Each and every time you visit this page, we collect the 10 most recent articles written by our missionaries straight from their very own blogs. This offers you an exclusive and exciting inside look at the very health professionals, church planters, administrators and pastors who make PAZ what it is!
Grandparenting is so much fun! Rebecca and Anna in their stroller The twins are doing great. Little Anna is still off the bottom of the growth charts, but her development is normal and both of them are very active! Clck on this link if you would like to see a short video of them at Nate and Ruths' .. .. read more..
God has answered our prayers. A quick “off the shelf” exam at the doctor’s office yesterday indicated that Isaura might be pregnant. The doctor requested a blood exam, which Isaura did this morning and a little after 5pm it was confirmed, ISAURA IS PREGNANT! She’s about 4 weeks al.. .. read more..
Health boat Portador da Luz On January 8th, I had my first opportunity to go on a major medical boat trip on the Amazon River! Our team consisted of 13 people; 11 Brazilians, one other American and myself. We travelled for 7 days and visited 6 villages. We were busy the entire time, holding clinics.. .. read more..
Here's a fun, quick video of our twins, Rebecca and Anna. Welcome to our fun new life! It involves a whole lot of baby time like this – it's 2 full-time jobs. Fortunately our cell group meets in our house, our disciples come here for discipleship, my current work with PAZ involves [...] .. read more..
Thank You… I want to thank all of you who have been praying for and with us these last few months. I am certain that those prayers lifted to the Father on our behalf have truly been what has kept us going. There are few things that truly shake you to the core, and the sudden death of a cl.. .. read more..
On January 8th we left to our first missionary trip of 2010, a 7 day trip on the Amazon River. It was a good trip! We had a team of volunteers from the state of Minas Gerais lending us a hand. They helped with triage of patients, child evangelism, showing the people how to do stre.. .. read more..
Edivaldo shares the gospel Wow! The kids sure love the holiday season here in Brazil, even if it isn’t because they get lots of gifts. For most of them it signals the end of the school year and an extended holiday. The kids in my cell group got to put on two plays this year for the adults with some.. .. read more..
dual wield :) Christmas was amazing! I got to go home and see my little nieces and family (except Debbie who's in Japan), relax a little, go to a church inauguration at a river village, and spend a lot of quality time with Felipe (15) who went with me from she's so cute! Fortaleza. I've been discip.. .. read more..
I’ve been thinking about this and reading about this. I’ve even been hearing about this. Ruth’s Aunt Angie, also a missionary here in Brazil, gave a great lesson on communicating. A great communicator knows what he wants to communicate and then puts his energy towards that. Everything serves the mai.. .. read more..
Here's a Christmas present from us to you- pictures of the girls!! The girls are doing very well. Rebecca weighs 7 1/2 lbs and Anna a little over 6 lbs! I've been planning to post these pictures for awhile, it's just that every time I went to post them, I had [...] .. read more..
Today marks the first day of the 3-day national fast for PAZ and our churches. All church leadership and members are encouraged to join in and seek God intensely during this time, especially in the following areas:
Direction and wisdom for PAZ leadership in how to strengthen our current churches and where to plant new [...]
Soon, the 4th generation PAZ site PAZ 2014 will go online. It’s an all new interactive experience, filled with the most recent stories, pictures, and testimonies from the Amazon. You’ll even be able to take it with you in the form of the new PAZ Pack – a package for download including a new [...]
Last night we here at PAZ headquarters in Santarém ushered in the New Year at the church on our knees, seeking the Lord’s blessing on 2010. During the service we looked back at all the successes of 2009. While we are still waiting for numbers to come in from across our bases, through [...]
This Christmas, Project AmaZon director Jeff Hrubik sensed God leading us at PAZ to make a very different type of appeal – one I’ve personally never seen done, even heard of being done before! All I can say is that I believe God has something very special in store for you this Christmas and [...]
Meet Zenilson. He, his wife and family live near Aritapeira on the Amazon River. His home was destroyed by the record flooding and his family was forced to live in the shed behind their house. His wife began to look to God for help. She started attending the local PAZ church [...]
