Mission: Central Brazil Mission, Amazon River, Brazil
Missionaries: Earl and Ruthanne Haubner

About

We have a very faithful group of supporting churches and Christians involved in our Central Brazil Mission Ministry. Some of them have now been here to help us with an “Amazon Boat Ministry” trip and others are scheduled and confirmed for future trips. Our C.B.M. is a ministry of partnership which involves many Christians that faithfully pray and support this mission work.

Since the beginning of our mission work we have placed much emphasis on “making disciples,” establishing new churches and training a strong national leadership.

We, Earl and Ruth Anne Haubner, will celebrate 41 years of missionary service here in Brazil in July of 2010.  We live in central Brazil in the city of Goiânia. Goiânia is a city of over one million people just 3 hours south of Brasilia, the capital.  We have been so excited with our supporting churches at how they are growing and their new interest in missions.  We praise God for the vision He has given us for reaching people with the Gospel and helping meet their needs.  We believe that part of our ministry is to continue the ministry that Jesus started.  He did say:  “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” (John 20:21).  And when He started his ministry He made it clear as to what God wanted Him to do.  He said:  “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” (Luke 4:18, 19).  Since we began this ministry in the Amazon region of Brazil we can certainly see the need for a ministry that will meet the needs of the whole person.  That’s why it is called:  “Project Amazon: Christ, Life and Health.”  We want these people to know Jesus and to have “an abundant life” in and with Him.

Project Grow

“Project Grow” was started in 1998 in Goiânia by Marlon.  He was a young man at that time studying theology but passionate for soccer.  There were 21 children in the project when it started.  Project Grow (Cultural Sport’s program for Children and Teenagers) was started because of the social problem among Brazilian children and their moral values.  Now after 10 years there are over 1,000 children involved in the project in three different locations:  Goiás, Rio de Janeiro and Amazonas.

Our mission is to give these children the opportunity to dream of a better future. Our vision is to use sports as the principle tool to discipline, educate and give real meaning to the lives of these children. Olympic Village is our next big goal. A 20 acre piece of land near Goiânia was donated to Project Grow. The village is to have three soccer fields, a skate track, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, classrooms, dining room, dressing rooms and a garden planted and cared for by the children.

Project Amazonas: Christ, Life, and Health

A boat was purchased and remodeled and has been used almost monthly for ten day trips since March, 2000 when we made our first trip.  This Amazon Boat Ministry is reaching and helping people that live in villages along the many tributaries of the Amazon River.  The boat has both a medical and dental clinic on it and sleeping quarters for about 20 people.  We take a doctor, dentist, nurse, construction crew and an evangelistic team on almost all trips.  We are providing better health and making possible a better life for these villagers as well as teaching them about Christ and planting churches.  During these eight (10) years we have treated hundreds of children and adults.  Many health problems have been solved, Christ has been preached, villages and lives transformed and churches started.  There are four (3) missionary families and a single lady working with this project besides four (8) native missionary families in remote villages.

In São Sebastiâo we have two other projects that are producing positive results.  The “Greenhouse Project” is helping church families with a better diet and health habits as well as producing a small income for each family.  “Project Grow” is reaching a number of children and transforming their lives by using the soccer ball.  This is a soccer program that develops character by teaching the children Biblical principles.

Many interested individuals from some of our supporting churches have come to help us on different trips.  We need this kind of cooperation as we plan to have at least 25 churches in the Amazon Region alone by the end of the year 2011.