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(L-R) Gordy Simmons, Jeshua Grach, Nicole Flanagan, Erin Simmons, Linda Olbeter
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Friday June 18
We finally arrived in Leticia at 3PM today after a very long time of flying and lay overs. But we have cool rain and the prospect of a great rest, turning in early this evening.
Tomorrow we will begin organizing our meds and getting ready for what will be next on the agenda.
There are elections Sunday so we are not able to cross the border.
Thanks you for all of you who are praying. it is a great group and we have been joined by another couple from Texas.
Love to all, Linda
Sunday June 20
Good evening friends, Just wanted to report that we are alive and well in the wonderful town of Leticia, Colombia. We arrived after a long, long trip that was not quit the path we had hoped as the flight from Savannah was canceled and we had to be rerouted and catch the red eye from Houston. So instead of arriving at 8 pm, we got here at 5 am the next day. But all was well and we got rested up and saw part of the town. Leticia is a small jungle town on the Colombia, Puru, Brazil border right on the Amazon river. I was looking at the trees out back of the house we´re staying in and there were more kinds of leaves and trees than I could count in one group of trees. It seems everything grows together. The sun comes up at 5 30 and there are birds making all kinds of song all morning. Unfortunately, this place is called a rain forest for a reason. It´s always wet and muddy (with some really nice smells).
Today we put on our high mud boots and hiked into a small village right on the Brazil border to hold a medical clinc for the refugees that live there. This group has been there before and the clinic usually last 2 to 3 hours, but this time everyone in about four different villages in the area heard we were going to be there and we had a crowd until dark. We had so many people we ran out of medicine for the amount we brought for today. We set up stations for the medical people to gather information, diagnose, and write a prescription. We filled the prescriptions with all the medicine we brought. Lots of worm pills, antibiodics, fungus cream, vitamins, and pain meds. If it works, I´m going to try to attach some pictures to this message for you. They may be really big as I don´t know how to compress them on a spanish language computer. Tomorrow we´re hopping a boat up river into Peru and some of the jungle villages there. We will be gone 5 to 7 days, sleeping in hammocks in the jungle. Fun times will be had by all. Pray that our medicines hold out for what we need to treat.
I hope all is well with each of you. Thanks for keeping us in your prayers. Gordy and Erin
Friday June 25
We are back from up river and will be going back out. The clinics are going well and the team is doing a great job. Yestersday we did a clinic with a village of Jaguar people who are know to be theives. They were very greatful for our coming and had a church service of about 35 or more people came which was more than half of the community. Eight prayed to accept Jesus Christ in their hearts. They were poor but had smiles of hope when we left. Our prayers are that they will have follow up of the word of Christ and that God will change their lives to be a light of hope for the region. Like when Jesus touched thieves and the change that only God can do draws others to the Love of Jesus even to the very end.
We are praying for you all
Jeshua
Sunday June 27
Hello all, Just wanted to update you on our progress here in the Amazon. Yesterday was our first day back from the river with no clinics to do. We visited the la ajaba orphanage and they were going on vacation for a couple of weeks. The orphanage is so clean and neat and it´s great to see the kids in a good learning environment where they learn about Jesus and they get school, food, and a place to sleep. Some of the kids do not live there but they come to go to school there. The kids are good for learning some Spanish because they are so patient with you and they really want you to know what they are saying. God is doing so many great things here! Yesterday evening we all went to a free Christian Festival with Mike Silva speaking and telling his testimony, as well as Jaci Velasquez and Raza for Christ performing. It was great to hear some songs in Spanish that we know back in the States. This morning we went to Barrio Nuevo and brought 25 boxes of food. George has been partnering with them for years now and has built up a really good relationship with them and the community. Tomorrow morning we will be going to a village called Santa Sophia and setting up our last clinic before we head back to Bogota on Tuesday. I can see that God has worked in these peoples lives from what I have heard has gone on in the past. The only explanation for some of the changes that are going on is God. It is awesome!
Love in Christ,
Nicole Flanagan
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(L-R) Dr.Eugene Nwosu, Michael Taylor, Anne and Jonathan Beckman, Leanne Kennedy, Ellen Simpson, and Robin White
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Friday, January 29
Day 1, Amazon 2010, I am quickly learning that God wants me to totally rely on Him. Day one and already plans have changed. I came prepared for 3 nights in the jungle, sleeping in a hammock, and now it appears to be five nights. I have no idea what tomorrow holds for me, our first clinic day. I have no idea what diseases and complaints I am going to have to treat, but I do know that I am here because God wants me here. He is asking me to trust Him completely, more than I even have before.
Leann
Well, we made it safely to Leticia, Colombia! We won´t be here long though. Just as has always been said about the Amazon and plans...they constantly change. Instead of a 3 day trip up the Javari we will be gone pretty much the whole time here. We leave tomorrow for Islandia, where we will spend the weekend. Then, if I am understanding right, we will be going to Brazil with complete permission from the government, followed by a long journey up river. We will be back in Leticia on Thursday if we don´t run low on medicine before then. From there we will do a day trip on Friday! Although we have had some changes in the plan, the team is a group of real troopers and are completely adjusting to these changes. Keep us in your prayers! We have awesome opportunities this next week that can reverberate far beyond what we can think or see, and all to the glory of God!
In Christ,
Michael Taylor
Sunday January 31
Well we finished two days of medical clinics. I am constantly reminded of the story of the boy trying to save the starfish, he can’t help all of them, but he can make a difference for a few. There are so many people who need medical attention, mostly children, and I am so limited in what I can do, based on the medications we brought, and once the medications run out, there is nothing else I can do. I simply pray for them, and trust God to watch over and heal them. What these missionaries are doing down here is amazing, and I am blessed to be a small part of it. Leann
It´s been a wonderful trip so far and we have seen so much. Just yesterday we spent all day in Islandia holding clinics and saw God moving among us. One of the pediatric patients needed a type of antibiotic that we no longer had. I asked about substitution and we were going to give them what we had when the only patient all day returned. The mother asked about the medicine she had been given, and of course it turned out to be JUST the kind we needed! We gave her the substitution and the child that needed the right kind was able to get just that!Robin
OK...Some things changed again. We will be going up river tomorrow morning, and will be staying until Thursday. We will go out as far as we are planning on going, and then will do small clinics along the Peruvian coast. Between yesterday and today the team has see around 500 people just in Islandia, Peru. It really has been quite an awesome time. Tomorrow we will be going with a bunch of other missionaries! We did not, and will not, be going into Brazil for any clinics...that was just a misunderstanding on my part. We will have a lot more blogs coming when we get back to Leticia. Thank you again for your prayers and support.
In Christ,
Michael Taylor
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Hey everybody! This is Jonathan and Anne writing. We ended up spending just two nights out on the river, which was actually the original plan, but a day shorter than the last update we gave. We would have stayed longer, but we saw so many patients that we started running out of medicine! From our initial rough estimate, we´ve seen between 850 to 900 people in 6 different villages. We´ve also given out about 300 pairs of reading glasses and tons of kids sunglases and lots of prayers. Tomorrow we´ll rest a little here in Leticia before heading out on the boat for one more clinic on Friday. And the shower we got to take today was amazing :)
We have been eating lots of chicken, rice and plantains, and are looking forward to pizza tonight in Leticia!
Please continue to pray for health and safety for everyone!
God bless,
Jonathan & Anne
I cannot fully express the wonderful sense of accomplishment after our 2 days on the Amazon and seeing over 850 patients! We have treated so much and cared for those who would never have seen a medical person.Thank you all for making this possible.
Robin White
Things are going very well. We ran out of vitamins and the main meds, so we came back to Leticia. Tomorrow will be our rest day, and then we will try to do something in a nearby village. It has been an awesome time! In Christ,
Michael
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We partner with Amazon Xpeditions in Leticia, Colombia, taking the Good News into the Amazon River Basin. Working through the Tikuna Indians of the area, our goal is to spread the Gospel to the remote areas of the region.
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Trip 1:
Dates: Jan 28 - Feb 7
Cost: $2,400
Team Leader: Michael Taylor
Trip 2:
Dates: June 17 - July 1
Cost: $2,400
Team Leader: Jeshua Grach
Expectations:
Applicants will need to be in reasonably good physical condition and prepared to be flexible; the Amazon is a challenging environment where God many times uses us in ways we hadn't previously expected.
You will need a valid U.S. passport and possibly a visa for Brazil (we will obtain the visas together as a team). You should allow at least two months to apply for and receive your passport.
Documentation/Immunization requirements:
The CDC is currently recommending the following immunizations: diptheria, typhoid, tetanus, hepatitis A and B. The last two are a series and should be started as soon as possible. They can be obtained at the local health department.
Everyone who goes is required to take an anti-malarial medication before, during, and after the trip.
Trip Summary:
The trips will be medically focused; the teams will provide clinics along the Javari River to the indigenous people with a primary purpose of showing the love of Christ through our actions and establishing bonds of trust and love through relationships. Our desire is to see Christ exalted to the people of the Amazon River basin.
NOTE - we need people who aren't medical professionals on these teams also; there are always numerous ways for you to serve and share the love of Christ!
The trip costs include transportation, food, and lodging for the entire trip. The only things not included are immunizations, personal items, and souvenirs.
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