Brazil will celebrate its 192nd Independence Day from Portugal this Sunday. This means that there will be the traditional civic marching and displays in the town centre starting late afternoon and overlapping with the time of our evening service. Thus we have cancelled that and will be holding a special Independence Day Communion Service at 9.30am. I have spent a lot of time preparing my sermon for this, which is now done.
Liz phoned our EAB/ACEV Pastor Umbirajara in João Pessoa and asked him to visit Raquel Macena, from our Patos church, who is gravely ill in hospital in the State capital. She was taken ill suddenly yesterday and I still can't find out what is wrong with her. The pastor only was allowed in to visit her because he is a minister and that was a brief visit. He said she is intubated and on assisted breathing being sedated or unconscious. Please pray for Raquel who was the first child I dedicated 41 years ago so we have always had that close link. She has had a difficult life, being married and widowed three times.
I have also been involved in different counselling sessions. Church life is never without its ups and downs! I also went with Liz to sort out further things linked to the Patos building project which is now gathering pace. PTL!
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