Into The Amazon

http://www.intotheamazon.org/
Speaking about boyhood and adventure...I figure I should mention some special video and audio broadcasts that are taking place. If any of you are familiar with Vision Forum Ministries then you have probably heard about this already. Right now 30 men have been and are continuing to travel into the amazon to explore answers to mysteries. (All these mysteries are eventually related back to Biblical passages.) These mysteries include: 

1. The Mystery of the Meaning of the Amazon
2. The Mystery of the Legacy of Adventure and Dominion
3. The Mystery of the Lost Tribes
4. The Mystery of the Plants of the Amazon
5. The Mystery of the Strange Creatures of the Amazon
6. The Mystery of the Mighty Inca Empire
7. The Mystery of the Inca Stones and the Great Peruvian Desert 

So far it is a very interesting and looks like it will continue to be. If you have an interest in the Amazon, and even if you don't, I would definitely recommend looking into this.  Not only do they travel into the Amazon but they also visit a tribe in the Amazon, visit Manchu Picchu , and go to the Great Peruvian Desert.
There is a fee to receive the live videos and audio ($48) but after the series is over one receives a DVD. Also, there is a study guide that comes with the video that relates it all to Him and looks deeper into worldviews surrounding the Amazon. The link above will take you to the online site where there is a video that explains "Into the Amazon" to a fuller extent. 

Here is a short description from their blog:
"This year marks the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Inca stronghold Machu Picchu by famed explorer Hiram Bingham. It is also nearly the 100th anniversary of the historic father-and-son expedition into the Amazon down the River of Doubt by Teddy Roosevelt and his son Kermit. Now, as the world welcomes a new year, Doug Phillips leads a thrill-packed expedition of thirty fathers and sons into the heart of the Amazon and then high into the Andes Mountains. For the better part of a week, our team will be living on a boat and in the Rainforest in the heart of Amazonia. They will sometimes catch their own food, debate, dialogue, explore, and investigate. They will build relationships like men and emphasize the importance of fathers and sons working together for the glory of God. Now you can join these thirty men as they travel into a lost world, and seek to share these great experiences and hope to shed light on seven mysteries of importance to Christians in the 21st century: "

Also for the women out there, there is also a trip that Doug Philips wife and daughters went on. They went to the city of Chincherro and learned to how to weave from the locals. What they learn to do is quite beautiful and intricate. Links to her blog, videos, pictures and audio about the technique, and their trip, are all included in the fee for "Into the Amazon."  

By the way, "Into the Amazon" has already begun so if you are interested I would look into it as soon as possible in order to start watching the live videos, listen to the live question and answer time, and viewing the pictures! Hope you enjoy.