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.

 
What a happy day, to see the concrete going in for the second floor of the construction project. These photos from Friday the 26th of March 2004, God answered our prayers, and made possible what seemed impossible. The forecast called for four days of storms. Greg Staub and I prayed as it started to rain, and it stopped and cleared up.

Three times that day it clouded up and started to rain, and three times we prayed, and it stopped. In the midst of the worst month of rainy season, in the rainforest of the Amazon, God shut the heavens and except for a light sprinkle it didn't rain all day Friday, and only rained Saturday evening which saved me from having to wet it down anyway. God is soooooo Good!!

Photo by Eduardo Buck Schmidt

Photo by Greg Staub

Photo by Eduardo Buck Schmidt

Photo by Eduardo Buck Schmidt

Josiah helping teach daddy how to play guitar.


Photo by Luciene Costa Schmidt

The kids playing in the tower.

Photo by Eduardo Buck Schmidt

posted by Eduardo Buck at Tuesday, March 30, 2004