Marajó by plane

Last week I went to Belém, Brazil, with our photographer and videographer. We covered a story about an experimental plane used to do missions in remote jungle locations right along the equator.

This plane flew us around Marajó, the largest freshwater island in the world, just south of the Amazon. We visited the towns of Soaré, Salvaterra, Chaves, Macapá, Bailique and Breves. Along the way we met several national pastors and missionaries whose ministries are helped by the plane. We also visited some of the people blessed by those ministries.

The plane only fits four, but with our host missionary and his pilot we had five total …and all our media equipment. So we had to make two trips to each location.

With intense heat, lack of sleep, some illness and waiting for the plane, it was a pretty exhausting trip. But there were a couple really cool experiences along the way. By the way, if you ever go to that area, try the Cupuaçu ice cream – it’s incredible.