Taking the Gospel to the Amazon

Taking the Gospel to the Amazon

Brazil is a land of contrasts. Most people live in mega-cities such as Rio de Janeiro where 11 million people live and to reach every home in Brazil will be a mammoth task, supervised by the Brazil EHC Director, Alessandro Alexio (pictured below). However, there are also many communities living along the rivers who can only be accessed by boat and

Alessandro also has a plan to take gospel literature to these, mainly indigenous, men, women and children.

His plan involves using the two boats provided by Every Home for Christ in Australia and New Zealand - small fibreglass boats which can wend their way through the river and its many tributaries. In 2009 Every Home for Christ supporters in Australia and New Zealand purchased these two boats for humanitarian work along the Amazon and you will be delighted to know that, now that this aid project has finished, the boats will be used for taking gospel literature to remote river communities.

Please pray for Alessandro and his team in Brazil that the Lord will provide the staff and the funds he needs to make this dream a reality.

Each boat would “house” a team of workers - staff, volunteers and a Captain who will drive the boat to these remote communities. Already Every Home for Christ in Australia is providing funds for gospel literature each month but now we would like to “go the extra mile”and provide funds for this ambitious plan to visit each community along the Rio Negro and Amazon rivers starting from Manaus. The boats are currently being repaired so that this vital work can commence.