Wow! That seems like the only appropriate response to these last two weeks, serving with Go Now Missions as part of a Brazil Amazon medical team.
Just to give you some idea how far to the ends of the earth we went, our trip consisted of three plane rides, a car taxi ride, a water taxi ride, another car taxi—and all that was just to the hotel where we stayed. We also went to an indigenous village for three days, where we took a car ride until the road stopped, walked almost a mile on basically a sidewalk that motorcyclists loved to use from both directions, crossed over—or waded through—the Amazon River, then walked a little further to reached the local church where we set up a medical clinic.
I wouldn’t trade a moment of it, though. God did so many amazing things while we were there. Medically, we treated more than 300 patients, helping some find irregular heartbeats and abdominal aortic aneurysms. We also provided basic medical education that would seem almost commonplace here in the States, but was so desperately needed there.
Spiritually, we lead multiple people to Christ. I was able to lead two of them personally. We shared the gospel with several more, and prayed over even more. We also got to watch as God used each member of our team to accomplish his amazing work in each person who went through our clinic.
Anna Clark, a student at East Texas Baptist University, participated with Go Now Missions on a Brazil Amazon medical team.
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