Cooler

The warmest time in the year in the UK coincides with the coolest time in north-east Brazil. Today we had a low of 20 degrees in the night and a high of 32 degrees in the afternoon. Yesterday we even had a shower of 6 mm of rain which was the first shower since the 19th of May.

Our Kombi people-carrying vehicle, which carries 9 people including the driver, has gone into the garage for a service. It has a loud knocking noise underneath with something loose or warn. Also it is difficult to get into second gear when reducing from 3rd. We want to get the Kombi all ship-shape for the 20th when we will be receiving the visit of Pastor David Fiddy, his wife Margaret and their children Beth and Nathaniel from the Rock Community Church at Devizes in Wiltshire. The Fiddys will be with us for a fortnight until August 4th. Please pray for this trip.

On Monday night we held a meeting with all the leaders of the various ministries in the Patos church and had a good discussion about the progress of the work of the Lord.

I am very sorry to have just received the news that Bernard Hedgecock died on June 20th, aged 78, and will be cremated in Watford on July 16th. Bernard was a fellow member of Peniel Chapel in Notting Hill where we both spent our youth. We used to play football together on the Little Scrubs. He was a very good player doing sliding tackles and diving headers. These things remain strongly in my memory of Bernard who was a lovely person. I watched Tottenham win the European Cup Winners Cup at Bernard's house in 1963 when Jimmy Greaves scored two goals!