March 2010 archives
Sooooo, this is our missionary team. Assembled from all over the United States. We’ve got folks from N. Carolina, Michigan, SoCal, and both E. and W. Washington. The purpose of the team is simple; train like crazy for overseas field work a year in advance and serve the local missionary (our case, Juca) to whatever [...]
Our team of short term missionaries at the first of many school evangelism ministry projects in Manaus. __________________________________________________________________________________
Last week’s soccer ministry was intense. Hundreds of kids showed up, a dozen churches were involved, and I think the Gospel received some really good exposure in Manaus. Let’s talk a bit about Manaus… I’ve always pictured the Amazon differently in my mind. Something along the lines of piranhas, trees everywhere, a giant river with [...]
Or Futsal, since it is an indoor event. Juca is heading up a huge soccer tournament between lots of local churches here in Manaus. YMI’s short term team is going to help run today’s event + do some presentations. I think today’s kickoff event is really going to set the tone for the next few [...]
I want to show you what the Amazon river looks like, or at least the part that’s accessible from Manaus. Since we’ll be spending the next few weeks here, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with the area. Basically, the river is huge. It’s biggest river in the world and our ministry region is [...]
We spent our first night in Manaus sledding down a huge hill. Juca took a few of us on a tour of the nearby neighborhood when we saw a group of kids, a dozen or so, speeding down a hill riding broken down cardboard boxes. The next day the entire team came out with us [...]
The flight north is only 4 hours from Sao Paulo; this is sweet because we’ve got a team of YMI missionaries eager to partner with Juca Cerpe once we get to the Amazonian city of Manaus. I think it’s interesting how different airports operate. After bussing from the main gate, we boarded the plane from [...]