Author: Christa Boeije

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Encouraged by blessings..

“Really really cool, by the way, that the fundraising is going so well. Also a bit of confirmation that people support your work ..” was a message that I received from a friend. 
Indeed indescribably beautiful to experience your support so overwhelmingly! From our home front, both in Rio de Janeiro and in the Netherlands, we were supported: full of love, delicious brigadeiros and pastels ( out of reliable sources) were made, sold and purchased! Children who raised money by doing chores. By many supported by your prayers and donations we kept on receiving.
Within two months the we already received € 12.100,00!! We need to confess that we thought it would be impossible to bring in the money in two months. The opposite has been proven to us. We are surprised and grateful for your loving support and encouragement! Saulo even received a new and safe carseat: all the way from out of New York!

The brigadeiro fundraising
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Protected during our first travel to the tribe…

This time, i would like to give thanks, thank you all that you are praying for us! The work we do is a heavy battle, which is impossible to do without prayer! We felt carried and protected during our travel to the tribe;

On our way going towards the tribe (20 kilometers from the tribe) a part of our car broke, with the result that all controle of the car was lost. The car flew of the road, the car rolled over more times and stopped on its side in a farmers land, some meters next to the road. All shaking and shocked, but completely unharmed we climbed out of the car.

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2018: a year of preparing and training

What has it been a beautiful and special year full of blessings.
The celebration of our marriage and we were blessed with a safe little house in the slum Parada de Lucas. We were able to study the Bible with the elderly & the youth, teaching in the churches and in the houses of people. Also, we could enjoy the children during the activities on the base.
During our missionary trip to the Amazon, we were able to explain the Bible with the inductive study method. Here God confirmed in Lucas and my heart that this is our calling. As you probably can understand, we can’t just go towards here. To be able to work in the Amazon, we should first prepare ourselves for education and some practical things. Therefore we will move in the first week of February to the ywam base in Porto Velho. Continue reading “2018: a year of preparing and training”

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Travel report amazon

Participate in living // first impressions
Before we went into the amazon, we first had a day of lecture at the jocum base in Porto Velho. To learn how to teach what we had learned during our three months of bibleschool in three days, but in a clear, simple and practical way.
After a six hour during busdrive, we arrived on the jocum base in Labrea, from of here we traveled down the river by boat. It is a beautiful view from of the boat, all the different green trees on a wall of cleyground. There where small communities that exists out of 5-10 wooden houses on poles. Around four hours later we arrived in one of the communities on the river named Jurucuá. We were received with open arms in the house of the leaders of this community. It was a little weird to step in the big empty living room, but very soon it was clear.. in a short time, the house was filled with the hammocks on the walls. Continue reading “Travel report amazon”