Last day in the Amazon

Oi,
This week has been a fun and great time! It was a hot week but still had fun. each day we did vbs, with the kids and the medical clinic and denital work on all the families and kids. today we traveled 24 hours on the boat from Sol Nascente to Manaus.It was great! when we got to manaus most of us went to the mall but Izzy, my dad, and I went to Izzy's church. the people there were nice and friendly to us. my dad did the service which was awsome and afterwards we ate with Izzy's mother and daughter. This whole week has been a blast and i can't wait to get home and see everybody!
I love you mom, daniel, cami, and gracie;

 

John Luke

 

 

 

Eastwood family,

 

We had the privelege to harvest some of the fruit of 6 years of hard labor of two faithful servants of the Lord at Igreja Presbiteriana do Sol Nascente (The Presbyterian Church at Sol Nacente).  Vanderley and Erika de Oliveira began this work in Lake Carara by loving the people and developing relationships.  They have been plowing hard ground faithfully and are gaining the trust of the people.   There is a family at Sol Nacente that has been profoundly impacted and are coming to Christ one by one.   We had the joy of seeing the first five baptisms in the church.  God is blessing the faith and perseverance of these beautiful servants of the Lord.

 

A wonderful moment for me was Erika's message to us on the last day in Sol Nascente.  In tears she told us that words could not express how thankful they are for our partnership with them in this work.  She and Vanderley, like all faithful servants of the Lord, get discouraged.   The work is difficult.  Our trip to Sol Nascente was a great encouragement to them and I believe honored our King.  Thanks be to God for all of you who sent us!  I shall assure you,God took your gifts and did something wonderful.

 

I want to give a shout out to Camille, Daniel, Cami and Gracie!  I miss you!

 

Love,
Matt

 

this is Jay.  i'm not a typist.  but i had a great team.  sonja, i'm coming home with your boys.  i miss you.  this trip was fantastic. God did great things.  He is good.
Jay.