End of an Era
Last night was the final presentation of the Amiguinhos de Jesus, a puppet ministry that began sixteen years ago. Incidentally, our last presentation was at the Faith Baptist Church in Juazeiro–also the site of the first presentation “way back in the day”.
I mentioned this to one of our puppeteers, and her response was “Wow! I was five back then!”
There were almost 200 people in attendance, most of them children. As the organizer and trainer of the group, this was one of my proudest moments. The Gospel was presented several times, all in ways that never once lost the kid’s attention.
Below are some pictures from the evening.
And finally…
UPDATE
Some more pictures just became available. Rather than make a new post I am going to include them here.
Talk back to the missionary: Anybody have puppet-team related memories? Share them with us in the
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Great post! Thanks! (snif…)
@Noádia
No problem. Here, have a hankie.
I’m remembering back a little further- to the 5 Basics of puppetry, and then back further to Limestone and a doll and cardboard box. 🙂
@Mom,
Oh my! That is a ways back.