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.

 
19 May 2003 – I couldn’t get online.

I had a little emergency while working out at our land today.

We are putting a wall up around our land. There is no building, no bathroom, nothing. Then along comes a case of the Amazon Revenge. There is no way that I can make it back to our house in time. I run to the neighbor’s house. He is a good friend of mine. His name is Piauí. That is what everyone calls him anyway, because that is the state he is from. I think his name is Raimundo or something, but no one would even know who you were talking about if you called him that. So I ran to his house, and asked him if I could use his bathroom.

I almost messed myself while he looked for a piece of paper or something I could use. They didn’t have any toilet paper. They struggle everyday for their food. Toilet paper is a luxury. It was a stark reminder of the struggle that so many people go through everyday, just to have the basics, just to have their daily bread, and a bit of butter. Of people who put toilet paper at the bottom of the grocery list.

It made me more thankful, as we prayed for our supper, and thanked God for our daily bread, which He provides without fail for us. And it made me more thankful as I ran to our own bathroom for an encore of the Amazon Revenge.

posted by Eduardo Buck at Tuesday, May 20, 2003