Research

I have been talking to the biologist Rafael Dioni who is going to start post-graduate research into Toad tadpoles at Green Pastures Nature Reserve and Christian Conference Centre. He is going to start work there next week.

I have also been talking to Pastor Maésio who leads the Teixeira church at the top of the mountain. We discussed the church plant he is working on at Sítio Sabonete II. They held another evangelistic service there this week with Maésio's wife Fia working with the children parallel to the adult service.

Our deaconess Josinete has just come through Covid and now her husband Zaqueu has it, as does her daughter-in-law Paula and her adopted granddaughter Eloisa. Please pray for this family. The peak of the present third wave of Covid in Brazil is forecast for the end of this month which would coincide with our carnival camp. We are probably going to be forced to cancel the camp. Hopefully we will have the all clear to hold the General Conference at Green Pastures in May as this current wave should have passed by then.

Liz and I spent Wednesday afternoon at Green Pastures. We saw another part of the outer fencing where Francisco is fixing it. We had a good long walk and brought back 18 fresh eggs. We walked past the bone dry lake and prayed for it to be filled. The weather forecast between now and the 15th March is for very heavy rain for us. We hope and pray that the forecast is correct.

Yesterday Liz and I did PCR Covid tests and we should receive the results tomorrow. We are confident that they will be negative as we have no symptoms at all after our close shave with Ben Price's visit.