Our son-in-law Witagiby, who is known as Biba, has Covid. He is married to our youngest daughter Sacha. They are the parents of our two granddaughters Alice and Bia. Please pray for Biba. So far he has a mild version of the virus.
Pleased also pray for a young man called Douglas who is a member of our Matureia church which is 45 minutes by car from Patos. Douglas also has Covid which worsened yesterday so he was brought to the Patos General Hospital yesterday where he was admitted.
I was very surprised yesterday to hear that the Copa América (bi-annual South American Nations Cup) is said to be going to be held in Brazil! It was originally supposed to be held partly in Columbia and partly in Argentina but Columbia said they couldn't do it owing to the widespread social unrest there. Then yesterday Argentina also bowed out of the tournament owing to the serious Covid situation there. However very quickly, too quickly in my view, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said the event could be held in Brazil as if Brazil didn't have a massive Covid problem. This is the typical populist attitude of Bolsonaro who has never taken the pandemic seriously and always tries to play it down. He clearly thinks Brazil staging the tournament at the last minute will be a vote winning strategy in the build up to next year's elections.
I have now finished 79 years of EAB/ACEV history in Portuguese for my book. My book will cover the period from 1938 to 2018 so I have just one year to go. Once I have finished the basic text for the 80 year period I will need to check the whole thing slowly and carefully and insert photos where appropriate.
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