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["Christian B. Schäffler" <APD_Info_Schweiz@compuserve.com>]

December 31, 1998
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Adventist Church Outreach Program Contacts Amazonian 
Tribe, Ten Baptised
[98/38/03]

Curitiba, Brazil [ANN/APD] Following a strategy of "Global 
Mission" that identifies people groups unfamiliar with the 
Seventh-day Adventist Church's message, church workers in 
Brazil sought to contact an Amazonian tribe, the Cadwell 
Indians.

Living on a reservation in the Serra da Bodoquena of Brazil's 
South Mato Grosso state, the Cadwell Indians were 
approached by an Adventist Global Mission team led by 
Vergilio and Antonio Vilhaba. Two years ago, one of the tribe 
who did not live in the Indian village was baptized into the 
Adventist Church, and provided the first contact with these 
indigenous people.

Because of the isolated nature of the region, outreach 
meetings in the village of Bodoquena could only be held four 
nights a month. After a one year series, ten Cadwell Indians 
were baptized by pastor Rhadzony Storch on November 22 at 
the Adventist Church in the city of Aquidauana.

A new Adventist Church is being organized in Bodoquena, 
using Global Mission resources and volunteers, together with 
funding from the local Adventist Church organization, the 
South Matogrosso Conference.