The XM ChallengeThe Beginnings of a Huge Harvest – The XM Challenge https://www.rickbergen.net Help Plant 1,000 Churches Fri, 07 Nov 2025 23:01:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 169531157 The Beginnings of a Huge Harvest https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=2013 https://www.rickbergen.net/?p=2013#respond Fri, 20 Aug 2021 00:20:00 +0000 Rick Bergen http://www.rickbergen.net/?p=2013 A few days ago we got an unexpected email from a friend. We rarely receive emails like this, and I pass the encouragement on to you.

Hi you guys – I was praying for you yesterday while walking on the trail nearby and I got a picture that I want to share with you.  It started with a spider web – just one ‘string’ of a web which was easily walked through or brushed aside without any bother. But then the web grew and grew and became thick like a very sturdy fishing net that was thrown in the water and brought in a huge catch of fish. . . 

Daide and the dentist team, along with Steve and Elba, Clenildo and Angelita, and others, opened a dental outreach clinic outside of Santarem. As locals wait to be treated Clenildo and Inilson, the Vineyard pastor in Santarem, introduced the clients to Discovery Bible Studies. (Clenildo is wearing the blue hat).

Inilson, the Vineyard pastor in Santarém, grew up in this region. The dental clinic is on his property, on the shores of the Tapajós River, a tributary to the Amazon River. 

The Tapajós River is about 17 km wide where the dental clinic is located.

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