Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, sing and make music from your heart to the Lord. – Ephesians 5:19 Music is central to worship throughout Scripture. Songs of praise unite believers, strengthen faith, and proclaim God’s goodness across generations and cultures. Even in remote …
How Can Going on Study + Serve Change You?
Some trips simply give you stories to tell. Others reshape how you see God, yourself, and the world you return to. The Study + Serve Women’s Amazon Trip with Justice & Mercy International is consistently described as the second kind. Study + Serve invites women into a week of Scripture, …
Clean Water for Amazon Villages
Bringing health, hope, and the love of Christ to remote river communities For many, the Amazon evokes images of endless rivers winding through lush rainforests. But for families living along the riverbanks, access to clean water is one of their greatest needs. Untreated water sources are often contaminated by sediment, …
Heaven Feels Close on the Amazon
By Lindsay McCaul Mattingly, Worship Leader on the Study +Serve Trip I’ve been back from the 2025 Women’s Study + Serve Amazon Trip for a little over a week now, and my heart is still in awe of all God did this year. This was my third summer joining Kelly, …
Years in the Making
By Kristy Floyd, Bayou City Fellowship Amazon Mission Trip 2025 At the beginning of this summer, our family was truly blessed to be able to join JMI on one of their trips on the Amazon River in Brazil. This trip was almost a decade in the making. Nine years ago, …
Every Moment is a Miracle
By Kayla Willmann, Belmont University Amazon Mission Trip 2025 God began working in my heart before I even stepped on the plane to Brazil. Foolishly, I was worried about aesthetics and experience just as much as I was about serving. The novelty of the rainforest consumed as much time in …
Called, Committed, and Changed
Written by Anna Townsend, JMI Missionary in the Amazon Three years ago, a group of 20 pastors and missionaries, men and women, said “yes” to something big—not a title, not a position, but to a journey. A three-year journey that would equip them to dive deep into the pages of …
Breaking New Ground: JMI’s First Mission Trip to Western Amazonas
By Chris Hardy, Chief Program Officer If you look at most of the missionary work happening in the Amazon, it tends to happen within about 200 miles of Manaus. That’s kind of the hub for missions in the jungle. But as you start heading west, toward Tefé, the impact of …
February 2025 Jungle Pastors’ Conference Recap
Written by Anna Townsend, Justice & Mercy Amazon Volunteer Staff We experienced our first of three Jungle Pastors’ Conferences of 2025 at the John Pac Center a couple of weeks ago! It was a special time as we welcomed 134 pastors and missionaries, young and old, from 66 villages across …
What You Can Expect to Experience on a Mission Trip to the Amazon
Towering jungle trees, stunning sunsets over the river, and the calls of exotic birds—there’s no place on earth quite like the Amazon. But beyond the breathtaking landscapes, the true heart of the Amazon lies in its people. Each year, U.S. mission teams travel into the jungle with Justice & Mercy …











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