
Marrying Cousins?
Can you marry your cousin? Your culture flavors the way you view the world, even though you may just assume that some things are a given. Since there are only a couple of hundred Maki people on our river, everyone is somehow related. There are two couples in our village who we once concluded were […]

A Day In Our Life
What is a day like for us in the Amazon? It is both ordinary and extraordinary at the same time. Some days seem to fly by, some days are more tiring, some days feel purposeful and kind of exciting, other days feel monotonous. Every day is different. We have even decided to run our weeks […]

We’re Still Alive!
After completing home assignment in the States, returning to Brazil and our village, then COVID-19 hitting the world and all missionaries here needing to leave their works, then our waiting in town for permission to return to the village, and finally getting to return, we are still alive (so far)! Probably most of us around […]
About
We are Brian & Rachel and we are attempting to learn the culture and language of an Amazonian people group in order to communicate the message of the Bible to them.
God issued a command two thousand years ago to make disciples of all nations. We were challenged by the lack of workers to engage in reaching the world’s least reached people, even though many are asking for missionaries.
I am a missionary kid from Brazil and Rachel is from rural Michigan. ...