Arthur

Our 22-year-old grandson Arthur is an amazing young man. This week he will be setting out on his 4th international trip. He first went to Chile and then he made 2 trips to Europe including England, France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Now he is going to Europe again to England, Spain (to a music festival), Iceland (to see an erupting volcano!) and Italy. He will also be going to Africa to Marocco to sleep for a night in a tent in the desert! He will be taking no cases (to economize!) and just have his onboard bag with a few items of spare clothing. Please pray for Arthur's trip between May 15th and June 10th. All Arthur's flights are cheap flights which he obtains via the internet. He entirely funds his own trips with no help from his parents or anyone else.

I have taken part in a 2-hour meeting of the deaf run by our deaf pastor Luiz Carlos and with the participation of Chief of Police Esau (deacon in our Patos church) and 2 other traffic police. 40 deaf people were present in the meeting about 'Traffic and Citizenship'. Lots of excellent advice was given such as how to cope when you are stopped by the police but you can't hear or speak. The meeting revealed that there are 30 deaf people in Patos that have motorbikes but who do not have driving licenses because they can't pass their driving test owing to their deafness. We have decided to fight the deafs' cause on this matter.

On Saturday I took another service at Green Pastures and Fred, Paulo Silas, Dodora, Nega and Manoel took part. On Sunday (Mother's Day in Brazil and most places in the world) I preached on the Magnificat from Lucas 1:46-55. It was a lovely service with the children taking a special part for their mums.