<![CDATA[Brazil as I see it and live it]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br pt-br <![CDATA[MINISTERS' FELLOWSHIP - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-11-01_2009-11-07.html#2009_11-06_20_55_52-5176677-0 I chaired the Patos Ministers Fellowship meeting this afternoon which had a good number present. The meeting was quite heavy going because of the RC manoeuvres, which have left us all reeling, and extended discussion ensued.

Leia mais...]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:55:52 -0200 <![CDATA[LIZ BACK AT THE WHEEL - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-11-01_2009-11-07.html#2009_11-06_12_34_42-5176677-0 Liz was given the go ahead last night by the surgeon to return to driving as she feels able and in the amount she feels able to handle. Thus this morning she drove Marian to the Care Centre and acted as interpreter when Marian spoke to the Senior Leia mais...]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:34:42 -0200 <![CDATA[FELIPE IS 12 TODAY! - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-11-01_2009-11-07.html#2009_11-05_18_37_49-5176677-0 Our eldest grandson, Felipe, is 12 today! Happy birthday Felipe! He is growing up into a fine young man and is an athletic cyclist and budding guitarist. He received a guitar for his birthday and we look forward to hearing him playing it in church. Leia mais...]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:37:49 -0200 <![CDATA[STILL NO BAGGAGE! - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-11-01_2009-11-07.html#2009_11-04_19_49_09-5176677-0 Marian Rashleigh's baggage has still not arrived! São Paulo confirmed to me this morning that they sent it to Natal airport yesterday which is where it should have arrived on Sunday night! I have been trying to speak to TAP all day at Natal to Leia mais...]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:49:09 -0200 <![CDATA[DOING IT IN STYLE - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-11-01_2009-11-07.html#2009_11-03_22_38_18-5176677-0

As is EAB custom our international visitor's first meeting was held with in north-eastern traditional costume so as to readily acclimatize the visitor to the local ways. Leia mais...]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:38:18 -0200 <![CDATA[MARIAN RASHLEIGH'S BRAZILIAN WELCOME! - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-11-01_2009-11-07.html#2009_11-03_22_28_38-5176677-0

This was how Liz and I welcomed Marian yesterday at Natal airport. For maximum embarassment impact this was waved inside the airport terminal and then in the car park where the Leia mais...]]> Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:28:38 -0200 <![CDATA[MARIAN RASHLEIGH ARRIVES BAGGAGELESS - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-11-01_2009-11-07.html#2009_11-02_23_15_57-5176677-0 Marian finally arrived in Natal at 1.30pm but now TAP have done it again and managed to lose her baggage! Desanimado Leia mais...]]> Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:15:57 -0200 <![CDATA[MARIAN RASHLEIGH ON DETOUR TO BRAZIL - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-11-01_2009-11-07.html#2009_11-02_08_08_04-5176677-0 With a 13 hour detour Marian should be arriving in Natal at 1.20pm today and Liz and I are just off to meet her. She must be utterly exhausted. Having missed her connection at Lisbon, through no fault of her own, she managed to get a flight overnight Leia mais...]]> Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:08:04 -0200 <![CDATA[MARIAN STRANDED IN PORTUGAL - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-11-01_2009-11-07.html#2009_11-01_19_55_42-5176677-0 Liz, me, Philip & Ivy got to bed a little after midnight and were down for breakfast in a Recife hotel at 6.45am. We got away at 8am and arrived in Patos at 1.30pm which for the Kombi, and with Ivy on-board, was pretty good. Ivy and Philip had good Leia mais...]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:55:42 -0200 <![CDATA[IVY & PHILIP HAVE LANDED - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-25_2009-10-31.html#2009_10-31_22_41_39-5176677-0 Philip & Ivy have just landed at Recife airport on a TAP Airbus. They should be through customs in about 45 minutes. We will sleep in Recife and leave as early as possible in the morning for Patos as tomorrow evening Liz and I will travel to Natal Leia mais...]]> Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:41:39 -0200 <![CDATA[LEAVING FOR RECIFE - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-25_2009-10-31.html#2009_10-30_08_10_26-5176677-0 Liz and I should be leaving for Recife within the hour. We will sleep there tonight to rest up a bit and then meet Ivy and Philip off the plane on Saturday and all drive back to Patos in the Kombi.

Leia mais...]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:10:26 -0200 <![CDATA[GREEN AWARD - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-25_2009-10-31.html#2009_10-29_17_23_17-5176677-0

I was forgetting to put my Green Award photograph here on the blog. I never realised how grey haired I now am! Leia mais...]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:23:17 -0200 <![CDATA[NEW PHOTO GALLERY - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-25_2009-10-31.html#2009_10-29_09_52_20-5176677-0 I have recently started a new photo gallery which you might be interested to take a look at. The advantage of this gallery is that it is not restricted to birds. At the moment I have 4 albums in the gallery with photos I have taken of birds, reptiles, Leia mais...]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:52:20 -0200 <![CDATA[RIPPLES - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-25_2009-10-31.html#2009_10-29_08_48_32-5176677-0 I had meetings with pastors yesterday in the light of the Vatican's successful interference in Brazil's internal affairs. It just goes to show the power that Rome still holds and how little most evangelicals seem to be aware of this. I personally have Leia mais...]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:48:32 -0200 <![CDATA[I AM ABSOLUTELY LIVID! - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-25_2009-10-31.html#2009_10-28_12_18_00-5176677-0 I have just received the horrific news that the Vatican has achieved its aim of re-introducing religious education into all Brazilian schools in the form of teaching Roman Catholic dogma "to catholics". In theory this means that evangelicals would Leia mais...]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:18:00 -0200 <![CDATA[FOXY - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-25_2009-10-31.html#2009_10-27_22_52_25-5176677-0

I had a close meeting with this fox on my morning walk today. It was lovely to see it.

This afternoon I had a long telephone meeting with Pastor Wostenes, Leia mais...]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:52:25 -0200 <![CDATA[EXCELLENT SERVICE DESPITE DAMPNER - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-25_2009-10-31.html#2009_10-26_20_41_11-5176677-0 I travelled to Princesa Isabel yesterday afternoon and picked up the co-pastor at Imaculada, João George, on the way, who went with me and travelled back to Patos with me today. It was nice to have this opportunity to chat to him for hours on Leia mais...]]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:41:11 -0200 <![CDATA[AT THE MOMENT DOWN THE MOUNTAIN - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-25_2009-10-31.html#2009_10-25_14_59_23-5176677-0 I came back down the mountain from Teixeira about 11pm last night with happy Kombi load from the Patos church after a lovely service. There were about 100 there and it was good to see that the EAB-ACEV church there is doing better. PTL! The message Leia mais...]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:59:23 -0200 <![CDATA[MOUNTAINOUS WEEKEND - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-18_2009-10-24.html#2009_10-24_16_54_10-5176677-0 I will be going up the mountain to preach at the EAB church at Teixeira shortly. I will come back down to sleep only to go back up again tomorrow afternoon and go along to Princesa Isabel to preach there. I will sleep the night at Pastor Manoel Jorge's Leia mais...]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:54:10 -0200 <![CDATA[BIBA IS KNOCKED DOWN - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-18_2009-10-24.html#2009_10-24_00_22_43-5176677-0 Biba, Sacha's husband, was knocked off his pushbike tonight as he rode home from work. A 15 year old girl, without a driving licence (inevitably at that age), driving a twin-cabin pick-up truck pulled out suddenly on a road where Biba had Leia mais...]]> Sat, 24 Oct 2009 02:22:43 -0200 <![CDATA[GREEN - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-18_2009-10-24.html#2009_10-23_17_29_55-5176677-0 I photographed this plant on the Green Pastures lake this morning. I was up at 4.40am and away within the hour and had a lovely walk. I think I photographed a new species of hawk but I await Leia mais...]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:29:55 -0200 <![CDATA[NEWSPAPER - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-18_2009-10-24.html#2009_10-22_21_27_23-5176677-0 I wrote my monthly local newspaper article this morning and was interviewed for a Radio programme. I have also been sorting out difficulties which have arisen at the Princesa Isabel Bible College.

Lynn's blood Leia mais...]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:27:23 -0200 <![CDATA[WORKSHOP - Autor(John Philip Medcraft)]]> http://medcraft.blog.uol.com.br/arch2009-10-18_2009-10-24.html#2009_10-22_09_54_26-5176677-0 Last night's Patos Bible College Workshop on HIV/AIDS was superb. We gathered the whole college at the Independent Presbyterian church, which is close to the college, and what an excellent workshop we had! It was led by EAB/ACEV's social worker and Leia mais...]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:54:26 -0200