Author: Jevon and Danica Rich

Busily waiting

Busily waiting

Here’s just a peek into these last few weeks – what we are busy with these days and why this waiting time is not a bad thing but actually a big help. Jevon making plans for the electrical set-up of our house. The breaker box he made with added surge protection. Three shopping carts full […]
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Sitting on the Ground

Sitting on the Ground

“A little more povilho” my coworker said.  I reached for the bag and poured a little more manioc flour into the strainer in her hand.  She shook it gently to sift the flour into the bowl on the counter, where she was mixing the dough for pão de queijo.  (Cheese bread rolls).  We were making […]
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Honey for a Pilgrim’s Heart

Honey for a Pilgrim’s Heart

Some notes I took in my devotional journal when we first got back to Manaus 12/30/2013 In my reading through the Bible, I’ve finally come back around to 1st Peter, and 2nd Peter.  And it’s such a timely encounter for me, with these letters. We’ve moved again.  And once again, it’s not to anywhere even […]
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to walk humbly with my God

to walk humbly with my God

At the risk of over-simplifying and over-generalizing, I make this statement: The missionary life is just the normal Christian life lived in a different context.  God deals with us just like He deals with all His children – using His Word and His Spirit to bring to light sin in our hearts and to bring […]
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You know you’ve been in Brazil a WHOLE YEAR when…

You know you’ve been in Brazil a WHOLE YEAR when…

You walk into church and automatically greet another woman by giving a kiss to the side of her face. You are trying to tell a story in English but you can’t remember the word for “grocery store”, only “supermercado”. You just took your 3rd shower for the day, and spent most of the time in […]
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Our Current Normal

Our Current Normal

bikes – our principal means of transportation sharing the road with 18 wheeler semi trucks, cars, motorcycles, other bikes, tractors, horseback riders, and farm carts pulled by horses, sometimes all at the same time. getting our meat from the butcher.  he cuts, slices, or grinds it while we watch. getting our veggies and fruit on […]
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How my Birthday Became a Reminder of Jesus’s promise

How my Birthday Became a Reminder of Jesus’s promise

I was just laying Isaiah down in bed on August 9th when I heard a guitar strumming in front of our house.  So I picked Isaiah back up and went outside to investigate.  This is what I found at my front door: It’s kind of a blurry photo, but it illustrates a special marker in […]
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A Day at the Pesque-Pague

A Day at the Pesque-Pague

It all started because I had told Jevon that I wanted a tambaqui for my birthday.  That’s a fish we liked to eat when we lived in Manaus.  And instead of being boring and going down to the meat store and buying a dead fish, he went all out and planned a fishing trip to […]
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