Bent Tree/College Park Days 1&2

Oi Friends, Family, and supporters,

 

This is the first offical post of the Bent Tree (Dallas) and

 

College Park (Indianapolis) team on the Amor e Esperanca.

 

First off all, it is incredibly hard to set up a satellite and

 

laptop on a boat in the Amazon! But we did it!

 

Sleeping overnight in an airport was a first for ALL of us.  But

 

as God would have it, it prepared us to think sleeping in a

 

hammock on a moving boat is a five star accommodation.   However,

 

with over 28 people checking 56 bags and not one of them
was lost or inspected is a miracle and blessing.  This was an

 

answer to many prayers, so thank all of you who have been praying.

 

The overnight ride up the Amazon was amazing, it was hard to pay

 

attention during worship this morning as we cruised past place
after place of beauty.  The sunrise on the Amazon alone was worth

 

the travelling woes! 

 

Our first stop was a new/small village of believers who left a

 

more established village because they chose to follow Jesus.  They

 

chose to name the village "New Hope" or "Nova Esperanca". The

 

entire village is maybe 5 families, some of the crew helped clean

 

their water well.  We sang and prayed with them.  The President

 

(Leader) was asked what we could do for the village, he only

 

wanted prayer and for us to visit.  We quickly found out that

 

there is no language barrier when you are simply there for each

 

other to express love and pray together.

 

We have to get off the boat shortly to go into a much larger

 

village (100 kids!) not sure how many adults, to do Woman's

 

ministry, Vacation Bible School and Evangilism.  Pray for crowd

 

Control (Kidding).  This village is called Palhal, just up the

 

river from the last village. 

 

So far no Anaconda's, pirhanna's or any other creatures have

 

attacked!  Everyone on board wants their friends and families to

 

know we are all doing great and very grateful to be here.

 

Looking forward to all that God is going to do in us and our 

 

Brazilian friends.  Obrigada! (Thank You)