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.

 
We have found, that when we are going through difficult times, when we are in anguish, in pain, crying out to God, that we are almost always feeling very isolated also. We receive no e-mails other than a few one-liners. There is little or no communion with fellow believers.

I almost always have some health problem, usually some kind of allergic reaction, or skin problem like a rash covering my lower body (perhaps related to the stress?). The harder the test, the greater the feelings of isolation. The greater the feelings of isolation, the greater the need to completely throw yourself on God.

I think, looking at different characters in the Word, that it is common, it is part of the test. Isolation is part of the test, dependence on God the desired outcome. It all comes down to that- getting closer and more intimate with our Daddy.

posted by Eduardo Buck at Saturday, August 09, 2003