Idiots

The President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro publicly called everyone who self-isolates yesterday "idiots"! This sadly is the aggressive level of insanity which leads, or misleads, this country. It is no wonder that Brazil is in the mess with the Covid pandemic that it is. Whereas most presidents and prime ministers demand self-isolation where possible, wearing of masks and social distancing, our president does and says exactly the opposite!

Yesterday our brother Neneto from our Curral Velho (Old Cow Pen) church was released from hospital in the town of Piancó where he had been for 3 weeks, of which 16 days were in intensive care. He was picked up in a car to take him home and was escorted home to Curral Velho by a cavalcade of motorbikes sounding their horns! There was great jubilation at Neneto's recovery. I saw the video of the cavalcade and it was quite something. Thank you for praying.

Yesterday Liz and I did a long session of telephone counselling with a person who leads one of the EAB/ACEV churches whose marriage is in serious difficulties. I can't give names or place, but please pray for this couple. It's a very complex matter.

A bird researcher from the town of Mossoró in Rio Grande do Norte State has contacted me asking for permission to use some photos of mine of a fascinating bird called a Nyctibius griseus. My photos are going to be used to illustrate a scientific paper about this bird which stays stationary all day on the top of high tree stumps and only flies off to hunt and eat at night.