When Millie-Anne was 6 years old, she met a girl in her neighborhood named Julie, and the two girls became close friends. When school started that year, Millie-Anne realized that Julie wasn’t there. She attended a different school.
Today is Thirteenth Sabbath. Today we give a special offering to help the people in Madagascar, Namibia, and South Africa share God’s love through several specific projects.
The longest river in South America is the Amazon. It flows from the Andes mountains of Peru, only 85 miles [140 kilometers] from the Pacific Ocean, almost 4,000 miles [6,400 kilometers] to the Atlantic Ocean.
Barbara lives in Brazil. Since Barbara was little, her mother has told her about Jesus. They often visit neighbors together, telling them how much God loves them. So it’s no surprise that Barbara loves to share God’s love with others. But her favorite thing to do is to pray for others.
One day Amanda arrived home from school and found a piece of paper on her front porch. It was an invitation to a series of church programs. There would be singing, a health talk, a movie about Jesus, and Bible lessons. This sounded interesting to Amanda, and she asked her mother if she could go. Her mother agreed, so Amanda went.
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Maria lives in a small village in Brazil. Her parents are farmers. They work hard growing rice, white beans, and bananas. The family’s little house is made of sticks covered with mud. At night Maria and her brothers and sisters sleep on hammocks hung from pegs in the walls in the family room.
Vitoria is 9 years old. She lives on an island in the Amazon River in Brazil. Her house is built on stilts. Why do you think people build their houses this way? In the rainy season the Amazon River rises, often flooding the islands in its path. A house built on stilts is safer when the river rises.
Marcos lives in a small town in central Brazil. He has attended church all his life. His small church shares a pastor with several other churches in nearby towns. So the pastor can’t be at their church every week. Then members of the church take turns leading the worship service.