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Can LOG really have a legacy in the nations? Consider what God is doing…

This fine young lad has a wonderful thought written in Satare on his tee-shirt - Tupana aria hetyhot rakat - God is a strong tower. It is an interesting picture for a number of reasons. First, in a certain way I believe it may be a prophetic image of a possible future. A future in which we have a real partnership in reaching the entire Satare people, as well as entree into other unreached indian people groups in the Amazon.

How can that be? How can a small congregation with limited resources actually have a real partnership in reaching, and even touching unreached peoples in the Amazon? Luke 1:37 - “For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Two years ago while in the Amazon we met for the first time a simple man with a big dream. Chagas, a Christian and a Satare Indian had a dream - he wanted to be used by God to reach his own people. He had a problem - virtually no resources to accomplish this. God heard his prayer and moved on our hearts to become involved. (more…)

Posted by Scott on August 16th, 2008 in Lamb of God, missions | 2 Comments »

Digging deeper - some of the extraordinary things experienced on our trip to the Amazon

I believe with all my heart that the trip to the Amazon has little to do with digging wells. In the story of the multiplication of the fishes and the loaves found in the gospels is the story primarily about 5 loaves and two fishes? Or does it have more to do with the provision of God, and the capability of Jesus to take a small offering and do great and wondrous things with it?

From the very beginning of our trip, again and again we heard prayers, and declarations that we wanted more than just to do ‘humanitarian’ work. We wanted not just physical thirst, but that the Lord would quench the deepest longings of the heart - the thirst for God.

But that is a spiritual matter, not one that we in our humanity can impact apart from the work of God in the soul of a man. We wanted out modest offering of fresh water to be multiplied and to become in the Satare people a well spring of ‘Living Water’. Many times through the days on the river we prayed and trusted that Jesus could take this small work and have it touch the people in a way that would open their hearts to salvation. (more…)

Posted by Scott on August 15th, 2008 in Lamb of God, Uncategorized, missions | 1 Comment »