An Assaulting Assumption

A fellow missionary and friend once gave me some valuable advice.  “Don’t think about how you’ll respond if you’re assaulted; plan for how you’ll respond when you’re assaulted.” Encouraging advice, huh?  But she’s right.  Here in Brazil, the chances are better than not that a person will be assaulted, and those chances only increase the longer one [...]

…And the Walls Came Tumbling Down

Right now, we’re in the middle of Carnaval, the Brazilian form of Mardi Gras, when the general public indulges their fleshy desires in one last hurrah before confessing those same sins on Ash Wednesday; and like most situations, it worsens each day as the drinking escalates and inhibitions diminish. For that reason, It is a [...]