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.

 
Tadeu came to the house this morning. His mom is sick. It may be Dengue Fever, or malaria. He asked me to take her to the hospital. He said that he had tried to borrow a bicycle from the neighbors, but no one would even loan him one to take her to the hospital. I took them, and they put her on an IV, but I think she will need to return tomorrow for more exams. Please pray for this family.

We don't have water today, I think it is in the whole city. We saw that it was getting weak, and managed to fill a cooler and pans and whatever else we had, but that goes quick.
posted by Eduardo Buck at Sunday, August 31, 2003