We're just about to leave for Natal airport to meet Marian Rashleigh who's coming from the UK and staying till March 23rd. Marian is a staunch supporter of EAB and member of the EAB UK Board of Trustees, as well as being co-editor of the EAB magazine In Touch and quite a few other things! It is always a pleasure to have Marian here as she gets mucked in and helps in whatever is needed! We will arrive at the nearest little town to the Airport at around midday and have lunch at a restaurant come boarding house where Liz and I have booked a room to snooze all afternoon and early evening. Then we will meet Marian and drive back to Patos. We have to get straight back because we have a special community lunch tomorrow on International Women's Day when Liz will receive a special tribute from the authorities for all her service here.
The weekend was long and tiring. Liz and I, together with 3 pastors, drove to Ceará State where we slept on Friday night in an awful hotel where Pastor Wostenes became unwell and I slept little. I'll never go to that hotel again! On the Saturday morning we had the planned meeting with the EAB/ACEV pastor and his wife at Nova Olinda and in the afternoon the meeting was with them and 9 other members (the church there has gone backwards!) and 6 members from the Altaneira church which is doing better. I think we sorted out most of the issues although we do not feel totally at peace and ask for your prayers. It's always funny going to this part of the field because we go through Missão Velha where EAB had a work back in the fifties!
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