Author: Christa Boeije
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Home, an open house
“Mommy, mommy, come and see, come and see!” Curious I walk towards Saulo’s enthusiastic shouting. He jumps up and down enthusiastically with a big smile on his face. “It’s finished mom, my room is finished!” He dances happily in his new bedroom. Tears welled up in my eyes and I was flooded with gratitude.
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Settled, how are the processes going?
Dear all,What wonderful events we experience, which we would like to share with you. The students of the Discipleship Training School (DTS) have completed their theoretical part of the school and have started their practical period. We are working hard on preparations, training and planning for the translation project. And we´ved already arrived in the…
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Back home in the Brazilian Amazon region
Dear friends,How wonderful it is to be back home in the Amazon region after two years. Almost immediately upon our arrival here in Porto Velho, we were already busy preparing for the DTS (Discipleship Training School) which started February 17th. The special thing about this DTS is, that we also have students from different indigenous…
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Restoration
Dear friends,How thankful and joyful we are to God for how He leads us. The moment we made the challenging choice to obey God, to take a step back, we experienced more strongly His guidance in our lives. After our visit to the Netherlands, we have been working on a YWAM base in Rio de…
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Developments, moving and traveling. . .
Dear All,As you probably read and hear in the media, the Covid-19 pandemic has an extreme impact on daily life in Brazil. In addition to the large number of illnesses and deaths, it affects everyone economically and mentally. Unfortunately, fear is also rising enormously, due to the increasing police violence. As we mentioned in an…
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Lost but still on the right path …
Hello everyone!We are so grateful for this time that God is giving us here in Rio de Janeiro! We feel carried by God, we experience how God is taking care of us down to the details in such a loving way. A time in which we are being strengthened physically, mentally and spiritually. We enjoy…
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Prayer can change everything.
Dear Family and Friends,First of all, we would like to let you know that we are doing well. We see many shocking news reports coming from Brazil about the Corona virus. The consequences of the rapidly spreading virus are big, also in the native tribes and the favelas. Many families had a hard time before…
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I put my trust in You, my LORD my God
The plan was to be back in the indigenous village in early February. But, after some medical examinations that Lucas had done, we had to face the fact that Lucas needs to have surgery on his shoulder again. Two years ago Lucas also had an surgery on his shoulder, which lots of times dislocated. Now,…
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Not our plan, but God’s plan ..
What a hectic but beautiful year it has been. After the car accident we were confused for a moment, it seemed impossible to go back to the village. Every planned appointment went wrong for various reasons. We were encouraged by you! In a short time many hands were put together in prayer, projects and donations so that we could…
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After two years again in, on and near the Purus river.
After two years of absence, it was good to be able to visit the rivercommunities on the Purus River, to encourage one another and to praise God together. We have also had a great and instructive time in the tribe, made nice encounters and memories! Do you think we’ved made it, to buy our new…
