Where is porto Velho, Brazil?
Sorry I miss the intro of the city, a little bit late but here it is.
Porto Velho is the capital from the State of Brasilia, Rondonia.
Population: 334,661 people.

Celebrating the end....for a new beginning
We're witness of the great things that God have for this city, the youth at church and on the base.
We spend a couple of hours playing, watching photos, eating, dancing and haging out to do the official closing of MA.
After the leaders pray for the commited staff we set up some games and enjoy some really good and nice mexican quesadillas (of course). And I made some little card to thank them for the hard and good job that they made.
We are thankful for their lives, the rock and we will keep them in our heart and prayer.
God move in amazing ways, a ministry was born trougth MA. that's a good beginning, isn't?

Celebrando un final....por un principio
Fuimos testigos de las cosas maravillosas que Dios tiene para esta ciudad, los jovenes de la iglesia y los de la base.
Pasamos algunas horas jugando, mirando fotos, comiendo, bailando y platicando para la clausura oficial de MA.
Despues de que los lideres oraron x el personal tan comprometido, nosotros preparamos algunos juegos y disfrutamos de unas buenas y reales quesadillas mexicanas (x supuesto). Les hice una pequena tarjeta para agradecerles x su trabajo arduo y bueno.
Estamos agradecidos x sus vida, ellos son geniales y los mantendremos en nuestras oraciones y corazones.
Dios se movio en fromas maravillosas, un ministerio nacio a causa de AM, No es un buen principio?.

Third Week Cancel, but good news...
Cancel, whhhhaaaattt!. Yes, no more MA running until next summer, but some churches ask to use the YWAM property and buildings for a anual family christian camping time, so the staff still working on games, taking the church members to the jungle trail, flying fox and some other fan stuff set up on the jungle for people to get involved with mother nature, hahaha.
About 125 people, eat, sleep and do mess around the base. The 20 teens part of the MA staff have to clean and prepared everything before, during and after they left.
They say that they have a great time, lots of worship, preaching and activities.
Now we are celebrating the end of this vacation time for the teens and the excellent work with MA.
They're great, puntual, open, loving, brave and funny. The perfect staff.

Tercera Semana Cancelada, pero buenas noticias....
Cancelada, Quuuueeee!, Si, no mas AM hasta el proximo verano, pero una iglesia pidio usar la propiedad y edificios de JUCUM para un campamento familiar anual, asi que el personal siguio trabajando en juegos, llevando a lso miembros d ela iglesia a una caminata x la selva, flying fox y algunos otras cosillas divertidas preparadas para que las personas se involucren con mama naturaleza, jajajaja.
Cerca de 125 personas comieron, durmieron e hicieron tiradero alrededor de la base. Los 20 jovenes parte del personal de AM estuvieron encargados de limpiar, preparar todo antes, durante y despues.
Parece que tuvieron un buen timepo, mucha alabanza, enssenaza y actividades.
Ahora vamos a celebrar el fin de las vacaciones para los jovenes y el excelente trabajo que hicieron con AM.
Son geniales, puntuales, atentos, abiertos, amorosos, valientes y chistosos. El personal perfecto!.

Second Week
This time, we receive more the youth pastors from the churches than regular kids. We think the churches are just sending them to check out the program and what it's about.
It's been amazing, the atmosphere is different from last week, some of the youth part of the staff feel uncomfortable with the youth leaders for been older than them.
We try to encourage them to feel more comfortable and secure and what God has giving them on this time and it seem to work, by the next day their attitude was complited different.
Some of the kids from last cicle or week are been coming to hang out and help.
We have a testimony to share with you....

One of the youth group, was pretty touch by the river communities, they commited to do something to help, they hear about this family with no food and clothes, so they collect some and went to visit them but they coulnd't find them. On teir way to the community, they pass a street full of drunk and drudaddicted people.
On their way back, one of the kids so this man pretty drunk and start talking to Him, this young man was so commited to help this man that end up praying for him, so the rest of the youth start talking wih the other people and praying for everybody, even the drunk man say "Pray for my buddy".
So they talk and decide to comeback with some cofee and clothes for them every weekend.
The new ministry is call "Do Justice" as the theme for Mision Adventures this season.
God is AAMAZING isn't.

This cicle end up pretty good, the youth leaders have a metting to know more about the program and the purpose. They are excitedn and happy and ready fro next winter to send their kids for more of MA.
More work but more Fun!

Segunda Semana
Esta semana recibimos a los pastores de jovenes mas que a los jovenes del grupo.Creemos que los pastores estan haciendo esto para checar de que se trata y que es AM.

First Week of MA
The 30 youth from the different local churches arrived today, after set them up in their bunks, they're welcome to MA, after explaining the meaning of the theme and the goal of the week. They oficially start.
The next days they play games, get to know each other better, learn about passion, purpuse,purity and proclamation with speakers from the base, they were ready to spread the word of God.
So many of the students they never came close to the river, so it was amazing to see who much interest they have in to get to know the river people (who normally are outlaws, sick and homeless that leave out of the reach of the city) and help out.

The kids this week they were really touch by the way Ywamers are commited to work for and with the river people and their communities. After this week they ready to work with their churches and some even comeback with YWAM!.
We see what surprises God have for us for next week

Primera Semana de AM
Los 30 jovenes de Iglesias locales llegaron hoy, despues de acomodarlos en su litera, los recibieron a AM y despues de explicar el significafo y las metas de la semana. Oficialmente empezaron!.
Los siguientes dias jugaron, se llegarona conocer mejor, aprendieron acerca de pasion,proposito, pureza y proclamacion con oradores de la base, ahora estan listos para hacer evangelismo.
Muchos de los estudiantes nunca habia estado cerca del Rio, fue increible ver el inetres que tenian de conocer a las familias que viven en el rio (normalmente son buscados x la policia, enfermos o sin hogares y trabajo tratando de vivir fuera del alcance de la ciudad) y ayudarles en sus necesidades.

Los muchacjos esta semana fueron muy tocados por al forma en que los Jucumeros aqui estan comprometidos con las familias que viven en el rioy sus comunidades. Despues de esta semana estan listos a regresar y trabajar con sus iglesias y algunos hasta a regresar y trabajar en JUCUM!.
Ya veremos que sorpresas tiene Dios para la siguiente semana.


Preparing for Brazilian MA
So we have our first meeting with the staff. Basical kids between 12 to 17. They are amazing and very different, in the weeks that we are been here we loved them already.
After setting and stablishing rules and work. We have 3 days of staff training, we setup up the stage, prepared the games, confirm with pastor the number od people that it was coming, setup the passion play and hang out. We are ready!!
Ready for the next 2 cicles of 30 local brazilians. We pray that God touch their lifes.

Preparandonos para Aventuras Misioneras Brasilenas..
Despues de nuestra primera junta de personal. Basicamente jovenes de entre 12 a 17 anos de edad. Son increibles completamente diferentes unos de otros, pero en als pocas semanas que llevamos aqui, ya los amamos a todos!.
Despues de preparar y establecer ciertas reglas y trabajo, tuvimos 3 dias de entrenamiento donde preparamos la decoracion del salon, los juegos, llamadas para confirmar el numero de personas que vienen, preparar la obra de la Pasion y de pasar un buen rato. Estamos listos!
Listos para los siguientes 2 ciclos de 30 brasilenos locales. Oramos que Dios toque sus vidas.

Hot Christmas+Brazilian New Years
Siena's first Christmas was super HOT, we were invited to go with some of the staff and the base directors leader to a friends house to celebrated Christmas with them.
We eat some regular Christmas stuff+ lech-on "(young pig).

New Years, was fun, they set up a place call Salon de Todos (Place for everybody), with tables and the families from that base that still here, we share some food, deserts and a white elephant gift exchange.
When 12 O'clock come, we huge and some kids start fireworks.

Sorry we don't show you some pictures, but during the madness of packing we forget the camera wire to download pictures.
But hopefully soon we will!.

Navidad Calurosa+Ano Nuevo
La primera Navidad de Siena estuvo muy calurosa, se nos invito a ir con algunos del staff y los directores de la base a casa de unos amigos a celebrar Navidad con ellos.
Comimos lo regular de Navidad + lechon (nuestra primera vez, fue muy bueno!.).

Ano Nuevo, fue divertido, prepararon un lugar llamadoSalon de Todos, con mesas y las familias que no salieron de vacaciones de la base, compartimos comida, postres y un intercambio "elefante blanco".
Cuando las 12 O'hrs. llegaron, nos abrazamos y algunos ninos prendieron cohetes.

Perdonen que no mostramos fotos, durante la locura de empacar, olvidamos el cable de la camara para bajar las fotos.
Esperamos poder mostrar algunas prontito!.

Brazil, Amazons
So beautiful country!.
We spend a couple of days in Rio waiting for our fligth to Porto Velho, the life is really simple and very latinamerican. After this we flow over Brazil to arrived in Porto Velho in Brasilia. We are in a ywam base that works with the Indians of the River call Madera (an arm of the Amazons river).

We are starting the program next week and we are excited, most of the staff is very young but, God is good and He's preparing this kids for so meting bigger and greater...!

Keep posted and we give you more info later on....

Brasil, Amazonas
Hermoso pais!
Pasmos algunos dias en Rio esperando nuestro vuelo hacia Porto Velho, la vida es muy sencilla en este lugar y muy latina....Despues volamos sobre Brasil para llegar a las Brasilias y nuestro destino final Porto Velho. Estamso en una base de JUCUM que trabaja con los indigenas del Rio Madera (un brazo del Rio Amazonas).

Empezamos el programa la siguiente semana y estamos emocionados, casi todo el staff son adolescentes, pero Dios es bueno y el esta preparando a estos jovenes para algo grande y muy bueno!

Mantenganse entonados para darles mas informacion despues.

Spring and Summer

God is been so good!. This year we help out on the outreach part of this program, even when we didn't have idea were to start or what to do really, the H.S. was able to help us and guide us.

Jared was en-charge of the Sundays afternoon "big event", were we take the MA kids to a part of the city to do some ministry to the local people (kids and adults) with games, hair cuts, doctors check ups and even popcorn everything free, after this we share a message about how incredible is our life with Jesus and how important is to get your ticket to haven trougth Him. Troth this way of ministry we are able to attend around 300 Mexican families this year and at list half of them become Christians.

I was en charge of the local Pastor's, planning the activities with the teams and organizing the help and needs on their church, it was a blast!. We work with around 54 new pastors from all kind of denominations and with their churches. This year we are trying to implement a monthly follow up program with them.
We also have the opportunity to part er with local mercy ministry like; soup kitchens, seniors homes, homeless people, kids in risk ministries, orphanages, etc....

Siena's first MA, was exciting, visiting the church's and pastor's and helping out his dad with the Sunday's events.

Primavera y Verano

Dios ha sido bueno!. Este ano, ayudamos en la parte de cruzada de este programa,incluso cuando no teniamos la menor idea por donde empezar o que hacer, el E.S. nos ayudo y guio.

Jared estuvo encargado del "gran evento" los domingos en la tarde, donde llevamos a los chicos a una parte de la ciudad a hacer ministerios con la gente local (ninos y adultos) a traves de juegos, cortes de cabello, chequos medicos y hasta palomitas gratis! despues de esto, compartimos un mensage acerca de los increible que es nuestra vida con Jesus y que tan importante es tener su boleto para el cielo a traves de El. A traves de esta forma de evangelismo atendimos a 300 familias mexicanas y por los menos al mitad de ellos rindieron sus vidas al Senor.

Yo estuve a cargo de los pastores locales, planear actividades con los equipos y organizar la ayuda y necesidades en las Iglesias, fue una bendicion!. Trabajamos con 54 diferentes nuevos pastores de todas las denominaciones y con sus congregaciones. Este ano estamos implantando un programa mensual de seguimiento con ellos.
Tambine tuvimos el privilegio de ayudar a algunos ministerios de misericordia locales como; comedores para ninos, casas de ancianos, albergues, ministerios de ninos en riesgo y orfanatorios, etc....

Las primeras AM de Siena fueron muy buenas, visitando als Iglesias y pastores y ayudando a su papa con los eventos del domingo.