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 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