BIMI - BIMI Connect

Dates: June 08-18, 2026 (11 days)
Location: Tabatinga, Amazonas, Brazil
Cost: $2,050 (All Inclusive)
Team size: 30
Medical professionals welcome, but not required.
Team Leader: Sean Lunday (BIMI South America Director)

General Trip Donation Link

CONNECT BRAZIL in conjunction with Amazon for Christ will continue the mission of the Great Physician as the team travels by plane, bus, and boat to one of the least reached areas of the world. Med-Evangelism can help open up new areas for the Gospel. The CONNECT BRAZIL Team will work in conjunction with missionaries and national pastors to evangelize and lay groundwork for new church plants using mobile medical clinics.

The BRAZIL CONNECT Team will experience several aspects of missionary work unique to the Amazon such as jungle boat ministry, school evangelism, tropical wildlife, and the Amazon people’s unique hospitality. CONNECT BRAZIL will be hosted by BIMI Missionaries Mark Gerosin, Peter Putney, Aaron Reisinger, and Seth Lunday. The team will also be working with several national pastors.

Brazil is one of nine South American countries that share the Amazon Basin. The Amazon has the largest concentration of uncontacted people found anywhere on earth. The team will be working near Tabatinga, traveling to villages that need the Gospel.

CONNECT BRAZIL Team members will have a choice to meet in Chattanooga on June 8th and fly with the group, or to have their flight booked from their closest major airport directly to Brazil, meeting the group there. Upon making the $100 deposit, each participant will receive a handbook detailing pertinent information to help prepare for the trip. Additional money may be brought along for activities, gifts, or souvenirs.

Special Requirements: Ages 16 to 65 in good physical health — Medical training is welcome but not required. (Note: 16 to 17-year-olds must be accompanied by a parent.)

Needed Documentation: Valid Passport and Brazilian Visa

Additional Links to learn more about CONNECT Brazil:

amazon4christ.org

Video: Amazon Connect 2020

Video: Amazon For Christ 2023

Video: 2023 BIMI Connect Peru:Colombia

General Trip Donation Link

2026 Trips

Japan | Asia Outreach
May 12–22 - Completed

Brazil | Amazon Med-Evangelism
June 08-18 - Completed

Brazil | Connect with the Deaf
July 23-August 4 - Completed

BOLIVIA | Amazon Med-Evangelism
August 10-20 - Completed

BARBADOS | Assisting Church Planting in the Caribbean
August 18-25 - Completed

2027 Trips

Guyana | Amazon Med-Evangelism
January 19-28

New England/Canada
August 3–12, 2027

More Trips to be announced.

IMPORTANT POLICY DISCLOSURES

- All CONNECT Team members must abide by the stated Policies, Standards, and Code of Conduct.

- CONNECT Team members must purchase trip insurance that includes medical coverage. In most cases (but not all), this is included in the trip cost. (Please see the Important Policy Disclosures)

- The CONNECT Trip fee received as a deposit at the time of application is non-refundable unless BIMI cancels the trip.

- Additional funds donated toward a CONNECT Trip on a team member’s behalf are non-refundable within 60 days of departure.

- Each CONNECT Trip has a required minimum number of people needed. If the trip does not reach the set minimum, it may be cancelled and all donations including the CONNECT Trip fee will be refunded to the original donor(s).

South America Director

Sean & Stephanie Lunday
Read more about Sean & Stephanie Lunday. He can be contacted through the BIMI office (423) 344-5050.

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