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 performed my first wedding as a pastor. I was really nervous, and man did I ever sweat a lot. Ronilson and Rafaela got married on the 6th of May. Ronilson accepted Christ at our camp in February, and is an excited new Christian.

Here is Ronilson and Rafaela with Richelly and Josely, Rafaela's sisters.

Pastor Eduardo and Luciene with the newly married couple.



We recently sent a couple of our members to a training by APEC, to train them in how to better give classes to the kids, how to sing songs, tell interesting stories, and tell kids about Jesus. We have really felt the need to invest in the kids ministry.


This is Celi, another new Christian that accepted Christ at the camp.


We just rented a building in Novo Horizonte, and are moving the congregation there. Over 50 of our people are from there, and with the cost of rent and transportation factored in, it will cost less than a third of what we are paying now. We had a work day to get the new building ready, and there were so many people there to help that the problem was in having enough material, sandpaper and paint brushes. The kids were fighting over the paint brushes! It was so great to see the enthusiasm in wanting to help, and the joy they feel to finally have a church that is close to them, instead of 18 Kilometers (11.19 miles) away.


















This is one more photo of the Projeto Calçada training that I forgot to put on the last post.

posted by Eduardo Buck at Thursday, May 18, 2006