The town of Serrinha dos Pintos is not far from Patos (186 km) in the neighbouring state of Rio Grande do Norte where EAB/ACEV has a small church at Ipueira. It was my sister Jean who drew my attention to a fascinating article by the BBC about this town and its prevalent condition called Spoan syndrome which has only recently been discovered by Brazilian geneticist Silvana Santos. The high number of cousins married in the town contributed to this which means many in the town end up in wheelchairs.
On Sunday night I led the special service allusive to Mother's Day at which our daughter Sacha preached an excellent sermon on Matthew 15:21-28 in which she focused on the Canaanite mother's fight of faith for her daughter's well-being. It was a very clever application of the text. The service was lovely with a full church.
It was great to see our grandson Arthur in church again back from Japan. He only arrived back in Patos 3 hours before the service, after a 3-day journey, including being stuck for 14 hours in Brasília owing to a flight cancellation, but he still came.
Yesterday we went to the wake of our keyboard player Rogério's uncle who died suddenly.
Sobre a matéria da BBC sobre a Síndrome de Spoan eu assisti e foi muito enriquecedor para mim tomar conhecimento com mais detalhes sobre os fatos.
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Obrigado Pr. John.