The Amazon River Basin stretches more than 4,000 miles across a vast and often isolated region of South America. The Amazon River—the largest river in the world by volume—flows through countries including Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Brazil, carrying nearly 20% of the freshwater that empties into the world’s oceans.
Along its banks are thousands of remote villages, many with little access to churches, biblical teaching, or the hope of the gospel.
Prayer is the Key! Prayer is the key to every aspect of taking part in mission outreach. In the beginning we pray for guidance on whether God wants us to go on a trip. We pray He will show us what His will is. As we continue to prepare to “go”, God will help us as we pray for wisdom in dealing with all the details. Also, we begin to pray for the people that we will be ministering to and ask God to prepare the hearts of all involved. Once we are there, He continues to speak to our hearts and direct our paths in response to seeking His face, by revealing Himself and unleashing the supernatural power of prayer in action. Even after we return back home, God continues on in the work of building up His church and His people, through the prayers that we offer on behalf of those we touched lives with while serving in His harvest fields.
Amazon Outreach has partnered with churches on the Amazon River that are currently involved in evangelizing the people living in the Amazon River Basin. The pastors and missionaries precede us, follow us, and have a good knowledge of the people and the culture. We are dealing with three cultures in our ministry; the American culture, the Brazilian culture and the village culture. It is not our desire to change any of these cultures but to work in harmony together. The Brazilian churches we partner with have developed their own mission strategies to reach the remote villages of the Amazon and our most important job is to help build relationships with these villagers and break down barriers so that doors will be opened for the Gospel. We need to remember first and foremost that we are in Brazil to serve God and serve the Brazilian leaders.
