Ademir and Jeana have been with the Vineyard for almost 20 years. They came to Altamira when the mission was beginning and within a few years were asked to go to a community along the river, Souzel, to pastor a church there. They spent 15 or so years there and 2 years ago they moved … River Trip to Gurupá and Porto de Moz
The community comes together for the week-end before Christmas for a Children’s event, a volleyball game, a “Marrieds vs Singles” soccer game, and other similar festivities. Via heads down the hill to help with the Children’s Christmas Event. Bella serves in the volleyball game. The Marrieds Team won over the Singles Team, so now the … Soccer and Volleyball
Even though Anni and Via have lived in Canada for three and a half years, when they come home for Christmas they still jump right in, and they can still speak Portuguese. At the Children’s Christmas Party, Emma helps Aline organize an event. At the Christmas Youth Service, Anni played the keyboard. Some of … Anni and Via are Home for Christmas!
Praise the Lord the church continues to see new converts and disciples of Jesus Christ. Below are pictures of baptisms that we held during our worship services over the last weeks. One of the baptisms was not scheduled. The man in the last picture received Christ and in his excitement wanted to be baptized. We … December Amazon Update! Steve and Elba Dolan
We are heading back to Maribel after a 2 week tour around the Amazon and Xingu visiting and saying our last good byes!We had a wonderful time in Portel with Richie and Christie and their family! They lived and worked in Porto de Moz for years and we had the blessing of working with them … The Bergquist
Emma got home Monday night, with four other young people from our church. They came home by bus on the Trans-Amazon Highway, a fourteen hours journey with about half the road paved. All was well until they came to a river where the bridge was gone. Washed away. Everyone had to get their bags and … Emma Returns
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I hope you all are enjoying time with your families. Now that I am living in Portel, and the only other missionaries are from Canada, it was easy to forget about Thanksgiving in November! But don’t worry, I’m not one of those people who get really sentimental about the holidays. Of course, … Happy Thanksgiving from Allison Rupert
This month was really exciting because we participated in a conference with Marc Marx called “Healing on the Streets” (HOTS). HOTS was launched out of Causeway Coast Vineyard in Colerain Ireland on Easter of 2005. Adopted by many churches the Healing on the Streets model is spreading around the world. It’s a gentle, non-confrontational way … November Amazon Update! Steve and Elba Dolan
It’s November and we are just 80 days or so away from getting on the plane to head back to what we called home 10+ years ago. I personally have felt many ups and downs during this process, but thank the Lord for allowing us plenty of time to process this change. Nate working hard on … …
Do You Believe In Miracles? Three weeks ago we packed up our Kombi and with our family and four youth from our church drove the bumpy dusty Transamazon Highway to a conference on Healing in the Streets in Altamira. I had no idea that one of the first miracle healings I would witness would be … Do You Believe In Miracles?
