In September of 1981 I stepped off an airplane in Fortaleza, Brazil. This was to be my new home and I was full of confidence of the change I was about to be an agent in bringing about. Last night, cruising the internet, I came across a description of the work I helped to plant. […]
So, how’re ya doing?
I was contacted by an acquaintance from my past yesterday. A fellow I’d not heard from for 27 years sent me an email. In a brief exchange with him I realized that while he had experienced some change in his life, I had radically transformed. I knew his vocabulary but he didn’t know mine. I […]
Silencing American Christian complainers
I love what I do in Brazil. Except when I get emails like this: Thank you so much for the financial assistance from everyone in the U.S.; it arrived at a good time. The Catholic radio station managed to pull strings to shut down our little station. Sadly, I was trading advertisement time for food […]
“Just a killer”
Flavor. Every little place has it. Unfortunately, the flavor can be sour. Ubaúna is in the middle of nowhere, a sleepy little villa, rural, even “hick.” There is no police presence, no civil authorities, no ability to maintain law and order except the good will of the people. For years, scores of decades, that has […]
A peek into darkness…
Eye opening… Continue to pray for us. Last Sunday a friend of ours who is a lawyer had her apartment broken into by eight minors, all drugged. One of them received $7.50 to kill her. I’ve been threatened by drug dealers. It’s incredible the number drug addicts who, for a pittance, have the urge to […]