Map of Amazon River Communities
Reaching the River People of the Amazon with the Gospel of Jesus Christ
SEARA means "Harvest" in Portuguese.
SEARA stands for:
Service and Evangelism and Assistance to the River People of the Amazon
SEARA is the name of our ministry in Brazil and also the name of the main ministry boat.
SEARA's base is located around 22 kilometers east of Itacoatiara off of AM 010 and around 3.5 to 4 hours west of Manaus.
Here is a link to a satellite view of our SEARA base near Itacoatiara located on the Urubu river. You can zoom in/out of this map as desired via the link here:
This is a short two minute video (above) of our SEARA Base Camp Property located near Itacoatiara, Brazil. This is where we live when we are not on the river ministering. This short video initially pans from left to right showing you four of the five houses/apartments on the property with the Urubu river in the background.
- 1st house/apartment - Preto (left) & Renan/Jahvonna (right)
- 2nd house - Rick/Kim
- 3rd house/apartment - Butch/Lesi (left) - Adreano/Mara (right)
- 4th house/ - Raidno/Silvia
The second part of the video does a circle to show the entire property initially showing the same four houses and then pans to Greg & Anne's house with the lake in the background. It pans around with the soccer field in the background behind the children's play area where Rick and I (Butch) are standing during the video.
Below is a map of the rivers and the 70+ river communities we currently have active and ongoing ministries in.
Here are some details about this map to help you locate and understand where our ministry is:
The main Amazon river is at the top of this map below.
The five main rivers we have ministry on are:
Abacaxis
Arari
Marimari
Paracuni
Uraria
If you would follow the main Amazon river west/left, which is off the map below, you would come to the main city of Manaus which is not on this map. Manaus is where Health Care and Work Teams fly into from the USA that are coming to work with us in river communities. It is around a 3.5 to 4 hour drive from Manaus on AM 010 to our SEARA Base near Itacoatiara.
If you would follow the main Amazon river to the east/right, which is off the map below, you would come to the port city of Belem where our Word of Life ministry headquarters is located.
SEARA's base is located around 22 kilometers east of Itacoatiara off of AM 010. Itacoatiara is shown on the map below north of the main Amazon River at the top.
(Click here for a larger HIGH QUALITY image Map)
This is a video of the village of Tumbíra which is a typical type of River Community.
