Shout out from I-TEC

Just received an email from I-TEC, the organization founded by Steve Saint to empower the Waorani tribe of Ecuador. If you are familiar with the story of the "Auca Indians" (or the movie "The End of the Spear") then you may know that Steve Saint is the son of Nate Saint, one of the first missionaries to the Aucas, now called the Waorani. I'm including an excerpt here as it pertains to the work of Amazon Focus. (ALTECO, mentioned below, is an extension of Amazon Focus.) If you are interested in reading more, you can see the full text at http://www.itecusa.org/breaking.htm

Steve [Saint] will be in Brazil September 5-9th, attending the CONPLEI (National Council of Indigenous Evangelical Pastors and Leaders) conference, to be held in Porto Velho, in the northwestern region of Brazil. According to a recent ALTECO bulletin, 3000 tribal leaders from across the Amazon will attend, many traveling by river for weeks to come to this event.

ALTECO is “Amazon & Lowland Tribal Empowerment Coalition”, and was formed to empower tribal believers to reach the unreached people groups in the greater Amazon region. Their purposes and concepts so closely match those of I-TEC, we are excited about our participation. Steve is on the steering committee and we hope to work more closely with ALTECO in the future, combining forces to reach a common goal.

The “ALTECO Pledge” is taken from 1 Corinthians 1:9-14: “Our desire from the very start is to always pray for you, asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will and with spiritual wisdom, in order that you may:

1. Live a life worthy of the Lord


2. Please Him in every way


3. Bear fruit in every good work


4. Grow in the knowledge of God


5. Be strengthened with all God’s power


6. Have great endurance and patience


7. And joyfully give thanks to the Lord

That’s a great list to post in a prominent place in our homes and hearts!

We think so too!! :)

Peru Pictures Added!

Greetings one and all!

If you are here looking for information or pictures relating to Steve's recent trip to Peru, you came to the right place!! We have been digging through the pictures the team took--there are about 2900 of them, I hear. So far I think I've seen almost a thousand. Trust me, you won't find that many here! :) We have pulled out the ones we thought would be most interesting and help to tell the story of the trip.

I categorized them rather than put them all in chronological order, so if you are only interested in the construction or the village you can just go right to that particular album. All the trip pictures in the album start with "08/06". You can look at them on the right in thumbnail size or click on the album picture and see them in a larger format. Enjoy!! :)