August 1st - Greetings from the Amor

Thursday August 1st - Greetings from the Amor Esoeranca!  (please follow the Linda Esperanca blog, as we are told the Amor blog may still not be working). All of our teams coming from Dallas, Los Angeles, Arizona, Kentucky and Tennessee all made it to Miami where we boarded our plane to Manaus. Not only is our group geographically diverse but also diverse denominations, Evangelical, Baptist, Methodist and Prebyterian.  With our youngest Gabby Rielle at 12 on her first mission trip all the way up to Pete and Nancy who are 80 (yes 80) who have been on 34+ mission trips each, our group name "Mixed Nuts" is appropriate!

 

We breezed through customs to be met by our wonderful Brazilian bothers and sisters who will be our hosts and interpreters for the trip.  For some of us it was a reunion with familiar faces of past trips to this warm and friendly place in the Amazon!   We arrived at the boat about 12:30 a.m. got our hammocks ready, and settled in about 1:00 a.m.  Captain Nelo drove all night headed to the area of Urucara`, as I write this we are still motoring at 2:30 p.m headed East on the Amazon.  It's a beautiful breezy day.

 

Joining us on our trip is a newly Graduated Dentist, Dr. Dejailson and medical Doctor Pablo, both from Brazil.  We will work with Pastor Willer from the local Presbyterian church to bring hope to the people of the Urucara` (this is the region of the Amazon where we will spend our time here).

 

We had a wonderful breakfast made by our chef and his two assistants.  We spent the day up to the late afternoon organizing VBS supplies and preparing family packs we will distribute tomorrow at the Village of Maranhao made up of 22 families.  We will distribute these to this needy village as well as do VBS,  Men and Women's ministry, basic medical and dental care..

 

Our group of people who are all virtually strangers are starting to form a working group already.  Just a little taste of what it will be like in heaven with every nation and tongue will worship Him and serve Him together.  God is already at work and we are eagerly looking forward to serving the people of Maranhao in the morning.