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Here is a beautiful sunset from the mountain overlooking the tribe!
A view from the mountain, looking down to the tribe.
With a powerful zoom I can zoom in on the church building.
We have began an Awana like program with the kids to memorize verses, books of the Bible and much more!
As you can see the kids off in the distance shy and timid. This was the first meeting with them to explain what we were going to do.
Here was the first night to begin the games and memorization! It rained like cats and dogs. But that didn't stop us and we had a small group.
The group super excited!
The first 5 books of the bible!
The church building has been such a blessing as we have a larger place to gather and do events and to stay out of the rain! Still lacking the flooring and we have to carry all the equipment and chairs by motorcycle to every event we do.
Oli doing a little dance with the kids. =) The kids love her and love to do dances.
Game time! When Mom and Dad came back they brought a several books back given by Pastor James Blewett! Thank you Pastor James as they have been a great tool in coming up with amazing games!
We have not only been doing it in our tribe, São José but in 2 other tribes and we are aiming to get a few more but one is a distance of 100 km! This amazing group is in a tribe called Campo Alegre. The chief of this tribe is on the right and has been very friendly and open. He wants us to come. He isn't one to show emotion but I sense he is excited about these events.
There is such a pureness, innocence and excitement so beautiful that it has just captured my heart. This is the smallest (there is one smaller then this one that just started out but is really far!) of the tribes and they have been asking for missionaries for so long and it has been hard for me to get there because of the distance and the quantity of tribes to go to. They are a tribe that works all day in their garden's to not go hungry and at night they are so tired that it is not a good idea to do a meeting, it is hard to find the right way to be able to reach them and have contact with them. This event with the kids has been a powerful tool in having more contact with them and winning their hearts.
Here we are in the other tribe called Jerusalem. We are teaching the Bible verses in the Language which has been great so they can learn to read and write at a younger age.
The guy with the microphone participated in a memorization event that my mom had done many years ago and learn to read. He is an amazing person and desires to know the Lord and serve him! He and his wife have a call on their life to be missionaries.
This guy here is Fernando and is working along side us as a co-worker and has been such a blessing as we trade nights and do the meeting in the villages on the weekends. Here too is lacking a cement floor and it has ruined the sound equipment and sound box many times due to the dust created.
We are not only just concerned about the spiritual condition of the spiritual man but also of the natural realm around us as there is becoming less and less trees. My Uncle said once, is spiritual to plant trees? The first logical answer would be, "No". But he pulled out of the scriptures that God himself planted trees in the Garden of Eden in Gen. 2. The interest that is generated in us is the point of contact that we have while as kids and we become aware and concerned with our surroundings. So about 20 kids came along to plant 2 types of trees to recuperate the waters that use to run through hear all year around when my Dad was a kid.
Through these events we are accompanying them in their growth through keeping points and when they recite a verse or set of 5 books of the Bible they get a candy to stimulate there desire to participate.
These kids are so amazing and fun to work with and play with!
Planting a native tree called Bacaba.
Here are the kids participating in these events...
Not all of them are contently with us...
Pray for them and us!
As God will lead and show us to reach out to them and through these events we will reach out to their parents and families!
Take these pictures and print them and post them on your wall, refrigerator, or cabinet to remember to pray!
We are using these pictures to accompany them and their progress...you might see a the same face or two.
The ages here is from all the way from 5 - 20 +
Thank you all for your love, support and prayers!
These are the men and woman of tomorrow and we must reach them before they grow up. Once grown up they will get married, have work, kids, studies and won't have time to learn about God.
Now is the time to evangelize and invest in the future!
We hope to do this in the other tribes as we are slowly building up to get a momentum and movement going here. Pray that God will give us wisdom and direction as the Workers are few and the Work is great!
Peace to you all!
