You pretty much eat the whole fish here. I saw a guy eat an eye the other day, pretty sick.

Native village that we spent a day at

Indigenous market and village toilet

We are here in Amazonas! We are spending a month with a church here. The town is located on the Orinoco River, which is amazingly huge!

A view from the overlook point, looking on the river.

Our family and some friends on our anniversary and our backyard when it rains

For those of you who like to vacation, this is your update. We took a weekend away from the team and went to Colonia Tovar, and old german city in the mountains of Venezuela. The buildings were really nice and we ate a lot of sausage and kraut.

We also did a two day jeep tour around Gran Sabana in south Venezuela - at the same time that we renewed our visas in Brazil, which was close by. Gran Sabana is probably the greatest place on earth, besides kansas and nebraska.

Well, for the past 6 weeks we have been working at a boys farm for kids who have been living on the streets in Caracas. Here they can live in a real home, have clothes, food, and be somewhat normal. We just finished our time there, but want to share some pictures. It is a real working farm with about 800 chickens and a variety of crops such as coffee, bananas, corn, cantelope, mangos, and a bunch of other stuff. We also taught school everyday while we were there. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Here are just a few agriculture pictures from the boys farm we just finished working at. We gathered eggs every morning and cleaned them, about 1,000 per day
Here we are 'cutting the mountain' as they call it here. I did a lot more machete work than i thought.

Ninos de la Luz

Our team moved on March 24 to Ninos de la Luz, an organization that works with boys from the streets of Caracas. We live on a farm with the boys, helping with various farm things including chickens, eggs, bananas, and cutting stuff with machetes. We are also teaching reading, math, and writing to five of the boys who are not yet ready to enter the school system. Besides these things, we play sports with the kids, go swimming, and assist the staff when we can. It’s like camp expect more staff than kids, for good reason. We are enjoying the work here and the cooler temperatures. We’ve even had to wear sweatshirts on occasion.

We would like your prayers for the following…

-When we leave the farm in May, two of the girls on our team are in need of host families

-In May, we are tentatively planning to renew our visas in Brazil. The country is requiring a lot of things, and it is a 30 hour drive just to the border.

-At the end of May, we will again be moving to a different part of the country, the state of Amazonas. We will be living and working with indigenous populations there and living with host families. Pray for safety and God’s protection as we live and work across the river from Columbia

The Klingenbergs visited last week and brought plenty of John Deere and seed-corn hats. Pastor Ceferino wears his John Deere cap everywhere and now everyone is asking for one.



The church is hosting an all night vigil which includes prayer, singing, and spiritual warfare. The team helped make signs for the event.

Brett, is that a ladies shirt your wearing?

Abuela (Jeremy's host grandma) taught me how to make ham and cheese bread. No recipe was needed. In fact, I've never seen anyone use a recipe. When I use one, they tell me I'm cheating.

Cassie helped Abuela with the children at her in-home daycare center. She brought along a spanish/english "Historia de Jesus" book. Anthony asked if he could have it for a gift. He was the proud owner of a new book and showed it to everyone. Although he can't read yet, he would look at the pictures and say "Jesus amor todo los ninos" (Jesus loves all the children).