Church Night Life

Night Life

Outreach in Taquari

On December 2, the Good News Church of the Santo Amaro neighborhood went to door to door in the Taquari neighborhood, inviting people to the outdoor showing of "The Passion of Christ." We had a good turn out and the people seemed to enjoy the film. Please be in prayer that people will come to Sunday evening services and that a core group can be formed. You can see the temporary church building is where the screen was hung from.

Prayer Vigil

The Good News Church of Santo Amaro in Palmas, Tocantins also had an evening of prayer! We went to a rural setting and had a small camp fire. Notice how far everyone is from the fire. With the temperature already high no one wants to get close to the "cozy" fire. We devoted several hours in prayer that evening, and praised God with our voices as well.

Children Come For Saturday Kid's Programming!

The children in the neighborhood of Santo Amaro came out to the Good News Church in Palmas Tocantins to the return of the puppets! We had a good time laughing, singing and watching Smilin Guido (an ant who teaches good Bible principles!) Over 70 children were present and heard a story about a puppet who slept for a long time in a bag, oh yeah and about a young man named Eutychus who fell asleep sitting on a window and had a nasty fall. But it's all good in the end. (See Acts 20:7-12)

Below please find some pictures of the children on that day.

1st Indigenous Games Of Tocantins

I Indigenous Games of Palmas, Tocantins

Some of you might recall that I talked very quickly while back in the USA on one of our deputation trips about the Indigenous Olympics that were held in Palmas, Tocantins. Well last weekend the first Indigenous Games of Tocantins were held on the Silver Beach (Praia da Prata) here in Palmas. The tribes participating were Apinajé, Javaé, Karajá, Krahô, Krahô-Canela, Karajá Xambioá, and Xerente. All the participating tribes were from the state of Tocantins. There were many different events; bow and arrow, spear throwing, foot racing, tug of war, canoeing, log race, soccer, and swimming.





I was able to attend the celebrations one afternoon out of the five days of games, and was interested in seeing the different tribes and their traditional dress. The closest tribe that I know of to Palmas is the Xerente about an hours drive outside the city of Palmas. I hope you enjoy some of the photos that I took while at the games.