Blogging Isn't Always Easy

Blogging isn't always easy!

As you can tell, I haven't been the best at keeping up with the "BLOG THING"! It takes some discipline to keep up the BLOG and I don't travel ALL the time.

I have, however, had the opportunity to travel since my last post. A trip to Europe for work (UGH) and a MISSIONS TRIP to Brazil.

I could talk forever on the Missions Trip, so please bear with me on this. Our church, Seacoast (www.seacoast.org), planned a construction trip down to Santarem, Brazil in conjunction with Project Amazon (PAZ). The goal was to assist in building a church in a river village in the Amazon River Basin. You can check them out at www.projectamazon.org if you're interested.

We had the amazing opportunity to witness God's Work in the Amazon first hand and let me say, He is doing amazing things through the people involved with PAZ. They are truely devoted to preaching the Word and taking it out into the world.

While we were in Brazil, we had 3 days to see the city of Santarem, Brazil. A city of approximately 200,000 people. I quickly fell in love with the Missions Team, the PAZ churches and the people of Santarem.

The highlight of the trip: a 5 hour boat ride up the Tapajos River to a river village named Paraua. The river village had about 1,200-1,300 people. We laid the foundation for a PAZ church while we were there. If I fell in love with the people of Santarem, I am abolutely head-over-heels for the people of Paraua!!! I can still remember a lot of the names!

I will tell you about two, Dominga and Ananias. One day, right before lunch, a lady asked us to lay hands on her husband for healing prayer. He had suffered a stroke and was not healthy enough to make the 5 hour river voyage to Santarem to see the doctor. We went to walk up to her house, but on the way, we stopped at her mother's house. Her name is Dominga and she is 97 years old. She now knows the Lord! WHY? We prayed with her and she accepted the Lord that day. PRAISE GOD! We had the honor of praying with her.

After this, we walked up to see Ananias! He is 77 years old and a man with a wise face, but saddened eyes. Ananias was ready to turn to the Lord for help and he silently prayed for accepting the Lord that day. It was truely an amazing and holy moment.

I'll post some pics as well of the trip tomorrow and write a little more! :)