Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Visit to Recife and the Sertão Pernambucano, 3-10 June
Map of northeast Brazil, showing Recife and Arcoverde.
Paulo Brasil and Samuel Vitelino. Great friends, enormous fun to spend time with, men of erudition and scholarship, a huge passion for the gospel and for gospel preaching, and a certain appreciation of food.
Samuel's grandma. She is the only person we have ever met with over 100 descendants.
Cora on the balcony of the Vitelinos' flat, Recife.
The old Road of the Jews: since 1654 the Road of the Good Jesus.
The Jews of Recife, sheltered by the Dutch, were driven out after the Portuguese secured the region. They fled and founded another city of islands and rivers, by the sea. In honour of their former protectors they named it New Amsterdam. But the dominant colonial power on that continent renamed it...
New York.
It is wonderful to see a street plaque that reminds you of such a vast swathe of history, embracing three continents.
Images of Recife
Recife by night.
Baobab tree in the grounds of the government buildings, Recife.
Graças Presbyterian Church, Recife, where Andrew preached twice on Sunday morning.
Sunday night congregation, First Presbyterian Church, Recife.
Into the Sertão
The Sertão is the interior region of the north-east - dry and poor. It has seen poor investment, and has lost a huge swathe of population, as economic migrants have left in desperation for the big cities of the south-east. Samuel's desire is to invest in it spiritually, and our ministry aim for this trip was to lead a brief refresher course on exposition in the heart of the state of Pernambuco. The visit was good, but marred by illness. Cora developed severe flu on arrival at Arcoverde, and was unable to do her workshop with women. Andrew came down with the same on return to Recife.
Scenes of the Sertão - oddly green this year after two months good rains.
Faces of the Sertão
Arcoverde Presbyterian Church, where the event was held.
Paulo preaching to open the congress.
Photo time
Samuel preaching in the Congress.
Pastor Arnaldo and his wife, Daniella, from Arcoverde Presbyterian church.
Rash on Andrew's arm on the day of his worst flu-fever.
Glenn and Winifred Every-Clayton: the first time we have met up since 1998. How much has happened since then, and how good it is now to meet as colleagues, with six years of experience to chat over.
Map of northeast Brazil, showing Recife and Arcoverde.
Paulo Brasil and Samuel Vitelino. Great friends, enormous fun to spend time with, men of erudition and scholarship, a huge passion for the gospel and for gospel preaching, and a certain appreciation of food.
Samuel's grandma. She is the only person we have ever met with over 100 descendants.
Cora on the balcony of the Vitelinos' flat, Recife.
The old Road of the Jews: since 1654 the Road of the Good Jesus.
The Jews of Recife, sheltered by the Dutch, were driven out after the Portuguese secured the region. They fled and founded another city of islands and rivers, by the sea. In honour of their former protectors they named it New Amsterdam. But the dominant colonial power on that continent renamed it...
New York.
It is wonderful to see a street plaque that reminds you of such a vast swathe of history, embracing three continents.
Images of Recife
Recife by night.
Baobab tree in the grounds of the government buildings, Recife.
Graças Presbyterian Church, Recife, where Andrew preached twice on Sunday morning.
Sunday night congregation, First Presbyterian Church, Recife.
Into the Sertão
The Sertão is the interior region of the north-east - dry and poor. It has seen poor investment, and has lost a huge swathe of population, as economic migrants have left in desperation for the big cities of the south-east. Samuel's desire is to invest in it spiritually, and our ministry aim for this trip was to lead a brief refresher course on exposition in the heart of the state of Pernambuco. The visit was good, but marred by illness. Cora developed severe flu on arrival at Arcoverde, and was unable to do her workshop with women. Andrew came down with the same on return to Recife.
Scenes of the Sertão - oddly green this year after two months good rains.
Faces of the Sertão
Arcoverde Presbyterian Church, where the event was held.
Paulo preaching to open the congress.
Photo time
Samuel preaching in the Congress.
Pastor Arnaldo and his wife, Daniella, from Arcoverde Presbyterian church.
Rash on Andrew's arm on the day of his worst flu-fever.
Glenn and Winifred Every-Clayton: the first time we have met up since 1998. How much has happened since then, and how good it is now to meet as colleagues, with six years of experience to chat over.
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