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 just got a prayer request from Advance (see subscription info below) about Brazil that is very interesting. Please pray for all of those in the vast Amazon that have not heard the gospel, that God would raise up a people that would take the gospel to everyone.

THE GOSPEL FOR EVERY PEOPLE

Brazil is home to 251 tribes -- about 315,000 people speaking more than
180 different languages -- that have little or no access to the good
news of salvation in Jesus Christ. None of them has a complete Bible in
their language; the New Testament has been translated into only 34 of
them. Only 129 have contact with evangelical missionaries. In most
cases, the tribes live in areas that are difficult to reach, and
political barriers prohibit foreigners from traveling among many of the
tribes. Intercede for hopeless souls who have never had an opportunity
to hear the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ. Pray that the
workers God is calling to go to these peoples would obey him today. Ask
God to break down the barriers that prevent believers from taking the
gospel to these tribes.


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posted by Eduardo Buck at Friday, October 17, 2003

 
We are in our new digs. It is 12 x 15, with a little kithchen area outside. Even though it is a tight fit to get all five of us in the one room, we are so happy to be out of our rental house, and on our own land. It is such a joy for us, after ten years of being married and living in rental houses, to have some little plot of ground that is ours. Thank you to each one that prayed for us in this matter.

We have been facing some financial attacks. The rental company is trying to charge us unjustly and I had to open a claim in small claims court against them, the man that we bought the land from showed up after a year and wanted to see the receipts that prove the deposits were made and then wanted to take them with him (I did not let him have them of course), and now the IRS has conveniently lost some of the paperwork that was filed and has now put a levy against our donations. Even though we have seen incredible generosity of friends and family, there is a stranglehold on our finances, until this can be resolved.

Please pray with us about the financial situation, especially that the IRS mess can be resolved quickly, and that God would give wisdom to our accountant Chris, so that he would know the best way to resolve the situation.

We still don´t have internet access or phone service at the house, and that has been a little inconvenient to say the least. Please pray that this could be resolved quickly also.
posted by Eduardo Buck at Friday, October 10, 2003

 
I have not been very active in posting lately. We have been very busy.We are moving today into the little one room efficiency on the back of our property. It has been a lot of work, as moving always is. Our phone has not been transferred, so we may be out of touch for a week or so.

Thanks to everyone that has prayed for us, that the efficiency would be ready. Things have worked out beautifully.

Please join us in prayer that we would have favor with our new neighbors, and that we could win many of them for Christ.
posted by Eduardo Buck at Thursday, October 02, 2003