The Experience
Whether along the Amazon River, the Arapiuns River, the Tapajos River, or the many lakes and streams, the focus is on the people. Brazilians living in the Amazon Valley are generally a mixture of Portuguese, Indian, and Black ancestry. Their lifestyle is simple and they sustain themselves with the fruits of the land and the fish of the rivers.
Most have a Catholic heritage and are receptive, even hungry for the Gospel and a dynamic Christian experience. They are a beautiful, generous, loving people.
Many of the people of the Amazon Valley have never seen a dentist, optometrist, or medical doctor. Yet their aches and pains come as frequently, if not more so, than ours.
The Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountains of Peru near the Pacific Ocean and empties into the Atlantic some 4,000 miles to the east, draining more than 3,500,000 square miles. By conservative estimates, in excess of 20% of all fresh water and 25% of the world's oxygen are attributed to this region.
What we soon realize as relationships develop with the people of the Amazon Valley is that we have the same life struggles, just in different scenarios. Developing these relationships is an extremely important part of what we do.
Visiting the Amazon is like no experience found in the world. However, there is one similarity - the people have needs, both physical and spiritual. AMOR is striving to meet these needs among those with little or no other resource - Those isolated by time and distance.
The Experience
Whether along the Amazon River, the Arapiuns River, the Tapajos River, or the many lakes and streams, the focus is on the people. Brazilians living in the Amazon Valley are generally a mixture of Portuguese, Indian, and Black ancestry. Their lifestyle is simple and they sustain themselves with the fruits of the land and the fish of the rivers.
Most have a Catholic heritage and are receptive, even hungry for the Gospel and a dynamic Christian experience. They are a beautiful, generous, loving people.
Many of the people of the Amazon Valley have never seen a dentist, optometrist, or medical doctor. Yet their aches and pains come as frequently, if not more so, than ours.
The Amazon River begins in the Andes Mountains of Peru near the Pacific Ocean and empties into the Atlantic some 4,000 miles to the east, draining more than 3,500,000 square miles. By conservative estimates, in excess of 20% of all fresh water and 25% of the world's oxygen are attributed to this region.
What we soon realize as relationships develop with the people of the Amazon Valley is that we have the same life struggles, just in different scenarios. Developing these relationships is an extremely important part of what we do.
Visiting the Amazon is like no experience found in the world. However, there is one similarity - the people have needs, both physical and spiritual. AMOR is striving to meet these needs among those with little or no other resource - Those isolated by time and distance.