I have dual citizenship. I am both Canadian (born there), and Portuguese (Portuguese parents and grew up there from the age of 4). The Canadian citizenship has always been a blessing, specially whenever traveling to the US. There are all kinds of agreements between the two countries and crossing the border is very simple […]
Book Review: The Overflow
This book, written by my good friend Michael Andrzejewski (the fact that I wrote his name myself from memory proves our friendship), is one of those books that you just can’t put down until you’re finished. As a Portuguese national, I am glad that there are families like this, that decide to live in the […]
December ’13 Prayer Letter
Dear Prayer Partners, December 2013 We had the chance to go to Portugal for Christmas. And what a blessing that was! While there I had the chance to preach our church plant and at the church in Albufeira. The services went well and in all services there were new people that have been attending […]
Christmas, espresso, and a special prayer request
We had a wonderful Christmas in Portugal with family. There is nothing out of the ordinary in the previous sentence, but a couple of months ago we had no way of knowing that we would be in Portugal for Christmas. When we left Portugal on August 29th, our return date was August 4th. And it […]
41 Things You Didn’t Know About Portugal
1. Portugal is the 109th biggest country in the world. It is slightly smaller than Indiana and slightly bigger than Maine. 2. Portugal has about 11 million people. There are probably less than 1% evangelical Christians. 3. Portugal is an independent nation since 1143. Its border with Spain has remained almost unchanged since the 13th […]