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.

Cashews In Season

Cashews are in season right now. We are enjoying the two trees we have in our backyard. Not only do they get a pretty little pink flower on them they give us fruit as well. I planted one of the trees and it's taller than me! Even though it's not yet two years old it is giving us fruit!

Cashews are a fruit, and must be eaten as soon as they are mature because they spoil very quickly. Most of us know of the seed which we call a nut. This can be found at the bottom of the fruit as it hangs on the tree. The seed is protected by an outershell. Raw cashew seeds are poisonous and must be roasted to enjoy. Roasting them is always interesting because the are highly combustible!

Take a look at the pictures for more information, and think of us enjoying cashew juice, as well as cashew nuts into the month to come.


Cashew Taking Form

Mature Cashew