On March 18, the Portuguese president
declared a state of emergency and people were told to stay at home. The
Parliament confirmed this and the quarantine became official at midnight March
22. Everyone except essential workers should stay at home, except to go out to
buy food, medicine, fuel, etc.
Because of the government's guidelines,
we began having online services on March 22. Mark is recording sermons in
Portuguese and in English for Sundays and Wednesdays. If you would like
to watch them, here are the links:
This is the link to our church's Vimeo
channel in English:
This is the link to our church's Vimeo
channel in Portuguese:
Thursday, April 2, the Portuguese government
extended the state of emergency an additional 15 days. Our church folks are
watching the sermons Mark is recording and staying in touch. A new convert and
her mother are in a discipleship class via video calls twice a week. We have
had more opportunities to witness to people. God is blessing during this
quarantine!
The streets in Lagos are empty.
Michele displayed pictures of our church folks
to "help" Mark preach to an empty room!
A member of Michele's parents' church in Brazil
sent a photo of himself watching a sermon.
A member of our church in Lagos also sent a photo.
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