Good News My Friends, Praise the Lord

We have good news to share. The end of the year is not here and with those gifts that those have promised and those that have already come in we will no longer be closing the year in a deficit. We are so thankful to everyone who gives toward our ministry and makes it possible for us to share the love of God in such a far away place. Thank you also for your prayers as they are what help keep us protected, strengthened and cared for properly.

We have exciting end of the year news to share with you but the time is short right now. Look for new things to appear between Christmas and the New Year.

Blessings to you all, and a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Mike and Natinha

Missions Year Ending 2005

It is that time of year again as we begin "running" (maybe literally) to get those last minute things done before the Christmas Eve is upon us. We are running here as well trying to get all those last minute details ready for Christmas. As we rush around I hope you can take some time to remember the reason for this season, Jesus Christ. We have been busy ministering here in Brazil and reaching out and telling others about the love of Jesus.

Don Dennison has informed me that our support is in the red
$ - 5,158.26. He also told me that many missions organizations have felt the impact of hurrican Katrina as many felt led to give to those in need.

Individuals or churches who could give $100, $500, or maybe even $1000 would help make up this deficit before the year ends. It would be nice to start the new year without a negative balance. Of course any size gift is appreciated. I hope that you will prayerfully consider this request.

God bless you and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all,

Mike and Natinha Poe

PS - Checks can be made out to "Churches of God General Conference" with "CCM 2750" in the memo portion, this will make sure that it will go toward our support. The address follows; CGGC % Don Dennison 700 E. Melrose Ave. Findlay, OH 45840

New Pictures!

New pictures have been added to the Photo Gallery section of the BLOG. These are pictures of the special Saturday service at Taquari.

Santo Amaro and Taquari

Allow me to spend just a few sentences here to explain some names.

Santo Amaro is a neighborhood in Palmas. The church that we currently have in Palmas is the Santo Amaro church. It has existed for 4 years, has an established building to worship in and was the site of our current Sunday school classrooms that the Shippensburg Church of God helped build.

Taquari is also a neighborhood in Palmas. Taquari is where we have recently begun to work on the beginnings of planting a new church or the second Good News church in Palmas.

Tocantins is the name of the state it is an indigenous word that means beak of the Toucan.

Palmas is the captial city of Tocantins.

Taquari Service Well Received

The church of Santo Amaro closed its doors on Saturday to hold its normal Saturday evening services in Taquari. A group of 25 church members traveled the 20 minutes to the other side of Palmas . This group spent the afternoon passing out tracts and inviting people to come to the church service that would be held in front of a school. God blessed us that afternoon and evening with sun and lots of it. As we have entered into winter here in this part of Brazil a shower or long rain storm is not unusual. The group began inviting people to the service at 3:00 PM and we returned to the house of Gideão to get cleaned up and eat some hotdogs before the eveninging service. At 8:00 PM the service began and 50 people were present to hear the message that evening. Pastor Walter Santos was present from our church in Bahia and spoke that evening. We pray that the seeds planted that evening will begin to grow in the hearts of those who came. Please be in prayer for another family's house to hold our services at, as the current location is a bit far from the where most of the people live.

Special Service To Be Held In Taquari

This Saturday a special service will be held in Taquari. The Santo Amaro church will be taking a group out to the area in Taquari to pass out tracts, and invite people to this service. We have gotten permission to use a school for this service which will provide at least electricity. Please pray for good weather and that God would move in the hearts of the people living in this neighborhood.
Pictures will be posted in the section Photo Gallery of this site. God Bless.

New Brazil Photos Added!

New photos have been added to the site! Photos of the couples getaway and the youth beach outing!! You can check them out by going to the photo gallery click this link or go to the site and click on the link to the right that says Photo Gallery.

Couples Go To The Mountain!

October 12th marked the day that the church in Santo Amaro (Palmas) held their second couples day getaway! The children were left with relatives or the babysitter and we all went to the mountains nearby to get a little more cooler temperatures. Our first couples getaway held in 2004 had four couples that participated, this year we were blessed to have 9 couples who took advantage of coming along.

A pot luck lunch was great even though a rain storm passed by and left temperatures rather cool especially for those of us used to the high temperatures. Before lunch we studied a lesson from God's word that talked to couples and explained what God says about those who are married.

It was a great day and we look forward to the next time we can get together like this.

(Look for pictures to appear in the coming weeks of this event)

Brazil Buzz Newsletter

BRAZIL BUZZ
Pastor Michael & Natinha Poe
CP-74 Palmas, Tocantins 77010-970 Brazil
Email mrpoe@terra.com.br
Volume 5 Issue 2 Fall 2005

Palmas is hot!

Wait a minute! Isn’t that how the last newsletter started out? Yeah, but since then it has gotten even hotter! People who have lived here for years say it is the hottest they have ever seen Palmas. We are currently in what people in this part of Brazil call Summer. Summer in Palmas is very dry. The rainy season ended the beginning of May, since then we received nothing until about September 23rd when the cashew rains came. People have to clean their houses daily because of the fine dust that is brought in from the hot blowing winds. Fans don’t help much after lunch time because they only blow hot air on you. The cashew rains come in September. Winter should begin here in and around the end of November bringing much needed rains and a little cooler temperatures, instead 120 we may get back to 90’s to 104 which would be a nice change of pace. We have had days that have reached 120 degrees Fahrenheit. If you ever wanted to try to fry an egg on the sidewalk this would be the place to try it. Hey, maybe I will.

Shippensburg First Sends Work Team!

The Shippensburg First Church of God worked hard to send a team to help in the construction of our Sunday school classrooms. To get the foundation laid before they came they sent some of the funds that the church raised ahead of

Children enjoying their new classroom!

time. The team arrived here in Palmas

the 9th of May to help in the rest of the construction. They carried a lot of bricks, set scaffolding, helped mix concrete, mortar, and even dug a septic tank hole that was 6’ long x 6’ wide and 6’ deep, and all in high 90 to 100 degree heat. Everyone had a great time with the team and a real bond was formed

Bathrooms and Sunday School classrooms.

between these two churches. They raised all the walls of our classrooms and bathrooms and even poured the concrete for all of the concrete columns. Time did not permit to put the roof on, but after they left the work did not stop there. While we were in the USA on deputation, Pastor Ernesto was able to get the church behind him to finish the roof. This took a lot of effort on the part of him and the church and they were able to finish the roof. Thank you Shippensburg Church of God for the love you show to the people here in Palmas.

Deputation Blessings!

Many of you got to see us as we passed through your area this summer. Others were on vacation and we understand if we missed you. It was a blessing to see those of you who support and pray for us, talk to you about what God has been doing in Brazil, and just catch up with a lot of old friends. Some churches really went all out in the way they received us and we felt welcomed by all. If we didn’t get around to your church this time, talk to your pastor and let him know that the next time we are due to come back for deputation to call the Findlay office and schedule us in for a time at your place of worship, a members home, or hey, even maybe just some ice cream and a quiet evening with a missions board!

Brazil Buzz Goes BLOG

No! BLOG is not a sound that our newsletter makes if you drop a lot of copies of them. If you haven’t heard someone say BLOG yet don’t worry I really didn’t understand it either until I discovered that it is basically a simplified way for people to make their own website or list what they are thinking about and talk to others. So here is our new website. Note there is no www. with this address, and that Brazil is spelled with an S not a Z.

http://brasilbuzz.blogspot.com/

On this site you can see what is currently happening in our ministry. You can also sign up to our email list by going to the link above. At the bottom of the page is a way to sign up to receive our electronic newsletters and know the updates made to the site. Check it out! I am excited at the opportunities we will have to communicate with you who sign up. Got a question about Brazil? Post it and get an answer, want to comment about a recent trip to Brazil? Post it and let others know how your trip blessed you.

First Service Held in Taquari

First service held at Taquari 14 attending.

We held our first service in Taquari, a new neighborhood in Palmas. Taquari is about a 20 minute drive away from our present church location. This neighborhood is just beginning to grow. We have been praying for a long time that God would show us how He wants us to begin working in this neighborhood and that He would send us a family that we could get to know to begin the work with in Taquari. God used the present church in Palmas to send this family to us. Brother Gideão and his family have left our congregation in Santo Amaro (where the present church is located) and have told us that they are interested in helping the work grow in Taquari (where they now live). They have opened up their house to our meetings. God bless this family as they give of themselves to His work.

Gideão’s house.

Financial Contributions

As the end of the year draws near we would ask that you remember our support (Poe Support CCM 2750) and the support you give to Brazil Church planting.(CCM 2804).

Thank you for your faithfulness to the ministries in Brazil for the year 2005.

You may send financial support to the Findlay Office at the following address, CGGC 700 E. Melrose Ave. Findlay, Ohio 45840. Checks should be made payable to CGGC or call 419-424-1961 for more information, ask for Pastor Don Dennison




Please Pray For The Following!





Prayer Requests

Continued growth here in Palmas and the other churches in the Good News Conference.

Pray for a new church to be planted in Taquari, a new neighborhood here in Palmas!

Pray for new believers, that they may continue with their decision to follow Christ.

Pray for the safety of the pastors and missionaries in Brazil.





Praises

Praise God for those who have recently accepted Christ.

Praise God for those interested in another service in Taquari.

Praise God for His faithfulness to us!






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First Service Held at Taquari

The first service in the Taquari neighborhood of Palmas, was held on September 27th. We had fourteen people there that evening most being close neighbors of Gideão a former member of the current church in Santo Amaro church. We praise God for those who came out that evening even though we were joined by about 5000 bugs that resemble May flies. Pray for a special Saturday evening service that is being planned for that area as well. (Pictures will be posted soon of this service.)

New Addition

Today I added to the site a way for you to join our Brazil Buzz email list. This will email you posts that I place here on the site keep you updated by sending to you our newsletters as well. How do you sign up?

Go all the way to the bottom of this page and you will see GoogleGroups just put your
email address inside this box and click Subscribe.

Shippensburg First Church of God Work Team

Sad news and praises too!

We arrived back from the USA on September 6th. We found the church a little different then when we had left, some people had moved, others fallen away back into their old lifestyles and again others were still there praising and worshipping God.

Some really unfortunate things happened while we were on deputation in the USA. One small child of three or four years old was run over and killed by a car that was patrolling the neighborhood announcing something. Another woman who was married to a mason who worked on our Sunday School classes was also killed when she failed to see a truck coming and her motorcycle slid underneath.

We do have some positive news though, the youth of the church seem excited to change the youth program and want to have a meeting as soon as possible. Their focus, attract more youth, and make the service more geared toward youth. I couldn't agree more! If only all our churches wanted to change as easily as youth and children.

We also came to know two new families that are attending our church. One of these families won a piece fo land to build a house on in Taquari, the neighborhood in which we are planning on starting our next church. They have already stated that they want to continue working with us in that neighborhood to help bring the gospel to those in that new growing area of Palmas.

Photo Gallery

Welcome to the Photo Gallery.

Here you can find all the photos posted to this site and some that are only posted here!


Presents for the children in Sunday School, from the Palmas Sister
Church Shippensburg Church of God

Children enjoying a Christmas party during Sunday School.

Shopping Mall and Decorations (the only place to find a snow man in Palmas)

End of Christmas Service

Christmas Canta


Sunday Christmas Dance Team

Even Santa Claus Found His Way to Palmas!

Christmas Penguins came to Palmas!


Delivering Bread to the Taquari Neighborhood

Bread was delivered to those who needed it most.


Preparing bread after it was baked.

75 loaves of bread were baked for Taquari

Making Bread for Taquari

Outdoor oven where we baked the bread.

Making bread to distribute in Taquari

December 2005 Kid's Day (120+ children)
December 2005 Kid's Day in Taquari

November Meeting of Conference Council in Campinas

Praise group at Taquari service.

People gathered at Taquari service 50 present that evening!


Children at Taquari service.



Group "picnic" after a long afternoon of evangelism and invites to the service at Taquari.

Couples Group Photo

It got cold for those used 100+ when the rain passed through the area.

Icebreaker for couples.

Beach outing for youth.

First Service Taquari

Gideão's House

Children in New Sunday School Classroom

New Bathrooms and Classrooms!

Shippensburg First Church of God Work Team Group Picture

Mike & Natinha Poe

Welcome To Brasil Buzz

Hi! Welcome to Brasil Buzz. This is a BLOG to help you keep up to date on what is happening in the Good News Bible Church of Palmas Tocantins. Thank you for stopping by and stop back as more will be added in the future. Thanks and have a great day in the Lord.