More people have died with Covid this year in Brazil than died in the whole of last year. The Covid peak here for the second wave has been reached but the levelling off at over 3,000 deaths a day remains horrifically high. Nevertheless our President Bolsonaro continues to play down the pandemic and demands that all the shops, restaurants, bars etc. should be open. I only hope and pray that he will not be re-elected in the October 2022 elections.
One bright piece of news amidst so much suffering is that the young lady doctor, Dr. Marcília, has finally been released from hospital after having been in intensive care for over a month. She had had Covid twice and was desperately ill, but thanks be to God that she made it out of the darkness. Thank you for praying.
Last night's service went very well. I led part of the service and our assistant pastor led the rest and also preached. Next Sunday I will preach at what will be the monthly communion service.
This morning food hampers have been distributed to those in special need. One went to Sister Judite who had one of her eyes removed recently owing to some sort of abscess. Quite awful! She seemed a lot brighter this morning thankfully. Bless her heart. Another food parcel went today to Sister Toinha who has been put (I felt like saying dumped) into a new government wardened place for seniors. I feel sorry for her as it has cut her off from friends and fellowship despite her being quite capable of looking after herself. Her son, who is a very aggressive policeman, decided to put his mother into care and there is nothing we can say or do about it.
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