I’m excited! I’ve just spent an incredible two weeks doing the impossible in northeastern Brazil. The flame that has been lit is attempting to consume me. The possibilities that are bubbling up have me pacing the floor with anticipation. And, to add further fuel to this fire, Nathanael de Poix will be speaking at The [...]
On more than one occasion on this trip to Brazil I’ve stated that words were failing me in trying to describe what was occurring. In so many ways, this was but a way to escape having to grapple with a plethora of emotions that have assaulted me during these two weeks. In the heat of [...]
“Official” Freedom Tour Logo Our stay in Fortaleza on this trip will be life altering for those on the trip and those in the city. The trip to the interior is going to be mind-boggling. For seven years I’ve been going to the interior of the state of Ceará and the village of Ubaúna. Each [...]
“Official” Freedom Tour Logo I just received an email from my friend and compatriot, pastor Marclei in Fortaleza. He was giving me some of the details of the Fortaleza side of our Brazil trip and I’ll admit that it even caught me off guard just a bit. We will be at three different churches on [...]
I went to a movie on a whim last night. No big deal… except it was a 3-D movie and I was very impressed! It even had a pre-movie cartoon just like the movies always had when I was a kid. With the big ol’ 3-D glasses on, I was responding just like a kid, [...]
On Friday morning I woke in Curitiba, Brazil. I attended class in the morning, caught a flight in the afternoon and was in Rio de Janeiro by four in the afternoon. I caught another flight that night and landed in Atlanta ten hours and 5,000 miles later. After catching yet another flight on Saturday morning, [...]
Today is travel day… again. After the morning class, we’ll be making a dash across Curitiba to get to the airport. Bittersweet. I’m so excited about getting back and beginning to apply what I’ve learned. The future burns brighter than ever after two weeks in Brazil. Being here always cleans out my spiritual ears in [...]
There is a very distinctive smell that I associate with Brazil. Garlic. Way back in the early 80′s when I first moved to Brazil, I didn’t know what cooking garlic smelled like. Every morning I’d wake up and smell this smell that was unlike any that my memory banks could categorize. It took me months [...]
i went to a restaurant here in Brazil over the weekend that had what they called a “traditional Brazilian coffee.” A traditional Brazil afternoon coffee would serve as a full meal in anyone’s book. I remember being invited over for “afternoon coffee” at an acquaintance’s home back in the 80′s while living in Brazil. The [...]
