Services

Saturday night's service at Green Pastures went off beautifully. I led it, projects team worker Marah Danielle gave a word of testimony and assistant pastor Rafael preached. We learnt at the service that two of the girls from our church there have gone down with Covid. Joseane is about 23 and her sister Sabrina is about 17. Please pray for them. Sabrina was in the service on the previous Saturday. The girls' mother gave a word of testimony and read a verse from a Psalm and their grandfather Julio also brought a word and sang a song with great emotion. It is so encouraging seeing men like Julio now following Jesus as I remember him years back when he was far from God.

Last night's service in Patos went very well too with the same format as the Saturday with me leading and Rafael preaching. I will preach next Sunday. Last night Sacha, Louisa and João Filho led the praise and worship very nicely. We learnt that 20 year old Keylla is coping quite well with Covid thus far, but her uncle, who seems to be from whom Keylla got it, is seriously ill in intensive care. Please pray.

I am reading a book by my late great friend Robinson Cavalcanti. He was an Anglican bishop in Recife who was murdered nine and a half years ago by his own adopted son. His wife Miriam was also murdered on the same day. It was one of the most abominable tragedies I have ever come up against. Liz and I went to their funeral in Olinda, Pernambuco. The book is called: 'The church, the country and the world - the challenges of an engaged faith'. (in Portuguese)