The Xingu River is a tributary of the Amazon. We spent a day in Porto de Moz, and four days on the boat together. The fifth day I boarded another boat with the Campos family that needed to be brought to Vitoria, the river port town for Altamira.

The boat is 20m long and two stories. With only around 30 people on board it felt very spacious. We sleep on hammocks, bath in the river, and Daisy cooked up delicious meals. For breakfast we bought clay oven baked bread in Porto de Moz. We held services in two river villages. I am sure that was good, but for me the real value of the trip was the unrushed time to hang out together, telling stories, sharing dreams, puzzling through life’s challenges and sometimes just sitting quietly together. Thank you, everyone who came, for taking the time to deepen our friendships in this way.