We are privileged to share encouraging news with you from Salvador, Brazil. God has continued to bless, and we are grateful to share some snippets of what has been going on here in the northeast of Brazil. One of our young men, Thiago, has [...]
It has been an encouraging month of ministry. It has been a challenging month of ministry. (There’s my Charles Dickens impression for the month.) We have seen some good steps of growth over the past month; we have also had to deal with chal [...]
Things are heating up here in Salvador, Brazil—no, really! The heat index here has been in the mid-90s every day for the last few weeks. I imagine that you all can sympathize with us with your current weather in the States. Continuing with [...]
It always seems odd to be sending Thanksgiving and Christmas wishes when it is late spring, early summer in our part of the world. Instead of cold weather and snow, we have high 80s and oppressive humidity. Oh, the travesty! Regardless, we [...]
It was on my calendar to send out a prayer letter at the beginning of September. As you can see, I am rather late. I would like to blame the pandemic. No really, Cynthia and I both contracted COVID within the last several weeks. First, I te [...]
Time has flown since we last gave an update. What in the world happened? I blame some sort of space-time vortex! In reality, we have been rather busy in the work. I look forward to sharing some encouraging news. At the end of April, we came [...]
It has been so nice to get back to in-person services since the most recent lockdown ended. We are coming up on a month since we have been able to start meeting together again. While we weren’t exactly sure what to expect, it has been an en [...]
There are times when the growth of a church shows through clearly via external measurables. Other times, we pray that good growth is taking place, but it is beneath the surface and is not so easily perceived. I feel like some of what we are [...]
“You all have won me over! What a night!” This was the parting comment from Maria Socorro the first night that she visited our church for our special Christmas service. Since that night, she has attended faithfully and brought five family m [...]
We thank the Lord for each one of you and for your faithful prayers for the work here in Salvador, Brazil. Each need has been supplied, our health has been blessed, and our work is seeing fruit produced. While no one is thrilled with all of [...]
