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.

 
Pastor Adson blows the horn at the Marco Zero Monument in Macapa.

We participated in the Global Day of Prayer on June 4th, at the Marco Zero Monument here in Macapá, which marks the equator line and is only half a block from our house. God moved in a special way. We collectively asked for forgiveness for the sins perpetrated against the Indians of the Amazon, against the slaves brought from Africa (about 3 times as many as were taken to the US), and as an American, I asked for forgiveness for the sins that North Americans have committed against Brazilians, stealing and taking advantage of the people of Brazil. I really believe that some strong spiritual strongholds were broken. Please join us in prayer that this brokenness and contrite confession of sin would continue, and that the body of Christ would be united.














posted by Eduardo Buck at Sunday, June 04, 2006