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.

 
Here are our current prayer requests.

We would just like to thank you guys for praying for us. We have felt your prayers sustaining us through the storms. We are still here because of faithful prayer partners lifting us up.

We have a couple of new requests. Luciene's mom has been sick, we would like to ask for prayer for her health. We plan to travel to Santarém for the holidays. It will be the first time in ten years that Luciene has been able to spend Christmas with her family. We would like prayer for traveling mercies.

We would also like to ask for prayer in the area of finances. I tried to take money out of the auto teller at the bank, and got an error message. I tried again. And again. I kept getting error messages, stating that the transaction had been cancelled due to technical problems. Then I suddenly got a message that I had exceeded the daily amount for withdrawals. I called for someone who works at the bank, and they told me not to worry, that by the next morning, our bank would have received the notification that it had been cancelled. But our bank shows that there were repeated withdrawals, even though I never actually got any money.

I have the print outs, to prove that there was a technical problem, but if I can't get the problem resolved at the bank here in Brazil, I will have to fill out Affidavits, etc., and I don't know how long that might take to get it resolved. Please pray for a speedy resolution to this problem, and that the Grinch would not be able to steal Christmas again.

This morning, the smoke was so thick that it looked like fog. People are burning fields to clear them. This makes it really hard on anyone that has asthma. Pray for Raquel and I, that the asthma would not return.

Once again, a huge thank you to each and every one of you that are praying for us. It is so encouraging to know that so many of you pray regularly for us. May this holiday season be a blessing to you and your families, and may you move ever closer to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

posted by Eduardo Buck at Monday, December 08, 2003

 
I noticed something sore on my big toe. I looked at it, it looked like a splinter or something. It is what they call a "pulga", a flea. Luciene took care of it in the Brazilian way, took a pin, and dug the skin, and tried to remove it intact. It burst though, so we threw some hydrogen peroxide on it after she got done digging it all out. It will live under your skin, and just keep eating if you don't dig it out.

Zadok's paw is still hurting. We have had it sewn up twice now, but each time, the stitches just pull out. He has lost one nail so far, and another one is ready to fall off. I cleaned it up today, taped some gauze on it, and then taped a sock on his paw so he can't lick it any more. He will definitely be partly lame for the rest of his life, I am just hoping he doesn't loose the paw.
posted by Eduardo Buck at Saturday, December 06, 2003