We made it back to Santarem late yesterday night and wrapped up some of our last details this morning, so we are late in getting something up for you all to take a look at and apologize as we know and appreciate all the prayers that were lifted up for our team! We'll try and give you a run down of our time in the river village community of Alerana.
Day 1 - Monday Departure
Our departure out on the river was late Monday night, about 10 pm, which would allow us to pass a particular critical point of our voyage in the early morning hours with sunlight, since we headed upstream about 7 hours from Santarem on the Amazon River. The team quickly hung our hammocks and put together a night watch team shift that changed on the hour. The guys were true gentlemen and let Amie get a good night's rest (yes, Amie is the one writing this). I am certain they have a different take. In the wee morning hours we came to a smaller inlet off the Amazon that would lead us up to Alerana. It was here where we faced our first test from the Lord. This time of year is rainy season and the river is ever-changing....we learned this as we tracked through thick vegetation for 5 hours to get to the village. Several of the team had to go shoreside and pull the boat, as others cut through the brush, dove to clear the props and pushed us away from trees. We finally arrived at the village late Monday afternoon and began to assess the worksite as Glenn helped in a critical move of putting a door on the bathroom and the rest helped finished the walkway to get there.
Our boat, Seja Abencoada (Be Blessed), while it is stuck in some pretty tough vegetation.
A little bit closer look at the vegetation. It doesn't look too bad until you're in the middle of it. 
Our Captain, Joaquin, who also served as our construction site foreman, pastor and encourager taking a dive into the muck to clear the prop. He truely walks with the power of the Holy Spirit! 
A dear and sweet family that helped us clear the boat out of the muck and would later come to know the Lord in our stay! PRAISE GOD 28 people made decisions to follow Christ while we visited. 
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