blog 7-12

Bom Dia.  It is Sunday morning and we arrived safely Friday very 

early morning with all our luggage and supplies.  We spent the

first day on the boat traveling all the way to Mounte Sinia,"Mount

Sinai," which truly did feel like the ends of the earth. While

traveling down the river we organized our supplies and started

bonding as a team.  We are all from different churches and at

different places in our walk with God, but the one thing we have

in common is our love for God and the desire to share his love

with others. Saturday we stayed in Mount Sinia and had 25 men

attend the mens ministry and 25 women in our womens group. This

village has a sweet spirt and beautiful view. The people expressed

gratitude for the love and services we could offer.  There were

several salvations in VBS with the children. The doctors on our

team noticed several of the villagers were ill with amoeba and

discovered the well with the clean drinking water had been broken

for over a year. Amazon Outreach will be sending back a well

drilling team in a few days to see if they can repair the well or

dig them a new one.  Two years ago on this trip a well was built

in another village and dedicated to George Oakes who spent many

years as a missionary in Brazil.  His son, Tim  was on that trip. 

Another son and grandson, Philip and Caleb, are with us this time.

 We can see first hand how seeds planted can bloom and grow. 

Please continue to pray for us and our safety and health as we

travel.
Deb from onboard the "Amor E Esperanca"