Amazon Trip Update

Wed Aug 5

 

As we awoke, the moon was so bright that we thought it was already sunrise but it was only the shimmer of moonlight reflecting off the water shining into our boat.   Off the side of the boat was a school of large fish jumping out of the water.   One of the crew told us they were Boto, a large fish.   On the shore you could hear thousands of birds telling each other it was time to wake up, it was the beginning of a new day.

 

 

We are half way through our trip as we go into another small village.   Pucusal is on the Lake and has only accepted Christians other than Catholics for about three years.   The pastor, his wife and baby daughter joined us for the next 2 days of our journey and explained to us the history and the hope of the new believers.    They told us that most knew how to be saved but few had accepted Christ into their lives.   Bill, Chip, Wes and Doug walked door to door meeting people in their homes and talked to them about Jesus.   It was no coincidence that Sue struck a conversation with one of the teachers of the school.   They walked to the classroom, and drew pictures on the chalkboard for the students when they returned that afternoon.

 

After our lunch and daily nap, we trudged into the next village with all our supplies up a very steep hill and a long way along the trail.   As we arrived the children emerged from the school house and followed the Bible school team and sat under a big shady tree.   Julie has done an outstanding job of providing quality education with the lack of equipment and all the crafts that we put together for the kids.  (We have not yet gotten our suitcases.)

About 5:00 the pastor invited some of the villagers to come worship with us.   We sang a couple of songs first in Portugese then in English.   David M was the first to give his testimony followed by Kaylaynn before the pastor gave an inspirational message to the people.   We pray that the hearts and lives of the people have been changed.

 

 

The evenings come in early as the sun sets by 6:00.   Our meal, as always, was wonderful but afterwards, we were in for a surprise;  allegator hunting!   I thought we were only going to try and SEE some.   No, we actually caught four of them and brought them back to the boat.   This we can verify because we all took turns holding them while everyone took pictures.   What an awesome, inspiring day.

 

 

In Christ,

 

The Team in Brazil