News and Updates
Stories From the Amazon
Here you'll find stories from the field, ministry updates, and missionary testimonies that reveal how God is at work throughout the Amazon.
Read inspiring accounts of transformed lives, growing churches, emerging indigenous leaders, and faithful partners whose prayers, generosity, and service make this ministry possible.
Each story is a glimpse of God's faithfulness and the lasting impact of the gospel in communities across the Amazon.
Time To Go
Our God is a sending God that wants all of us to be a part of his sending work. This is contrary to the consumer mentality that a lot of followers of Jesus...
Learn About AmazonVida
You and your organization can make a difference by coming to the Amazon or you can help us through your prayer support and your financial generosity...
Meet A Missionary - Elmer Lessa
Elmer Lessa is the head and visionary of AmazonVida, and pastor for First Baptist Church in Parintins, Amazonas, Brasil. His father started...
Excellence In Missions - Empowering Partners
It is impossible to think missions without thinking about relationships. The work of Jesus on the cross was all about healthy relationships, from the most important one...
Excellence In Missions - God Centered
It is easy to lose our focus when we are busy working for God. We get distracted by our agenda or pride and we can substitute God's best for what we...
My Mission Is To Plant And Water
It is so easy to get overwhelmed with strategy and plans for ministry but Paul tells us to keep it simple. We can get bogged down and get discouraged with a ...
We Value Our Ministry Partners
It takes a lot of resources to make a trip from the United States to Brazil and then into the jungle. Once the mission team gets to Brazil they will need ...
Bee Hive Initiative
A part of our initiative to create small business in the Amazon makes good use of their natural resources that they are blessed with. AmazonVida is ...