We're Alive and Well!!

Greetings from the Linda Esperanca,

We just finished our first day of work out on the river and it was incredible! The village we went to today was Nossa Senhora das Gracas. There were about 60 families in this village and we had a great time getting to know them throughout the afternoon. It was only an 8 hour boat ride to the village from Manaus so we got there early this morning and then unpacked all the bags and got everything ready for the day since we did not have a lot of time to do so on the boat. The medical team went out and worked with the people in the morning and we did VBS and women's ministry in the afternoon. The people from Chapada have been very helpful and fun, we are all having a great time getting to know them despite the language barrier. They did a puppet show about joy to go along with our VBS lesson on Jonah this afternoon. It went really well once we finally got the sound system working and I think the kids really enjoyed it. After VBS we all went out and played some soccer because no trip would be complete without a good ol game of Brazilians vs. Americans (which we lost of course but not without a hard fight!) After the game we were able to gather many of the villagers together and Mr Delph gave his testimony. The kids absolutely loved hanging all over Will, Zach, Brennan and Sam and we got to play with the children for a little while before heading back to the boat and onto the next village. At this point the plan is to hit one village everyday so we are on the move at the moment. Yesterday we spent some time in Manaus doing some outreach for Shalom Baptist church and then went to the Sunday night service there. We met up with a team from YWAM which was really cool because there were so many different nationalities represented among all of us! All is well, everyone is safe and healthy and all of our bags made it safely Praise God! Please be praying for continued health and safety! The team has already bonded so well and we are having a great time working together to bring glory to God's name!

Everyone sends there love!

In Christ,

Landen Ellis

Pai, eu to viva!

P.S.: Johnson, eu recebi seu recado e e stou cuidando da tua nenem!