Prestonwood November 2011 - Villages Day 5

Oi from the Amazon!

 

It's Thanksgiving Day and we are now heading back to Manaus after spending our final day in the villages. We wanted to take this blog opportunity to share a few things that we are thankful for.

 

David Snedecor - I am thankful that we could bless the village of St Sebastao with a well and now they have clean water to drink.

 

Amy DeArmon -  I am thankful to have helped with VBS all week with over one hundred children in the village of Santo Antonio.  The VBS team came to bless the children when in turn they blessed us.

 

Jennifer Lill - I am thankful for the Bible and the stories that make sense to people in America, the Amazon, and around the world. Watching people understand and relate to stories of truth is a beautiful thing.

 

Josh Rolf - I am thankful for an incredible staff and crew on the Amor e Esperanca and for Abimael, Sasa, and the ministry team that will follow up with these villages.

 

Cathleen Moffitt - I am thankful that God prepared in advance the hearts of the people we met in the villages this week.

 

Traci Townsend - I am thankful for family and friends who helped send me to the Amazon which resulted in the salvation of many.

 

Sydney Symes - I am thankful that God sent his son to die on the cross for us and that I had an opportunity to share that this week.

 

Corriene Bottom - I am thankful for the relationships we built with the kids.

 

Zach Symes - I am thankful that a lot of people accepted Christ this week.

 

Roy Reis - I am thankful for the friendships we've formed with our translators.

 

Lauren Davis - I am thankful for our great God who gives us new mercies every morning, for we can do nothing apart from him.
 
Aaron Lill - I am thankful for people coming to know Christ this week.

 

Matt Kendrick - I am thankful that the Brazilian culture embraces the full frontal hug like I do!

 

*These are the people who were still awake...

 

Boa Noite

 

Our position on the river: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=02+31.763+S,57+1.526+W+(Amor)

Prestonwood November 2011 - Villages Day 4

The technology kinks have been worked out and we are now typing on the correct computer :) Our last two blog updates can be read at: http://www.ao-lindaesperanca.blogspot.com/ --- Sorry for all the confusion but we're in the middle of the Amazon!

 

To summarize the last two blogs...we made it here safely, our luggage was lost and has now been found, and the Lord is doing mighty things in the three villages we are ministering in. (You should really just click the link above and read those blogs. They're great.)

 

Today, Wednesday, was our last full day in the villages. Tomorrow, each team will spend the morning in their village before we go as a group to dedicate a new water well in Saint Sebastian sponsored by Prestonwood's VBS. As we go out into the villages, please join with us in prayer over the many people we have shared the Gospel with who have yet to confess Christ as their Lord and Savior. Many groups have scheduled meetings in the morning to continue the teaching of God's Word. Our goal is the discipleship of these new believers so that they may take the Gospel to their village and the far ends of the Amazon. Please pray for the health of our team, the hearts of the lost, the VBS lessons taking place tomorrow and the ongoing discipleship of fellow believers. Our mantra for the trip and tomorrow is "If you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved."  Romans 10:9

 

Boa Noite