for rain for our region of Brazil because all we are getting thus far in this rainy season are showers. We need abundant rain to fill up the lakes.

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On Saturday afternoon we held a jumble sale outside our Patos School. It was due to start at 2 pm but lots of people were already gathered by midday so we started early. We sell everything very cheap especially clothes and shoes. It raises funds for the revamp of our Care Centre and gives poor people dignity being able to buy their own things.

Over the weekend I had a tummy virus which knocked me out of action for a day or so. Our daughter Lynn had it before me.

I saw a beautiful young fox at Green Pastures. It was very close and seemed nor to care at all about me being so near.

I have received reports from our little Action Schools at Juru, Itaporanga, Princesa Isabel, Ibiara and Caroá. It is good to see that the schools are going well.

Our church at Soledade, which was at a low ebb, is showing signs of new life thanks to the support and ministry of our Campina Grande and João Pessoa churches over the past 3 months. Please pray for Soledade.

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On Saturday afternoon we held a jumble sale outside our Patos School. It was due to start at 2 pm but lots of people were already gathered by midday so we started early. We sell everything very cheap especially clothes and shoes. It raises funds for the revamp of our Care Centre and gives poor people dignity being able to buy their own things.

Over the weekend I had a tummy virus which knocked me out of action for a day or so. Our daughter Lynn had it before me.

I saw a beautiful young fox at Green Pastures. It was very close and seemed nor to care at all about me being so near.

I have received reports from our little Action Schools at Juru, Itaporanga, Princesa Isabel, Ibiara and Caroá. It is good to see that the schools are going well.

Our church at Soledade, which was at a low ebb, is showing signs of new life thanks to the support and ministry of our Campina Grande and João Pessoa churches over the past 3 months. Please pray for Soledade.

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Extraordinary circumstances demand extraordinary measures. Faced with a third wave of Covid in Brazil with 1,074 deaths in the last 24 hours and the number of new cases very high, we have decided not to hold the camp at Carnival from 26th February to March 2nd, but to hold a camp in its place at the Easter weekend from April 14th to 17th. We trust that by April the current explosion of cases will have subsided and for this we value your prayers.

We are busy giving guidance for our new EAB Action School at Barra de Oitis village. We have held meetings with local Pastor Nezinho Abílio and Teacher Malu. Please pray for this new venture of faith. The church building will also double up as the school room where 20 children will learn properly to read and write plus learning basic maths with their times tables. It is sad to see how the local government school largely fails in these basic areas of schooling.

Researchers Rafael Dioni and Wenner from the Federal University’s Biology School have started researching Toad tadpoles at Green Pastures.

Our granddaughter Louisa arrived back from the UK at Recife airport on Thursday afternoon and was met by her fiancée Tiago and Clayton from the Patos church who did the driving to Patos. Just before this I took part in an EAB Board meeting which was very good.

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Another entire family has gone down with Covid in the Patos church. Neto, who is a motorbike taxi man and scales down high rocks and blocks of flats in his spare time, his wife Kelly and their two daughters Evelyn and Manu are all out of action. Please pray for them. We still haven’t decided whether we are going to hold the Carnival Camp or not. On the one hand we are loathed to cancel it, but on the other hand we are apprehensive with the latest Covid wave. 

Our free-range egg supply has been hit by a giant lizard which is widespread at Green Pastures. The lizard with the scientific name of Salvator merianae grows up to 2 metres long and loves to eat eggs! One of them discovered a nest and wiped out the eggs. We are going to make some suspended nesting boxes to solve the problem. We have brought the surviving eggs to Patos which includes 4 Guinea Fowl eggs.

I have been having long good discussions with pastor Renilson about the EAB Action School at Matureia which his church leads. The church and school are going very well.

Today I will be meeting online with the EAB Board of Trustees for one of our regular meetings. On March 7th ACEV will be holding a meeting with all our leaders and World Vision to further discuss the possibilities of a partnership. We value your prayers. 

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Another entire family has gone down with Covid in the Patos church. Neto, who is a motorbike taxi man and scales down high rocks and blocks of flats in his spare time, his wife Kelly and their two daughters Evelyn and Manu are all out of action. Please pray for them. We still haven’t decided whether we are going to hold the Carnival Camp or not. On the one hand we are loathed to cancel it, but on the other hand we are apprehensive with the latest Covid wave. 

Our free-range egg supply has been hit by a giant lizard which is widespread at Green Pastures. The lizard with the scientific name of Salvator merianae grows up to 2 metres long and loves to eat eggs! One of them discovered a nest and wiped out the eggs. We are going to make some suspended nesting boxes to solve the problem. We have brought the surviving eggs to Patos which includes 4 Guinea Fowl eggs.

I have been having long good discussions with pastor Renilson about the EAB Action School at Matureia which his church leads. The church and school are going very well.

Today I will be meeting online with the EAB Board of Trustees for one of our regular meetings. On March 7th ACEV will be holding a meeting with all our leaders and World Vision to further discuss the possibilities of a partnership. We value your prayers. 

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Another entire family has gone down with Covid in the Patos church. Neto, who is a motorbike taxi man and scales down high rocks and blocks of flats in his spare time, his wife Kelly and their two daughters Evelyn and Manu are all out of action. Please pray for them. We still haven’t decided whether we are going to hold the Carnival Camp or not. On the one hand we are loathed to cancel it, but on the other hand we are apprehensive with the latest Covid wave. 

Our free-range egg supply has been hit by a giant lizard which is widespread at Green Pastures. The lizard with the scientific name of Salvator merianae grows up to 2 metres long and loves to eat eggs! One of them discovered a nest and wiped out the eggs. We are going to make some suspended nesting boxes to solve the problem. We have brought the surviving eggs to Patos which includes 4 Guinea Fowl eggs.

I have been having long good discussions with pastor Renilson about the EAB Action School at Matureia which his church leads. The church and school are going very well.

Today I will be meeting online with the EAB Board of Trustees for one of our regular meetings. On March 7th ACEV will be holding a meeting with all our leaders and World Vision to further discuss the possibilities of a partnership. We value your prayers. 

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I saw the very colourful lizard at Green Pastures at the weekend called Ameivula pyrrhogularis. I also saw the orange and black bird called the Campo Troupial, plus a Rock Cavy and a pair of Picazuro Pigeons. It is wonderful observing the wildlife of this region, especially in this time of the year in the rainy season when everything is green and the birds are nesting. A rufous-bellied Thrush has young in a nest we are observing and so does a Campo Troupial. I photographed a Pigmy Nightjar chick with my mobile phone. Caring for creation is something God’s children do naturally.

I led Sunday night’s service in Patos and assistant pastor Rafael preached from Matthew 21:18-22. The praise and worship was led by Sacha, Fábio, Marina, Tiago, Biba and Ricardinho and it was excellent. In the morning Sunday School there are 8 people in the discipleship class preparing for baptism later in the year. 

I have finished reading the book ‘The Last Bookshop in London’ by Madeline Martin. It was a good book.

Our granddaughter Louisa will be returning from England this Thursday (17th) and will be back to living with us.

I have just been in a meeting with young pastor Leandro from our Juazeirinho church and the meeting went very well. It was basically to help him do some administrative things like giving a letter of recommendation to a sister who is moving elsewhere. It is good to see a good number of young pastors in EAB/ACEV taking on responsibilities in the work of God.  

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I saw the very colourful lizard at Green Pastures at the weekend called Ameivula pyrrhogularis. I also saw the orange and black bird called the Campo Troupial, plus a Rock Cavy and a pair of Picazuro Pigeons. It is wonderful observing the wildlife of this region, especially in this time of the year in the rainy season when everything is green and the birds are nesting. A rufous-bellied Thrush has young in a nest we are observing and so does a Campo Troupial. I photographed a Pigmy Nightjar chick with my mobile phone. Caring for creation is something God’s children do naturally.

I led Sunday night’s service in Patos and assistant pastor Rafael preached from Matthew 21:18-22. The praise and worship was led by Sacha, Fábio, Marina, Tiago, Biba and Ricardinho and it was excellent. In the morning Sunday School there are 8 people in the discipleship class preparing for baptism later in the year. 

I have finished reading the book ‘The Last Bookshop in London’ by Madeline Martin. It was a good book.

Our granddaughter Louisa will be returning from England this Thursday (17th) and will be back to living with us.

I have just been in a meeting with young pastor Leandro from our Juazeirinho church and the meeting went very well. It was basically to help him do some administrative things like giving a letter of recommendation to a sister who is moving elsewhere. It is good to see a good number of young pastors in EAB/ACEV taking on responsibilities in the work of God.  

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I saw the very colourful lizard at Green Pastures at the weekend called Ameivula pyrrhogularis. I also saw the orange and black bird called the Campo Troupial, plus a Rock Cavy and a pair of Picazuro Pigeons. It is wonderful observing the wildlife of this region, especially in this time of the year in the rainy season when everything is green and the birds are nesting. A rufous-bellied Thrush has young in a nest we are observing and so does a Campo Troupial. I photographed a Pigmy Nightjar chick with my mobile phone. Caring for creation is something God’s children do naturally.

I led Sunday night’s service in Patos and assistant pastor Rafael preached from Matthew 21:18-22. The praise and worship was led by Sacha, Fábio, Marina, Tiago, Biba and Ricardinho and it was excellent. In the morning Sunday School there are 8 people in the discipleship class preparing for baptism later in the year. 

I have finished reading the book ‘The Last Bookshop in London’ by Madeline Martin. It was a good book.

Our granddaughter Louisa will be returning from England this Thursday (17th) and will be back to living with us.

I have just been in a meeting with young pastor Leandro from our Juazeirinho church and the meeting went very well. It was basically to help him do some administrative things like giving a letter of recommendation to a sister who is moving elsewhere. It is good to see a good number of young pastors in EAB/ACEV taking on responsibilities in the work of God.  

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Green Pastures not only has a church made up of the local farming folk. It now also has a football team led by Francisco who takes care of the day to day running of Green Pastures. He has just entered two teams into the County of São Mamede’s 5-a-side football-in-the-sand competition. One is the Green Pasture’s team and the other is the Papagaio team. Papagaio means Parrot which is the name of our area of São Mamede. Watch this space for the scores!

Liz and I have received negative results from our Covid PCR tests so that is good!

Our 26th toilet/shower unit has been completed at Barra de Oitis village. Aldenora, Luciano and their 3 daughters have got their first toilet/shower unit of their lives. They are very happy. They live off a government benefit of 56 pounds a month.

Friday night was a good night for two reasons. First of all because we had 32 mm (one and one third inches) of rain at Green Pastures. Secondly because the church’s young teens fun and fellowship night was held at Sacha’s house and it was a real blessing with 16 adolescents present.

Armadillos are common at Green Pastures and we have found 9 burrows made by them in the dam which will hold the water at our lake once the rain increases in intensity. We are busily filling these burrows/holes and will hope and pray that they will then decide to move somewhere else in the Nature Reserve. 

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Green Pastures not only has a church made up of the local farming folk. It now also has a football team led by Francisco who takes care of the day to day running of Green Pastures. He has just entered two teams into the County of São Mamede’s 5-a-side football-in-the-sand competition. One is the Green Pasture’s team and the other is the Papagaio team. Papagaio means Parrot which is the name of our area of São Mamede. Watch this space for the scores!

Liz and I have received negative results from our Covid PCR tests so that is good!

Our 26th toilet/shower unit has been completed at Barra de Oitis village. Aldenora, Luciano and their 3 daughters have got their first toilet/shower unit of their lives. They are very happy. They live off a government benefit of 56 pounds a month.

Friday night was a good night for two reasons. First of all because we had 32 mm (one and one third inches) of rain at Green Pastures. Secondly because the church’s young teens fun and fellowship night was held at Sacha’s house and it was a real blessing with 16 adolescents present.

Armadillos are common at Green Pastures and we have found 9 burrows made by them in the dam which will hold the water at our lake once the rain increases in intensity. We are busily filling these burrows/holes and will hope and pray that they will then decide to move somewhere else in the Nature Reserve. 

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I have been talking to the biologist Rafael Dioni who is going to start post-graduate research into Toad tadpoles at Green Pastures Nature Reserve and Christian Conference Centre. He is going to start work there next week.

I have also been talking to Pastor Maésio who leads the Teixeira church at the top of the mountain. We discussed the church plant he is working on at Sítio Sabonete II. They held another evangelistic service there this week with Maésio’s wife Fia working with the children parallel to the adult service.

Our deaconess Josinete has just come through Covid and now her husband Zaqueu has it, as does her daughter-in-law Paula and her adopted granddaughter Eloisa. Please pray for this family. The peak of the present third wave of Covid in Brazil is forecast for the end of this month which would coincide with our carnival camp. We are probably going to be forced to cancel the camp. Hopefully we will have the all clear to hold the General Conference at Green Pastures in May as this current wave should have passed by then.

Liz and I spent Wednesday afternoon at Green Pastures. We saw another part of the outer fencing where Francisco is fixing it. We had a good long walk and brought back 18 fresh eggs. We walked past the bone dry lake and prayed for it to be filled. The weather forecast between now and the 15th March is for very heavy rain for us. We hope and pray that the forecast is correct.

Yesterday Liz and I did PCR Covid tests and we should receive the results tomorrow. We are confident that they will be negative as we have no symptoms at all after our close shave with Ben Price’s visit.   

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I have been talking to the biologist Rafael Dioni who is going to start post-graduate research into Toad tadpoles at Green Pastures Nature Reserve and Christian Conference Centre. He is going to start work there next week.

I have also been talking to Pastor Maésio who leads the Teixeira church at the top of the mountain. We discussed the church plant he is working on at Sítio Sabonete II. They held another evangelistic service there this week with Maésio’s wife Fia working with the children parallel to the adult service.

Our deaconess Josinete has just come through Covid and now her husband Zaqueu has it, as does her daughter-in-law Paula and her adopted granddaughter Eloisa. Please pray for this family. The peak of the present third wave of Covid in Brazil is forecast for the end of this month which would coincide with our carnival camp. We are probably going to be forced to cancel the camp. Hopefully we will have the all clear to hold the General Conference at Green Pastures in May as this current wave should have passed by then.

Liz and I spent Wednesday afternoon at Green Pastures. We saw another part of the outer fencing where Francisco is fixing it. We had a good long walk and brought back 18 fresh eggs. We walked past the bone dry lake and prayed for it to be filled. The weather forecast between now and the 15th March is for very heavy rain for us. We hope and pray that the forecast is correct.

Yesterday Liz and I did PCR Covid tests and we should receive the results tomorrow. We are confident that they will be negative as we have no symptoms at all after our close shave with Ben Price’s visit.   

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I have a real burden on my heart for the adolescents in the Patos church and have been looking for ways to care for them better. We view adolescents as from 11 to 16 years old. I asked my young assistant pastor Rafael to focus more on them together with his girlfriend Rayla, but thus far that has not come to much. I have also asked our youngest daughter Sacha to reach out to them and this Friday she is having round to her house 19 adolescents including her own 2 daughters. I am very happy about this. I think they are going to have a fun night of singing, Bible quizzes and ice cream!

I am very pleased that the ‘Life Squad’ is going to return to action in the Patos men’s prison. Please pray for this new opportunity to preach the Gospel every other Saturday at 3 pm (6 pm UK time). May God transform many lives through this ministry!

We have just received the sad news from Fonseca slave descendant community of the death of a little baby. The mother was a participant in our Desert Flower project there. The baby is now being brought to Patos for the post mortem examination. Please pray for this family. 

Please also pray for deacon Nelson at our Imaculada church up in the mountains. He had a stroke last night and is now in the Patos General Hospital.

Please also pray for the launch of a new EAB Action School at Barra de Oitis this month. We pray that God will raise up some sponsors at 20 pounds a month to make this project viable. We are finding adolescents at 11 years of age who can’t read or write in the village and we must do something about this sad plight.

Liz and I continue to have no Covid symptoms despite us having had someone in our home who tested positive the following day. We will get tested tomorrow anyway. In the past 24 hours in Brazil 177,027 people tested positive and there were 1,189 Covid deaths.   

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I have a real burden on my heart for the adolescents in the Patos church and have been looking for ways to care for them better. We view adolescents as from 11 to 16 years old. I asked my young assistant pastor Rafael to focus more on them together with his girlfriend Rayla, but thus far that has not come to much. I have also asked our youngest daughter Sacha to reach out to them and this Friday she is having round to her house 19 adolescents including her own 2 daughters. I am very happy about this. I think they are going to have a fun night of singing, Bible quizzes and ice cream!

I am very pleased that the ‘Life Squad’ is going to return to action in the Patos men’s prison. Please pray for this new opportunity to preach the Gospel every other Saturday at 3 pm (6 pm UK time). May God transform many lives through this ministry!

We have just received the sad news from Fonseca slave descendant community of the death of a little baby. The mother was a participant in our Desert Flower project there. The baby is now being brought to Patos for the post mortem examination. Please pray for this family. 

Please also pray for deacon Nelson at our Imaculada church up in the mountains. He had a stroke last night and is now in the Patos General Hospital.

Please also pray for the launch of a new EAB Action School at Barra de Oitis this month. We pray that God will raise up some sponsors at 20 pounds a month to make this project viable. We are finding adolescents at 11 years of age who can’t read or write in the village and we must do something about this sad plight.

Liz and I continue to have no Covid symptoms despite us having had someone in our home who tested positive the following day. We will get tested tomorrow anyway. In the past 24 hours in Brazil 177,027 people tested positive and there were 1,189 Covid deaths.   

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I led the communion service at Green Pastures on Saturday night and I preached the Gospel with a sermon on “I am the door” (John 10:9). This was the third sermon in a series on the seven “I am” statements in John’s Gospel. I had previously done “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35) and “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12).

The well at Macambira dos Lúcios Community is nearing completion. Our projects team is back in action after their January break. The half a kilometer pipeline has now been laid from the well to the village centre. The electric pump will now be installed in the well and then we will need the electricity board to link the project to the mains electricity. We hope that all this will be done this month so that we can officially inaugurate the well and hold a thanksgiving service in March.

We have completed another toilet/shower unit at Barra de Oitis and I hope to have some good photos by next week of the jubilant family benefitted by the project who have a toilet/shower for the first time in their lives. 

Last night’s main Sunday service was excellent with our daughter Sacha preaching on the life of Ruth. She really preached well. Assistant pastor Rafael led the service. However straight after the service we received the news that ex EAB missionary Ben Price has tested positive for Covid at Ibiara, having been with us on Friday and Saturday. Liz and I now wait to see if we have caught it from him. We value your prayers. Up till now we have no symptoms at all. Ben is due to fly back to England a week today.

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I led the communion service at Green Pastures on Saturday night and I preached the Gospel with a sermon on “I am the door” (John 10:9). This was the third sermon in a series on the seven “I am” statements in John’s Gospel. I had previously done “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35) and “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12).

The well at Macambira dos Lúcios Community is nearing completion. Our projects team is back in action after their January break. The half a kilometer pipeline has now been laid from the well to the village centre. The electric pump will now be installed in the well and then we will need the electricity board to link the project to the mains electricity. We hope that all this will be done this month so that we can officially inaugurate the well and hold a thanksgiving service in March.

We have completed another toilet/shower unit at Barra de Oitis and I hope to have some good photos by next week of the jubilant family benefitted by the project who have a toilet/shower for the first time in their lives. 

Last night’s main Sunday service was excellent with our daughter Sacha preaching on the life of Ruth. She really preached well. Assistant pastor Rafael led the service. However straight after the service we received the news that ex EAB missionary Ben Price has tested positive for Covid at Ibiara, having been with us on Friday and Saturday. Liz and I now wait to see if we have caught it from him. We value your prayers. Up till now we have no symptoms at all. Ben is due to fly back to England a week today.

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The revamp and modernization of EAB’s Care Centre presses on. The area has been fenced off with fence posts and barbed wire brought in from Green Pastures. I have now returned the excess barbed wire. On the way to Green Pastures I saw a Burrowing Owl perched on a fencing post which flew to its burrow as I reached it. I also saw a wild Cavy which simply ignored me as I went past it. Whilst there I saw and heard a Shiny Cowbird.

We have a Long-billed Wren nesting in the main kitchen at Green Pastures. It nested in the kitchen doorway last year and this year it has made its nest out of tree bark on top of pots and pans.

Ex EAB Missionary Ben Price has been with us since yesterday when he arrived for a visit before lunch. We have had lovely fellowship with him and yesterday afternoon we took him for a nice walk at Green Pastures where it rained 11 mm last night. He will be leaving after lunch today and will be speaking at a Bible College graduation in Itaporanga. He will return to the UK on the 14th.

Please pray for our pastor João George who is the assistant pastor at Imaculada. He is ill with Covid. In the last 24 hours there were 219,298 new cases of Covid in Brazil and there were 1,074 deaths. The pandemic situation has become very serious again here. 

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The revamp and modernization of EAB’s Care Centre presses on. The area has been fenced off with fence posts and barbed wire brought in from Green Pastures. I have now returned the excess barbed wire. On the way to Green Pastures I saw a Burrowing Owl perched on a fencing post which flew to its burrow as I reached it. I also saw a wild Cavy which simply ignored me as I went past it. Whilst there I saw and heard a Shiny Cowbird.

We have a Long-billed Wren nesting in the main kitchen at Green Pastures. It nested in the kitchen doorway last year and this year it has made its nest out of tree bark on top of pots and pans.

Ex EAB Missionary Ben Price has been with us since yesterday when he arrived for a visit before lunch. We have had lovely fellowship with him and yesterday afternoon we took him for a nice walk at Green Pastures where it rained 11 mm last night. He will be leaving after lunch today and will be speaking at a Bible College graduation in Itaporanga. He will return to the UK on the 14th.

Please pray for our pastor João George who is the assistant pastor at Imaculada. He is ill with Covid. In the last 24 hours there were 219,298 new cases of Covid in Brazil and there were 1,074 deaths. The pandemic situation has become very serious again here. 

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