Diary

A small but important thing I always need around this time of year is a diary for the coming year which usually my sister Jean used to send me from England. However the Brazilian government started charging so high import duty that it made it non-viable. However thankfully I have managed to purchase one from amazon.com.br and I received it today which is good.

Pigs are in the process of being involved in EAB's 4-Legs Project at the request of a community at Diamante. So now the 4-Legs Project involves goats, hair sheep (non-wool) and pigs!

A further drug addict will be taken to rehab at Princesa Isabel today. Please pray for this young man that God might transform his wretched life. 

Video

Yesterday Liz and I made a 2 minute 20 second video for the EAB AGM this Saturday and sent it to Roy. Saturday will be a busy day for us as we will have the EAB board meeting and then we will also have the main service of the week here in Patos on Saturday at 5:30 pm instead of Sunday, because on Sunday is the second and final phase of the presidential election between President Lula and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, with the latest opinion polls showing them tied at 50% each. 

Last night I led the mid-week prayer meeting and Bible study and Firefighter Lieutenant Romildo brought a good study on Acts 1:6-11 as he proceeds with a series of studies in the Book of Acts.

It was lovely to see 2 children from our Patos school bringing their mother to the weekly service we hold there, and she was really blessed and says she will return! Please pray for her salvation. 🙏

Let me remind everyone that the 88th EAB AGM will be tomorrow!

New Church Hall

Yesterday Liz and I travelled to the town of São Mamede where we rented a small hall to officially function as a church for £77 a month as from November 1st. Please pray for this venture of faith. EAB/ACEV's work in this town goes back decades. In the 1950s Missionary Pastor Frank Dyer was attacked by an Armadillo on his way back from evangelism in São Mamede. About 20 years ago we made another church plant attempt and now we are trying again. The church will be led by Deaconess Dodora so please pray for her. 

In the Patos High Street they are putting up the Christmas lights! 🎅

News from Betânia, Henrique and team in China is good and they are now in the north having travelled for a day yesterday by coach and plane. Please pray for them. 

São Mamede

Last night I travelled with the Patos Men's Fellowship to the town of São Mamede where I preached in a street service on 'Jesus sends out the twelve' from Mark 6:6-13 which is part of my series there in the Gospel of Mark. Pastor Rafael led the service and various people took part. At Green Pastures I am doing a series in John's Gospel and in Patos I am doing a series in Romans and am also about to start another series in Revelation. I am enjoying preaching more and more and value your prayers.

New Church Plant

We especially ask your prayers for a new church plant to start in December or January in the beach area of Bessa in João Pessoa. This new venture of faith has been under discussion for some time but we have now rented a house to start the work which we will receive on December 1st, and the church plant will be led by Thyago from Campina Grande and his wife Letícia. This young missionary couple are really blessed and intelligent with Thyago now finishing his PhD and Letícia about to do her master's degree. However above all they are on fire for God!🔥We already have 8 people committed to this new church plant and yesterday we had a meeting with Thyago and Letícia together with Pastor Wostenes and his wife Gleydice. 🙏

Complete Bible

When on this blog I announced my aim to write a résumé of the entire Bible chapter by chapter I imagined that this could take me 7 years. So I started on September 23rd 2024 and 2 years and 25 days later I have completed the 1,189 chapters of the 66 books of Scripture. This means that over 2 years I averaged about one and a half chapters a day, not just reading, but writing an abbreviated summary of each chapter and publishing this initially on this blog to be later published on the EAB website. I am very pleased and blessed to have finished this task.

Last night I led the service in Patos and preached the first of a series of sermons on the Book of Romans covering chapter 1 with the title: "I am not ashamed of the Gospel". It was a good service and the sermon went well. Pastor Murilo went and preached at our Imaculada church, and Pastor Rafael went and preached at our Catolé do Rocha church.

Revelation 22 (résumé): The River of Life

Revelation 22 is the Bible's final chapter which affirms that Jesus will return and offers the water of life to God's people. "Then an angel showed me the river of the water of life... flowing from God's throne... and on each side of the river was the tree of life giving fruit every month, whose leaves were for the healing of the nations... and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city and his servants will serve him... and they will see the Lord's face and his name will be on their foreheads... and God will give them light and they will reign forever and ever... and Jesus said behold I am coming soon... then the angel said the time is near... behold, said Jesus, I am coming soon... I am the beginning and the end... so blessed are those who wash their robes so that they have the right to the tree of life... but outside are the dogs... and I Jesus sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches... I am the bright and Morning Star... the Spirit and the bride say come... whoever is thirsty come... but don't add anything to this book nor take away from this prophecy... yes I am coming soon... Amen come Lord Jesus".