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!
Line Boat Recently our health team visited the PAZ base in the city of Parintins, state of Amazonas. We travelled 17 ½ hours by line boat on the Amazon River. The line boat is public transportation, and instead of reserving a seat, you reserve hooks to hang up your hammock! The hooks for the person.. .. read more..
It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you the home going of our baby. Please keep us in your prayers. Thanks. .. read more..
This evening I will have the opportunity to take off on a weekend retreat with four members of my cell group along with about 80 to 100 other people from the church in Santarém. These retreats are put on by the church almost every weekend and known as an Encounter, short for Encounter with Go.. .. read more..
Last week, some US Midwesterners ventured down here to Santarém and blessed me. Three of the men were from Illinois and my home church denomination as well. It was a quick trip f or them, but filled with activities none the less. The main portion of the trip was a boat trip on the.. .. read more..
This morning I took an early walk to the market not far from my house. Because it was overcast, the temperature was very pleasant. I like this market because it has such a wide variety of things such as spices, farinha (a regional food), vegetables, fruits, meat (although I would not trust purchasi.. .. read more..
On Feb 17 Isaura had a Ultrasound done to check that all is well. So here is the first picture of our baby at 6 1/2 weeks. The doctor said is all well and Isaura can continue with normal activities. .. read more..
The first weeklong trip of February was to Ribanceira. It is an 8 hour trip down the Amazon to get there and 12 hours upriver to get back. This time we stayed the whole week in the same community and people from neighboring villages come for the consultations. Our nurses, Katie, J.. .. read more..
Jornada da Fé Jornada da Fé (Journey of Faith) God has blessed us with the opportunity to borrow a small boat for supervision while we are waiting to build our own boat! Until now, we have supervised by car, limiting the number of river communities we can visit, consuming more fuel, and turning ou.. .. read more..
We haven’t updated our blog for a while but it isn’t because we haven’t been doing anything. One of the events that really blessed us recently was when we hosted a graduation party for three of our neighbors. (Formal graduation parties are expensive in Brazil, with lots of things that cost more than.. .. read more..
Hello to all in the name of Christ Jesus, our Wonderful, Merciful, Savior! This year is really getting off to a crazy start with the Lord revealing Himself to me and strengthening me in ways I had not anticipated. And each time it happens I act as if I didn’t think it was possible. .. .. read more..
In our most recent mailing we tell the story of the community of Piracãoera de Cima, where a church was recently built in the midst of the worst flooding in the Basin our generation has seen. It’s amazing to see how much God uses a physical building to build his eternal kingdom, as evidenced [...]
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 [...]
