A book about Biblical Faith Life of Moses and the Exodus
These books are
free downloads
Click Logo to navigate -- many Short Bible Studies // more Short Missionary Trips
and Mission
of Hope
in Philippines ( many photos in
both mission works) // or
our many Wyoming
Photos // or Ron's Books // or
our Books for
children // or our Ministry
Links
or Shared Links
...
((( Missionary Alert )))
comment - johnson.c.ron@gmail.com
Christian
Wilderness Press - this is Missionary
Trips 5
Amazon
Go
on missionary trips several times a year with Jim Durham...email
Jim:
jrd1942@juno.com
March 09:
Hello everyone...and Ron,
Here
is my report from my March Amazon mission trip.
I will try to keep the
details to a minimum and just let you look at the photos.
A group of 15 of us from Wisconsin, Illinois, Oklahoma,
Texas, Tennessee, and Florida left March 2.
We were supposed to leave on March 1, but the airport in Atlanta
was snowed in. After
that, there were many difficulties in getting to the Amazon – too many
to tell you about. I am probably the only
person who has ever had a trip from Florida to the Amazon canceled
because of snow.
The
temperature was in the mid 80’s here and even hotter
there.
We went into 6 small
villages and set up a clinic, "kids
club" activities, and "door to door" witnessing.
Sometimes the door to door was actually "boat to door". In summary, we had 188
professions of faith, and treated 400+ patients.
This was the first time I
had gone back to a
village I had preciously visited.
Four of these I had been to last January.
In one little village,
Bom Jesus (meaning Good Jesus), we had dedicated a new church-site in
January 2008, and in April
some folks from a Florida church came and erected a church building in
the village.
Therefore,
on this trip we had a weeknight service there with 95
people attending. The little
church was packed full; people came
from up and down the river.
Night
life is somewhat limited along the Amazon River, which may be one
reason that the typical family has 10 to 12 kids.
One village to which we
returned was Novo
Brasil
(New Brazil). Last
May, we held there a Sunday afternoon Mother’s
Day service and 150 people from all over came.
Rosa (pronounced Hosa), the recent village
president, has lost her job (every village has a president) because a new leader was elected for
the municipao. She
owned a small store that sold beer.
We stopped in and shared the plan of salvation with her
and she accepted the Lord, as she had already been under
conviction.
The
new president stopped by her place and so we share with him and he
accepted the Lord. As it turned
out, Rosa and her husband had been feeling
that they need to close the store, and so we strongly
encouraged them to quit selling the beer.
When we left, they were very excited about serving the
Lord. Unfortunately,
this is like so many of the villages: there
is no church or leader for the new Christians.
In each village, we are leaving “Proclaimers”, which is a solar powered instrument
which plays the Bible in Portuguese.
The message is satellite transmitted.
We hope that these will help where there is no pastor or
leader. The
small village of Bom Jesus also has no leader;
however, a
couple came forward in the service and said they wanted to help lead
the church.
Moreover, I was able to visit with my
friend Maria in Novo Basil. When
she heard I was there, she and her father came to see me (she lives down the river a ways). It
was in May that I had the opportunity to lead her to the Lord (she is
19 and loves soccer) and so in that visit I had given her a
new
soccer ball. This trip she
brought me two large Copuacu fruit, and when
I found out that the ball I had given last year was no longer
usable, I gave her another. Needless
to say, that brought a smile to her face.
In Sao Pedro/Novo Canaa,
we found two girls (see the
pictures) that have similar foot problems.
Their feet are turned under and they actually walk on the
top of their feet. One
girl is 6 and the other 7.
They are not related and they live about two miles apart
on the river. The problems are similar in appearance, and we have no
idea why there would be two living so close on the river
with similar conditions.
Both need surgery and we have arranged
for it free through the Minister of Health.
But sadly, the parents probably will never follow
through. It takes
time to go to the city where a hospital is located, and they would need a place to stay during
recovery and rehab. Therefore, there
is a good chance that the surgery will never be done.
The fact that they are girls may also make it less
important to the parents.
One photo below shows men
with lumber they are cutting for
a new school room in the village of Iuaudu .
They cut lumber with chain saws and they
do incredible work. See
how straight the cuts are. At the
time, five men working and we
presented the Gospel to them. One
was the president of the village and probably he was already a believer.
Three of the men accepted the Lord, including the
principal of the school.; he canceled a village meeting at the school
that night for us to hold a worship service.
Well over a hundred people came.
When you (dear reader) get
a chance, go on a mission trip. You
will help
someone, you will help yourself, and it
will give you a new perspective on life and on your priorities. If you have any interest
in going to the Amazon, Mexico,
Guatemala , or Romania
then give me a call at (863) 224-8500.
I will gladly talk with you about what I do and how you can avail
yourself to go with us.
Jim
Typical
Amazon House.
Cooking supper.
Mantioc
root (like potatoes), also makes tapioca.
Kids by
river (no babysitter needed).
This
family has 13 kids. Here are 6.
Sunset on the
river 1.
School
in village of Bom Jesus.
Happy baby.
Amazon
River Jim, "door to door" with the Word.
New church in Bom Jesus.
Another end
of day.
School boat.
Maria
and Amazon
River Jim work a trade. Rosa (in yellow, former village
president) accepted Christ.
Orchid
in tree.
Amazon critter.
Farm family grows juta (make ropes, etc.)
Family processing juta. No furniture, typical.
A
family canoe can hold even
more.
Missionary "Kids Club" under a tree.
New
lumber cut with a
chain saw.
An
Amazon River
sawmill.
A child with bad feet - Kasia.
Another child with bad
feet - Demaris.
Child
with cleft pallet.
Some Amazon
kids.
Tree trunk, careful where you place your hands. Near the end of another day.
What could be
better than this: on the Amazon River telling
people about Jesus
You
can join
Jim...or at least call and talk to him about his trips. He might be
available to speak about the trips and help
with advice about such trips by people of your church. Call...he is a
great guy.
If
this website is considered worthy, place a link on your website to us.
Thanks
- Christian Wilderness Press -