First Team of the Season Arrives Prepared to Minister in the Western Amazon Basin!!

One day away from the beginning of our trip to Paricatuba and Galileia Lake!

Pastor Larry Creamer and 17 other team members are on their way and will be serving on the Amazon River this week. The team will be ministering in the interior until March 7th. They will be out in the community doing evangelism, discipleship training, VBS, and they will also provide medical care to the "Ribeirinhos".

While the team is on their way, the boat is loaded and has departed Manaus on the way to Manacapuru where the team will board the boat tomorrow morning when they arrive. Pastor Eli and the crew are all set and ready to receive the team and for a week of ministry and hard work!

Our prayer is that God will guide us towards where He is already working and lead us to those who are ready to receive God's great gift. May people be touched and lives transformed.

More news to come! Stay connected.

A River Story - from Nanette

"(...)It was maybe Monday or Tuesday of our trip, and we were in a town, that I forgot the name of. (Maybe I shouldn't tell this story?!)
Anyway, I had been really, really sick the night before, but I tried to hide it all day, and I'm really glad that I did because I got to go out with our evangelism team that morning.
On our team we had Daniel Cadais, Austin Brewster, Arvis Scott, and myself. Austin knew that I wasn't feeling well, so when we stopped at the school, he did most of the talking, and I just stood back and watched.
At the school there was sort of recreation building where a lot of boys were playing soccer, so we sat and watched for a little while.
After about 15 minutes of playing with them, we asked their sort of.. "Over-seer", lady if we could share the E-cube with them.
She told us that she was a christian and she wanted nothing more than for these boys to hear the Gospel, but they wouldn't ever listen to her... As we talked with her, she told us the boy's stories.
Most of them had grown up in broken homes, and even though they were about my age, 16, they had been doing drugs and drinking for maybe three years but wouldn't listen to anyone when they shared Jesus's story.
So, Austin shared the E-cube, Arvis shared his testimony (which was very similar to how the boys were living) and I sat down and prayed.
After Austin got done, he invited the boys to accept Christ's offer.
20 13-18 year old boys stood up to say that they would like to change their living style and accept Christ.
What a wonderful thing!
This really touched me, so I figured it'd be the story to tell."

Thank you Nanette!

When will you experience God's work in the Amazon Basin?

Carnaval Evangelistic Impact in Manaus - AM

AVM supports Evangelistic effort in Manaus during Carnaval!

Carnaval is one of the most popular holidays in Brazil. It is known as the “party of the flesh” where the parades take place and all the “samba” schools present their costumes and choreographies. People go out on the streets dancing, drinking, many people use drugs and sexual relations is something expected by the majority of them.

The Amazonas Baptist Convention through JUBAAM (the youth and college ministry) organized an evangelistic impact where more than 100 people went out on the streets evangelizing those who were out partying. There were thousands of people at the ‘Sambodromo’ (where the parades take place) and sinfulness all over the place. This impact lasted all four nights of party. During the day they believers would participate of seminars on Evangelism: Evangelism with Art, personal Evangelism (led by AVM personnel), Evangelism with Kids, and Vocational calling.

The work took place from 11pm to 5am from the 12th -16th of February. We were able to see 136 PEOPLE surrendering their lives to Jesus Christ.

“… where sin abounded, grace did much more abound.”

Glory to God for his power to save!

Have you seen the new logo for AVM?

After seven years of ministry we have a new logo. Look to the right and check it out. We have enjoyed working on the Amazon River for the last seven years and we wanted to capture that in our new logo. The new logo includes our new boat that is currently being constructed in Manaus, Brazil. The picture of the boat is taken directly from the drawings and it shows what the new boat is going to look like when it is completed and on the river.

Two of AVM's Board of Directors leave on mission to South Asia

Not only does AVM operate in the remote jungles of the Western Amazon River Basin but their Board of Directors love missions so much they travel to various other parts of the world. Two board member's from AVM have answered the call to travel to South Asia to be on mission to minister to the people in that region. When God places the call, those involved with AVM answer His calling to go and do the work He has called them to do. They are armed with the truth of God's Word and they are ready to deliver that truth boldly and confidently. Leaning not on their own strength but the strength and power of the Lord Jesus Christ. Please pray for travel safety, boldness, humility, compassion and pray that God prepares the hearts and minds of the people they will minister to.

AVM welcomes Elizabeth as the newest member to the team

Elizabeth is the newest member of the AVM team. When she read an email from Dr. Rich Elligson, the Missions Professor at The Baptist College of Florida, concerning a semester internship, she quickly responded. Elligson sent an email to all mission majors offering an opportunity to serve with AVM as part of a partnership between AVM and the college. Elizabeth is a junior and is studying missions on campus in Graceville. Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, Casey decided to follow God’s calling to BCF because of the missions program they offer. Missions is an area that she feels called to. For three summers she served with iGoGlobal Ministries, a Rockwall, Texas, mission organization specializing in calling students to embrace an on mission lifestyle. In the summer of 2006 she was a team member working in Tokyo, Japan and then in the summer of 2007 and 2008 she completed an eight week internship with International Mission Board Missionaries in Tokyo. Then in the summer of 2009
she returned to Tokyo with her own team that she organized and led. She is excited
about her opportunity and she states, “AVM has offered me a wonderful opportunity
through this semester internship and I am excited to be able to serve with
AVM both in the office and on the field.” We are excited to have Elizabeth working with us for the next several months and look forward to the many talents and gifts she will bring to the ministry. So, when you call the office look forward to speaking with Elizabeth and help us welcome her. Also for the teams joining us this summer, look forward to working alongside her on the river.