Rick and Deanna moved to the Amazon from Canada in October 1993. They were the first of the International Team to move to Altamira. In 2008 they moved to open up a new Region in Marabá.

Rick is the director of the Xingu Mission. They have a real desire to see Christians work together to spread the gospel to start a church planting movement. Through local churches they want to spread the word of God's love to people in remote villages. At the time of this writing they are developing a Guest House and Training Center in Maraba to host more guests. You are invited to stay with them for a few days if the Lord calls you to participate in His activities in the Amazon.

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Deanna is kept busy as a home schoolteacher with four daughters eight and up. She includes them in helping with Youth Ministry activities, and loves to host guests whenever the opportunity presents itself.
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Rick and Deanna have four girls, Annika, Olivia, Emily and Isabella who love the Lord and are taking leadership roles in the Maraba Church plant.

Learn more about the Bergens in Brazil:

- On Youtube type "rickbergen" in the search box for several short video clips.

- Rick's blog can be accessed here http://rickbergen.blogspot.com/ or latest blog posts below

- At maraba.4shared.com is a 20 page photo journal of the beginning of the work in Maraba.

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