Today is the start of Brazilian Carnival and under normal circumstances we would be starting our carnival camp, but obviously we can't do that this year. However the youth group asked if they could go to Green Pastures for the day under the responsibility of their leaders Rayla, Louisa and Ray plus the assistant pastor Rafael. We agreed to this as it is not against the rules here and it is in the open air and everyone wears masks. They will spend the day there with their own programme of activities and then lead the service there for the local church as always on Saturday nights. One of the young people, Murilo, who is another person we have at Bible College, will bring the Word tonight.
The youth left Patos for Green Pastures this morning at 6 am and all was well. Later, however, we received a message from Louisa that Pastor Rafael decided to make coffee (Brazilians can't survive long without coffee!) and without knowing what he was doing (a typical bachelor perhaps?) he not only put coffee in the percolator but he put plenty of sugar too which he should not have done. This resulted in the percolator exploding and sending coffee to the four corners of the kitchen and burning Rafael on his face, neck and one arm! So Rafael has been brought into the Patos hospital with second degree burns where he is on a drip to calm him down and ease the pain. Please pray for him.
The Projects Team tells me they are pulling their hair out trying to select the next families to be benefitted by EAB toilet/shower units because the needs are so great. They say they have to bite back the tears as people are so desperately poor and don't even have a toilet! They say it is very difficult to select because everywhere the need is so enormous. Please pray.
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