God put it on Pastor Sexton's heart to reach out to the school-age Iraqi refugees; therefore, a new scholarship program is being setup for them. We have begun to present the opportunity to the families, and...

The majority of our paperwork has been processed at the Consulate--Praise the Lord! It has come down to just four documents, and though this is a snag, it is not something that damages our desired departure time badly. We believe that, though we cannot get to Brazil in July, we can still...

Sunday night, around 10:30, I received quite a phone call. One of the Iraqis who had attended the evening service asked, "What do you all believe will happen at the end of the world?" Wow! What a question, especially at such a late hour. I proceeded to tell him that...

Jeremiah 2:3 says that Israel was holiness. What happened?

Last night we ate with four of the Iraqi refugees and one American. None of them have been converted yet, so the conversation was very interesting. They were delightful hosts, and the Middle Eastern dish was superb. Viva la falafel!

We enjoyed every minute of it; though, our children, Selina, Gabriel and Elijah did not know what they could and could not touch. Selina kept trying to "process" all the Arabic mixed in with the English. Each time she asked me what the men were saying, I had to confess I did not know. (God is preparing her for this sort of experience in Brazil, we're sure.)

After enjoying the fine meal prepared by Ragheed we went to the living room to discuss the contents of John 3. The whole visit lasted about...

God, again, showed Himself gracious to us. He made our meeting at the Brazilian Consulate in Atlanta go very well, even though...

Yesterday I called one of our supporting pastors to see if he could help me get in touch with somebody...

John and Julie are at the consulate today. They are trying to get their visas...

We have been told that this church in Jundiaí has the best music program of any Independent Baptist Church in Brazil. I must say that they have trained their people well. I was amazed at what was going on there. We heard a guitar quartet, a men's ensemble, a choir, and a violin special along with the music my wife and I participated in.

On Wednesday, we met another family from Iraq. They told us...