http://calvingardner.com/blog Mission field blog Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:07:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Furlough time is coming … again! January the first of 2004 we arrived back in Brazil for another term. After some months of getting settled in we took this picture. The Lord has been merciful to use us in His vineyard. He used us to not just organize churches but to ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=47 You know how puppies can win your heart? Tie your sentiments around their little paws? Make you somehow forget that there will be long hours ahead of you to meet their every whine? Well, puzzles with puppy pictures do not do any less. Especially when Peggy is shopping with me ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=44 I forgot to post this earlier! After getting everything set up we wanted to have a service in our home. I had many workers in and out oft house preparing it for the family. I wanted to preach the Gospel more completely than I could just through tracts I had given ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=30 It is hard to get a picture that shows the outside of the house. The walls are so high the house itself would be hidden except for the roof. However, here is a shot or two from outside the house that may give you an idea of how things are ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=25 The Lord’s blessings are upon us and we desire to let you know of it by way of pictures. After five year of paying rent, the Lord blessed us with churches helping us to get a down payment and the bank to finance the rest. The cost ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=24 ÐÏࡱá The first time I came to Brazil I came to work with the deaf. Since then my ministry expanded to all, deaf and hearing. We are in church-planting work mainly but also do related ministries, such as Seminary-level classes for eight men; preaching in the four new churches to strengthen ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=23 An important irreplaceable part of my life since 1977, she finds her work to be mostly behind-the-scenes helping to keep the family going. Her hobbies lately are gardening and her favorite pastimes are putting together puzzles and playing board games. Her personal goal is to walk closer to ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=22 For those who like communicating by e-mail, Ben’s e-mail is: benthegardner@gmail.com Although Ben has been out of the house and on his own since the year 2001, he is still part of the work here in Brazil. Like you, he participates in our work through his giving where he ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=21 There are so many ways the family helps out in the ministry that it is hard to separate who does exactly what. Charity joins the others cleaning the church building each month in her turn. During services she often can be found babysitting a noisy child or befriending ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=20 Joy Ellaina is our youngest daughter and our only child born in the United States. Her help is indispensable. In my office she is busy most in the area of filling and shipping the book and CD/DVD orders as well as working with me as a ... http://calvingardner.com/blog/?p=19