This past week I spent a day in Belem where I was invited to receive a presentation, a gift to the Mission. Was from the construction firm, Leal Moreira, that purchased our downtown property ten years ago and built a luxury condominium of 26 stories. They could do this at the back of the property only after preserving the original house near the street built in 1882. During the sale/purchase process, as president of MICEB at the time, I gave Dr. Carlos Moreira, the old deeds and other documents with special stamps used in those years for legal transactions. He was pleased and made these documents into a booklet and presented the Mission a copy this past Wednesday. As you can see from the photos, the Mission also made a presentation to Dr. Carlos Moreira, in the form of a Bible in recognition of his company's dedication and success in the area of civil construction projects in the greater Belem area. I read: "man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God" in the dedicatory page and he was pleased.
So, one never knows what may occur after ten years but it is important to be ready to give a witness and receive a gift on various levels of society. And I was grateful that Dr. Carlos' firm paid my flight to Belem for this special presentation!
