It was lovely to receive David Irish's Christmas letter from Australia. Our good friend David was a missionary with his late wife Margaret in Papua New Guinea for many years and went back there this year. Next year he will be going to Zimbabwe to visit his brother Peter. David has a special place in our hearts as it was he who arranged the lunch for Liz at my house on Good Friday, 1967 when our courtship started.
I am now posting my news daily here on my blog, and no longer every other day as previously, so as to keep news shorter.
2 armed men stole 8 engravings by French artist Matisse and 5 from Brazilian artist Portinari from a library in São Paulo. The value of the works stolen is said to be "incalculable".
Our granddaughter Louisa and her husband Tiago have flown to England to spend Christmas with Louisa's family.
3 were baptized at the weekend from our Tavares church and 5 were baptized from our Belém church.
Please pray for our little church at Travessia where the local catholic priest is threatening people with a ban on christenings and the likes if they attend services at our church. Please pray for Pastor Francinaldo who ministers there every fortnight.
Our dear brother Bob Dalton's funeral will be on December 15th. The committal will be at 10:30 am at Bowstridge Lane Cemetery, Chalfont St Giles, HP8 4RB. The thanksgiving service will be at 1 pm at the Heathervale Baptist Church, Heathervale Road, New Haw, Surrey, KT15 3NW. Afterwards at the Foxhills, Stonehill Road, Ottershaw, KT16 0EL.
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ReplyDeletePaz a todos os que lêem. Pra mim é uma honra está neste privilegiado espaço permitido pelo Pr. Jhon.
ReplyDeleteQue maravilhoso é ler sobre o Ir. David, 1967, e já estava presente na vida do Casal-Mor de nossa Igreja. Bom, e não é a toa então que o irmão tem por sobrenome "Irish", Irlandês cujo significado se encontra: Terra Fértil. Esse homem tem muita história pra contar. Deus seja louvado por sua vida.
Quanto ao Padre, com todo o respeito, ele está fazendo um bem a obra de Deus na ACEV, pois se não forem batizados, melhor ainda, teremos mais possibilidades de batismos, sem proselitismo barato. Ele tá com ciúmes e talvez necessite de aulas práticas de hospitalidade. Que coisa feia Seu Padre!
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