Feijoada

Liz is very busy this week coordinating the cooking of 'Feijoada' at the weekend for 300 people! 'Feijoada' is a traditional Brazilian dish of stewed black beans and pork. The 'Feijoada' will be cooked by the ladies of the Patos church and will raise funds for the revamp of our Care Centre. Each portion, sufficient for one person, will cost one pound sixty-six pence. The ingredients for the 'Feijoada' were funded by an EAB supporter so all the income will go to our building project.

Our projects team leaders Lindon Carlos and Marah Danielle have been at Barra de Oitis this week monitoring the building of two toilet/shower units for very poor families. They found one toilet/shower unit completed and in use and the other half-way constructed. Marilene, who is the mother at the house where the unit is already in use, is especially happy as with the unit comes a large external sink for hand washing clothes. She is especially happy as she earns extra cash by washing people's clothes.

On Wednesday night another Gospel service was held at our Patos school and the Women's Fellowship had a good meeting in the church.

I have finished reading a book by Maya Angelou called 'I know why the caged bird sings'. This very good autobiography tells of her origins in Stamps, Arkansas, USA as a poor, black girl, up to the birth of her son in California as a teenager. I read this book on Kindle.

Last night's Bible study was in Hosea chapter 8. There were about 25 of us there, which was lower in number than usual as many of our people are down with a virus. Nevertheless it was a blessed service.