Christmas preparations

Our drama group leader Dilma asked me what to do for Christmas this year as clearly our large plays involving lots of youth and children would not be appropriate owing to the pandemic. Thus she managed to find a play from a Christian book shop in Fleet, Hampshire, which we bought when there some years back, as it only has 5 characters in it. Dilma, who is fluent in English and teaches at our daughters' English school, has translated the play into Portuguese. Rehearsals can now begin.

On Monday afternoon Liz and I had a good meeting with our assistant pastor Rafael. He is young and inexperienced so we wanted to spell out quite clearly to him his responsibilities when he will be in charge of the youth group going to spend the day at Green Pastures on the 30th. There are all the environmental matters about not throwing litter everywhere and there are issues of behaviour which need care. Boys will be boys and girls will be girls so we had to spell things out clearly to Rafael.

Please continue to pray for my niece Lisa who continues with Covid in London. Her daughter Isla has now similarly gone down with it. I am glad to say both are improving but continue to need our prayers. In Brazil the daily Covid death rate continues to drop from the 4,000 peak to 367. This is the lowest this year. 

I did a lot of EAB administrative work yesterday and also did some reading of my latest book written by my friend Paul Freston called "Religion & Politics yes - Church & State no". It is a good book. The new edition of the EAB magazine 'InTouch#96' is about to go to the printers and will be with everyone early in November. Our thanks, as always, go to Marian Rashleigh & Dave Flowers for all the work they put in to this. The annual Christmas Gift List will be sent with the magazine.

The Men's Fellowship held a service last night at the Assentamento village for the ex-landless in São Mamede County. Sister Dodora is so dedicated in leading the work there and we pray for a breakthrough there with people coming to the Lord.