On the 28th of February 2001, Buck and Luciene moved to the Amazon Basin of Brazil. We lived in Macapá, right on the equator. Why would a web designer give up his career and take his family from their comfortable life in Columbus, Ohio, USA, to live on the Amazon River? We came with a vision to save the Amazon, to tell people about Jesus, and plant a Vineyard church. We have planted a church, and we are turning it over to the national leaders, heading back to the States in Sept. 2009.

 
I have been having a lot of problems getting online. Sometimes I try all day just to get my e-mail. I'm not sure if this blogging will be the best option for me, can't use it if I can't get online. I may have to write stuff in word, and paste it in. Sometimes I get a really cool idea on something to write about, but after spending a couple of hours trying to get online, I forget what was so great. They have high-speed connections here, but I am leary about signing up with a regular expense like that, when we never really know what our support is going to be like.

We would really like to start some kind of tentmaking business, something that we can have to supplement our support, and also to train others in, to support their families, and for pastors to have a trade, so that when they plant a church, they have a means of support. If you have experience with something, especially something that would work in the Amazon region of Brazil, please let us know. We are working on a couple of ideas. If you have business expertise, or any grant writing experience, and would be willing to help out, please contact us as well.

I came up with a cool game you can play the next time you are going to take a trip on the Amazon. Challenge someone to see who can catch the most mosquitoes in say 10 minutes. Let them go first. When they are done with their 10 minutes, wet your hands, and then have a go at it. You'll find that wetting your hands will increase your mosquito catching abilities by about 50%. All you have to do is touch them and they get stuck to your hands. You'll win for sure. We have screens on our windows, and we spray regularly in our room, but we still seem to get a lot of them in our room with us, so we sometimes make a game of it with the family, and see who can catch the most. Besides being fun, it helps us all sleep better :-)


posted by Eduardo Buck at Saturday, April 05, 2003