No vaccine - no church!

As from tomorrow a new law in our State of Paraíba means that people can only go to church or to the supermarket, and such places, if they show their vaccine passport. This will create a delicate situation at the door of the church if we have to turn away church members who are Bolsonaro supporters and have not been vaccinated. President Bolsonaro has said people will turn into crocodiles if they are vaccinated! 

Last night's service at Green Pastures went well. I led the service and one of our young men called Murillo, who is studying both law and theology, preached the Gospel from John 21:15-19. He was excellent. It is so encouraging to see how some of our young people are growing in the ways of the Lord and developing as excellent speakers. One person at the service called Fred, who is a local farm owner, remarked how quickly the service flew by as it was so good. Praise God! 

This week at Green Pastures one of our automatic cameras took some excellent photos of a beautiful Jaguarundi wild cat. I am in discussions with the Christian ecology organization, A Rocha International, so that Green Pastures will become a 'Friend of A Rocha International' with a view to becoming an associated project of the organization.

This week I took part in a meeting organized by the Roman Catholic church about renewable energy projects in our State and region. At the rate such projects are being installed, with both wind turbines and solar energy farms, our state will be self-sufficient in electrical energy quite soon. Of course this self-sufficiency is good. However our concern is for the land small-holders who are being sucked into the process without hardly any share at all in the profits of the systems. What we are seeing are massive companies intimidating simple farm folk, and the international companies have the support of the State Government.

I will be preaching in the service tonight in Patos. I value your prayers. I will be leading the service too. I had invited the assistant pastor to lead but he is not feeling well. Please pray for Rafael.