Mapping the Amazon

PAZ currently has 15 bases in Brazil with one more to open this year. Mapping director John Eisenmann’s goal is for each base to have a GPS unit to save us from the trouble of having to ship units around the country and incur the associated costs. Since the number of church plants from those bases is smaller in number, one unit should meet their needs and be able to keep up as they grow. In Santarem, they already have hundreds of church plants in place, scattered in a 24 hr travel radius of the city (or more). To capture all of these churches with the two units we have will take upwards of two years because of the transportation issues associate with traveling by boat. Plus we are planning to plant another 75 churches this year alone!

Seacoast committed to helping with this project and helped provide the funds for 21 gps units!!
These will help put these Amazon Basin communities "on the map". As PAZ integrates physical data, water data and church statistics with the mapping and GIS (geographical information system) capabilities of the ArcGIS software, supporters of PAZ will be astounded to see the impact and reality of God's work through PAZ to save the forgotten communities of the Amazon!

Pastor Jason Surratt presented Jeff & Becky Hrubik with the check on their visit in June!

Project Amazon - Beyond Brazil

Project Amazon has had a presence in Japan for quite some time now with missionaries Christine and Tim Huber. They have planted several churches in Japan and they have quickly been able to adapt and minister to our brothers and sisters in Japan since the earthquake on March 11th. In July, a team from Brazil will actually be sent as short-term missionaries to help them in their rebuilding efforts. Becky Hrubik will be leading the team and some of the guys we know will be joining them: Joaquin, Ken and 6 or 7 others.

God is in the details, as He would have orchestrated that a team of women from Charleston wanted to make an impact. Prior to the disaster in Japan, these women all participated in a group making blankets with tags that said: “Jesus Loves You”. God had laid on their hearts to reach the Japanese with the love of Jesus with blankets specifically for them.
They raised money to make the fleece blankets and the tags, which specifically say: “Jesus Loves You Japan”. The ladies met seven times in the past few months to cut, sew, and collect the blankets. While praying for the Japanese in their time of disaster, they also prayed for a Christian contact in Japan to distribute the blankets as well as a way to ship them to Japan. They gathered approximately 500 blankets of all sizes.

Teaming up with PAZ, we will get these blankets to Japan. Praise be to God!!

Becky gave us some insight on the impact: "The Japanese houses are not heated and the winters there are very severe, so these are going to be such a huge blessing for this first winter after the disaster! I am sure God is going to use this for His glory and for the salvation of many, many Japanese!"

Brazil 2012

The dates on the books for Brazil 2012 - March 2nd - 12th. If you're interested in joining the team either contact John Tucker (neal7923@aol.com) or Amie Heath (amieheath@seacoast.org) and we'll get you on the list. Look for our first 2012 team meeting coming soon!