
Gary was born in Brazil of missionary parents, Dick and Harriet Parker. He has a burden for ministry with people, reaching the Amazon region. Gary is the Regional Director for Word of Life - Belém
- Responsibilities include oversight of the Ministry in Northern Brazil
- Teaching at the Institute, "floating Seminary" and other requests
- Construction
- Staff & students
- Husband and Father
Pray for wisdom in leading the ministry during this time of growth and transition.
Sandy was born in Salina, Kansas of missions minded parents, Ralph and Verna Shipe. She too has a burden to serve with her husband in reaching the people of the Amazon region.
Responsibilities include helping with the school
office, hospitality for guests and volunteer work crews and mainly
focusing on taking care of the kids and Gary.
- Leads Bible study and prayer time for Staff ladies.
- Office help
- Wife and Mother
Pray for wisdom in setting priorities between family and ministry.

Mishaela
is 20 now and
enjoyed a year in Europe as she attended the Word of Life Bible
Institute in Hungary. They teach in English and it was a great
opportunity. (If anyone is interested, just let us know.) She
loved seeing Europe on her breaks and now that she's back, she
has a great world perspective. The past year has been
spent at The Master's College in Santa Clarita, CA. She
enjoys writing and has tossed around majoring in writing or
teaching. She is editing the school magazine, writing some
articles and learning a lot.

Joshua is 18. He
enjoys building, mechanics and computers. He loves
to work on and drive his go-cart, and work with his school
praise band. He enjoys guitar and loved being able to build a
base guitar during his woods class in the U.S. this past year.
He will be a Senior this year at Amazon Valley Academy; we can't
believe this is it! He plans to attend a Bible College and
then move into Vocational Arts.

Mackenzie is
15 now and enjoys music, graphic arts and getting "together"
with friends on facebook. Its a great way to stay connected
with friends scattered around Brasil and the United States.
She'll be a sophomore this year and she's anxious to get back
to her school in Brasil after this year in the USA.
Thank You! for taking time out of your busy schedule to read about what God is doing in our lives and for taking time to lift us up in prayer.