A week ago, my mother fell in her apartment. Hours later the neighbors noticed she didn’t open the door that morning and called me. I ran there expecting the worst. She is 80 years old. She was alive but had been on the floor for almost 10 hours—there were angels guarding her along those hours. She was fine, no broken bones and no internal traumas. We had to find a new home for her, an elderly home, where people would take care of her 24/7. That was a hard decision to take; Dayse was taking such a good care of her. The good Lord led me to very good elderly home. Today her blood pressure is stable, she walks better and her emotional attitude is positive. Throughout this week I couldn’t help to stop thinking about the meaning and implications of “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.” Thank you ever so much to all those who prayed for us. And, may the Lord bless our parents.
Still in the same week, I had the opportunity to speak to a group of local servant-leaders about the many different translations we have in Portuguese. Our “João Ferreira de Almeida” translation (1654) is as old and traditional as the English KJV. Yet, I explained about the different philosophies behind translations we have now and the advantages of using these new Portuguese translations.
