About Us

Here is a map of Brazil.
Brazil is a country slightly
larger than the continental
United States. Castanhal,
the site of the Children's
Home, is a city of 150,000.
It is located close to the
Amazon and the Atlantic
coast. It is also very close
to the Equator (yes, it is
ALWAYS hot and humid).

The nearest city is Belem,
a port city on the Amazon
River, with a population of
2 million people (and many
street kids). Belem was
the first city founded in
Brazil by Portugal, early in
the 1600's. Belem also
has the closest airport for
travelling to Castanhal, a
little over 1 hour away.

One of the many blessings we experienced
is seeing how God formed a beautiful
partnership to give vision, expertise and
accountability to the Children's Home. His
perfect design brought together three
organizations to accomplish His purposes for
the children's home.

Project AmaZon (PAZ) is a church planting
organization with a goal of planting a church
in all the 40,000 villages along the Amazon.

The Castanhal base church, pastored by
Scott and Michelle Toth, now has over 800
members who are being discipled. The
church has a big heart for "at-risk" children.

For more information,
please visit:
Project AmaZon

Arms of Love International (AoL) is an
organization that places children's homes
alongside churches in developing nations.
AoL's founder, Robert Benson, has a heart
and vision for placing children in loving,
Christian homes. AoL currently has homes
in Nicaragua, Mexico, the Philippines and
Senegal.

For more information,
please visit:
Arms of Love

Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Grove
City, Ohio, (VCF) is the third arm of this
partnership, and is also our home church.
VCF is committed to bringing God's word to
the world and has been supporting the
Toths in Brazil for a number of years.

Through teaching, discipleship and prayer,
VCF has played a major role in our lives. In
addition, VCF is the major contributor in
buying the property for the children's home.

For more information,
please visit:
Grove City Vineyard

Some information about Brazil and the Amazon.

Brazil is a country with much diversity of life. Native Indians, European immigrants and descendants of
African slaves make up this rich culture. In the south, Sao Paulo is the third largest citiy in the world
with 15 million inhabitants. Brazil has many miles of Atlantic coastline and boasts dozens of beautiful
beaches. On the border with Argentina, the beautiful Iguacu Falls are four times wider than Niagara
Falls.

The Amazon River is a wonder all to itself. It is the worlds largest river by volume of water and crosses
the entire northern part of Brazil. With its vast system of tributaries surrounded by rain forest, the
primary method of transportation is on the river. The mouth of the Amazon as it empties into the
Atlantic, is too wide to see the other side.

The local church in Castanhal will be the spiritual base of support for the Arms of Love
Children's Home. The church's Brazilian name is "Igreja da Paz" which means "Church of
PAZ", with paz being the Portuguese word for "Peace".

In the last five years, the church has been growing at a rate of 40% per year. The harvest
is indeed ready in Castanhal. Since the beginning of 2005, the church's membership has
increased from 550 to over 900. A very large percentage of this increase has been young
people, indicating that the youth and young adults are hungry for the Word of God and the
fellowship of other believers.