The Village Team Headed Back To Manaus

Oy! (or hi in portugese!) Sooooo.....we obviously didn't blog like we should have, and we hope that you will forgive us. It really has been a busy week and we only have certain windows of time where we are able to blog, so for most days, we just couldn't do it. (and the computer didn't work all the time) We hope you understand are so sorry for causing any of you to worry.

Well, we are on our way back - we've been on our journey home all day. Its been a great day of reflecting on what all we have experienced and seen. The Lord is good and we are seeing His glory all over the Amazon. We cannot wait to tell you all of the cool and fun stories from this trip!

See you soon! Please pray for safe travels!

His,

The Village Team (and our orphans from Bent Tree, Good Shepherd church, Chase Oaks church, and Issac's church in Virginia) :)

The Village Team

Hello from Amazon! The Village team is here and we are so sorry for not writing sooner. Hopefully you're not too worried, however, I know there are plenty of moms and dads out there who have probably been checking this every day. Once again - so sorry!

We are loving our life on the boat. The traveling leading up to seeing the boat is exausting, but once you set foot on the boat and start to sail toward the villages there is an overwhelming peace that comes over each of us! It always takes a little bit to get accustomed to hammock life - but I think we're all there now. Although after spending the night in the Miami airport, I personally think the hammocks felt extra amazing. :) We are on day 2 and half of ministry. We stopped at Sao Benedito Village on Saturday evening after traveling all night on the river. There we picked up our pastor and got to to worship with him in his church. Such a cool experience to be in a true Amazonian town and worship in a believing church. Loved it! Jose Carlos (the pastor) and his family boarded our boat and we took off down the river to some of the villages that he is charge of pastoring. It has been so beautiful! Not just the scenery, (although the stars at night are probably one of the most breath-taking sights any of us have seen), but just being in these small and welcoming villages and getting to share the gospel with them. Last night during the church service we got to celebrate with a teenage girl and grade school boy as they decided that they wanted the Lord to be their Savior. Today we are in one of the sweetest and kindest villages! Its been fun ministering to them.

Well, for now, we're about to go finish our siesta. We're all safe and I think we're all having a great time. The Lord is ministering to all of us just as much as we're getting to minister to the Brazilian people. Please continue to pray for us and pray for those that we're getting to meet and love on. We miss you all and can't wait to see you on Sunday!

We'll write more tomorrow!

His,

The Village Team (plus a few orphans we brought on)