Pernambuco

 We live and work in the northeastern state of Paraíba which is north of the state of Pernambuco. Our pastor Nemias (Nehemiah) leads the EAB/ACEV church in the town of Flores in Pernambuco state and he told me yesterday that in Pernambuco there is a longer curfew than here now which starts at 8 pm through to 5 am. Then at the weekends nothing is allowed to open (including churches) for the next 2 weeks as the pandemic situation is so catastrophic here. Please pray.

Yesterday Liz and I went for another of our usual walks at Green Pastures but Liz didn't walk too far as she still feels pain in her foot and arms from her tumble last Friday. We checked on the 106 tree seedlings being planted and things look good. We met up with a wild tortoise on the walk which is lovely and something we often see.

We have managed to pay off the rest of our workers' little house at Belém (Bethlehem) village in the county of Tavares so that is good. 

I have been talking to our pastor Maésio up in the mountains at Teixeira and he is overjoyed with the conversion of a man called Odemar who has come from a previous life of drink and drugs. Odemar is now really enthused to serve the Lord and learn about him and has opened up his home to serve as a further point from which to preach the Gospel.

My sister Joy has sorted out the problem of the post office here not sending letters to the UK owing to the pandemic. I sent her the letters by email, to go to the 16 on our snailmail list, and Joy is going to post them in the UK.