In 1990, Alfredo Gregório de Melo, one of the sons of Padrinho Sebastião and Madrinha Rita, was given the spiritual leadership of the Santo Daime, which had become a fast growing spiritual movement. Under his command, churches opened in Europe, the United States and Japan. While bringing the Daime to the world, Padrinho Alfredo also reassured the connection of the religion with nature by creating a new community in the virgin forest.