Matheny newsletter for Brazil work
RANDAL & VICKI MATHENY | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL | YEAR 42 Above: Flower planted by a neighbor in the green area next to our house. Dateline: 2026-06-27 | Vicki had x-rays done and consulted with the orthopedist last Friday. The shoulder has mended; he removed the sling. Now comes the therapy phase. One therapist last Wed. was very pleased with her condition and assured her she would…
RANDAL & VICKI MATHENY | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL | YEAR 42 Vicki took a tumble while out walking May 10. She broke her right shoulder and skinned up head, lip, hands, and arm. Her arm is in a sling for several weeks. Bone starts healing after three weeks. Then more weeks of healing and afterwards physical therapy. This has required adjusting our schedules. The teaching moment in the…
RANDAL & VICKI MATHENY | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL | YEAR 42 Here are some highlights from recent events. Camilly, Karol’s younger sister, was baptized Sunday, Mar. 29. Pedro and Karol had been teaching her for quite some weeks. Although she lives in the southern zone, she’ll be meeting with us in Northside for the time being. The Festival of the Family of God Apr. 3-5 was a great success.…
RANDAL & VICKI MATHENY | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL | YEAR 42 Paulo Cesar will begin a new evangelistic group in his home beginning Jan. 23. He will use the material “Let the Bible Speak.” He recently built a dining area with a barbecue grill and pizza oven at the back of his house. It can hold a good-sized group. Please pray the group will reach souls. Vicki and I will provide moral and…
YEAR 42 | 2025-12-22 | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRAZIL The PDF newsletter you received by email will likely be the last of this year. See you next year! For people in the Northside congregation plus some friends, we ordered Christmas baskets. They have been well received. The last two weeks I've gotten back to the weekly radio program. At Valdizan's request, I'm working on the subject of spiritual…
YEAR 41 | 2025-11-06 | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRASIL Those in fellowship should have received by now the PDF newsletter via email. Be assured, again, of our gratitude and gladness at your partnership in the gospel. The items below are extras, besides the PDF news. ... The next issue of EDIFICAÇÃO magazine will be a strong issue on the topic of “Preparation.” Several writers contributed articles…
Wednesday, Oct. 15, was the 10-month anniversary of the start of the Northside congregation, here in SJCampos. I did a 20-minute overview of what has occurred in this time period, including one baptism, two transfers, classes and fellowship on Wed. nights, classes for the girls on Tues. nights, by Pedro and Karol. The men rotate tasks, Pedro, Fernando, and I, sometimes we ask Thiago to help. That…
I almost certainly picked up this tract around 1981, when I worked with the Ashland, MS congregation. Brother Thornton was a preacher in the area. At the front corner of our lot, we ripped out two hibiscus bushes that had gotten out of control and were infected with a parasite. Paulo Cesar's mother recently celebrated her 84th birthday and we went over for that, on a weeknight. Got home very late.…
Here is a photo taken after our Sunday meeting at Northside, in a sister's home: Ricardo e Marilia, from Taubaté, invited themselves for breakfast one Saturday: Pedro and family came to our home on a Monday night for chili: These photos accompany the newsletter sent 2 Aug to friends by email.
RANDAL & VICKI MATHENY | YEAR 41 | SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS (SP) BRASIL The main items of today’s newsletter are included in a beautiful, printable PDF distributed by email to friends and supporters. Here are a few more: Vicki now has 75 women in the Bible-reading group on WhatsApp that she and Marli oversee. It grows organically, little by little. Carlos Henrique from Rio asked for some 30 copies of…