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 been so blessed! John Lieb, our pastor from the Tuttle Vineyard in Ohio, and Tony Pharr a pastor from the Marysville Vineyard got in on Thursday night. We have had the opportunity to take them around, ministering to people, and have seen God moving. We went to the prayer meeting on Friday, and John gave a short teaching, then prayed and ministered. The presence of God was so strong that many of us were crying as they were praying for other people.

We went to the restoration meeting at the Novo Horizonte church on Saturday night, and John and Tony gave a teaching on the Vineyard 5 step prayer model. We began to pray for people, and minister to people. Many that were sick were healed, and people were deeply touched by God, and encouraged.

Thanks to everyone that has been praying! Please continue the prayers, that God would fall in power during the rest of their stay.
posted by Eduardo Buck at Sunday, November 02, 2003