GoSpeak 2023-12-05
November recap, site comments, 40th year
YEAR 40 · 2023-12-05 · SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL
(Vicki and I are now in Huntsville, Ala, in the midst of our American trek. We arrived stateside Oct. 30 and will leave the US Dec. 24. Later this week we head back toward Orlando, Fla.)
During November I kept up our websites with new content. Thirty articles were posted to cristaos.org. The columnists and I posted 29 items to forthright.net.
The Brazilian website often gets comments, both on the site, via email, or on social media. Here are some examples:
“Excellent message. Direct, current and objective.” ─R. Santos.
“Excellent summary of the book of Revelation. A text that awakens the desire to read again this letter that brings hope to the faithful.” ─R. Viera.
“Congratulations on your work. … the articles are very edifying and instructive.” ─I. Arantes.
The Forthright site has been inundated with spam comments, so for now, at least, we have turned off the option to comment.
What are my Now goals for December? Check out four of them here:
https://jar.tiddlyhost.com/#Now
A number of people have shown interest in our evangelistic studies, done on 3x5 cards. I taught the first part of the first study in Finch, Ark., and have mentioned them in my messages on the “Four Principles of Work.” So that has motivated me to work on putting these studies into English. If you’d like to see what I have so far, send me a request.
I cite the studies as an example of simplicity that can be quickly replicated.
Last Sunday, Dec. 3, after the meeting with Chase Park congregation, Vicki and I had lunch with Pablo and Taciane and their two daughters. They are a Brazilian family living in Huntsville, Ala. Our son Micah and his wife Valerie have worked with them. The two-hour visit was done all in Portuguese.
https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/637745407566868353
As of Nov. 28, our 39th anniversary of arrival in Brazil, Vicki and I are now officially in Year 40 of our life and work in Brazil. We wonder where all the years went.
Yours in Him,
Randal & Vicki Matheny