Dengue fever has passed 4 million cases in Brazil this year with about 2 thousand deaths. Dengue fever gives heavy flu-like symptoms, a rash, and the killer version gives haemorrhaging.
In the first quarter of this year the police in the city of Sao Paulo killed 179 people! This is a rise of 138% from the previous quarter when they only killed 75!
Yesterday Liz and I did some difficult counselling with another couple. We also had an important meeting with some Action School leaders mainly about the Patos school. Whilst we were in the meeting a man from our church left us a bag of custard apples. It was a very nice and tasty surprise at the end of the meeting!
A couple called Diego and Talyta have asked to join our church so this is nice. Please pray for them.
I am reading a book called 'Seven things I wished Christians knew about the Bible' by Michael F. Bird.
Last night I took the Bible study in the men's fellowship meeting. It was a lovely time around God's Word in Matthew 7:13-14.
Today was a bank holiday and so the married couples fellowship organized a wonderful day outing at Green Pastures to which 23 couples went. Everything went off excellently. Some couples went there to sleep on Tuesday night too. There was a lovely spirit about the whole day. The husbands did a barbecue to which each couple contributed 5 pounds and took food. The event started at 7:30 am and ended at night. In the afternoon I gave a meditation on 1 Corinthians 13 which went very well.
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