As of 2002, the new editor of Edification Magazine is Francisco Bezerra, from São Paulo.

Francisco is Director of Events for the RioSul airline and travels extensively. He is an evangelist, preacher, writer, and teacher. He studies law at a local university.

He is married to Valdirene, with whom he has one daughter, Rebecca. They are expecting another.

This is an exciting phase for the magazine. Francisco will bring a dynamic faith to the publication and new life to the editorial process.

Keep him in your prayers as he settles into his new job.

Count Zinzendork said it well in the 1700s, "I have but one passion -- it is He, it is He alone. The world is the field and the field is the world; and henceforth that country shall be my home where I can be most used in winning souls for Christ."

I'm trying to see if this little site/service can bring together a lot of my writings. But don't forget that, in terms of the work we do here in Brazil, there is a lot of good old stuff to be read on the first site.

Some things from there I may ... or I may not ... we'll see how it goes.

Among their usual studies, basketball, basketball, and basketball, Micah, 18, and Joel, 15, have been sharing new Christian lessons with Leo and Vinicius just up the hill from us. These two young men are from a Christian family, so my boys are meeting with them on Thursday afternoons to study and talk about the Christian walk.

Right after the National Christian Worker's Encounter, Micah and Joel were motivated by the speeches to finally get Bruno in a study. He had set up with us three times before, but never showed up. This time my two took things into the own hands and decided to do it themselves. Good for them!