Hello Supporters and Friends! I hope all is well for you! I have finally moved to Portel! It took about a week to get from Altamira to having my stuff moved in and organized, but now I am starting to settle in. I am very excited to get started with the school project, as well … First Steps
This month we were blessed to have 2 short term mission teams come and minister from The Vineyard Church of Delaware County and the Vineyard Cleveland. It was such a joy to have them here on so many levels. It is a challenge to write this month’s email because it is very difficult to quantify … August Amazon Update!
What an honor it was to visit my family while in Canada for a very important Conference for Living Waters. I was not planning on coming home this summer, even for a few weeks, but once I realized that I was to go to the Living Waters Conference, I took the opportunity to see family … Living Waters Conference and Visiting Family
Something microscopic seems to have taken up residence in my GI tract. Sorry, that’s the cleanest way I can put that. I have been feeling unwell on and off and then it took a turn a few days ago. I was advised to take some ‘samples’ in to a local lab to see if … Taking Samples to the Lab-Another Adventure in Learning Portuguese
A cobblestone street in downtown Belem before the morning traffic starts He was drunk. Not just a little drunk. He was so drunk that he had difficulty walking straight. He was mostly incoherent. And he picked our church. He wandered in off the street into our church service. And he had lost his shoes somewhere … Loving the Unlovely
Hello to the Best Supporters! Just a few days ago marked my official first 2 years in Brazil! What a journey it has been. You all have been there with me through the whole thing, and you are still here as God’s calling and purpose for my life continues to be revealed each day. I … Go Team VCDC!!!
One of the houses along the river The last couple of weeks were spent with a team visiting from Cleveland, Ohio. What a great time and what a great group of people. I had a wonderful time together with them and it was a pleasure getting to … Traveling on the River
There are a lot of horrible things going on in the world right now, wars and disease, things that can make us feel like the world is falling apart and that we have no power to change it. But I say we can change it, and it’s simple. Love people. If we expanded the circle … You Can Change The World By Doing This One Simple Thing
Normally, I shop for our food alone. Just little old me, silently and swiftly moving (now that I know what to buy) around the grocery store and as far as anyone is concerned I’m just one of those ‘branquinhos’ or light skinned Brazilians. I am incognito as long as no one asks me to speak. … Aliens In The Grocery Store
“Missionary time and emotional energy should be spent 30% on their support teams, 30% on their families, and 30% on actual field work”. This is how I counsel new missionaries. In real life, I have no idea how our time and energy actually gets distributed, but if we lose any one of these three areas of … Missionary Relationships
