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For the Kids, Part II

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Bible Bowl is a great way to get children excited about studying the Bible. This year's competition, the 7th, was on Exodus, chapters 1-20. Ten weeks of Bible questions, study periods, and games paid off. We took three teams to Recife (2 hour trip from João Pessoa), and two came back with medals.
 
 
 
1st Division: 4th Place: Lucas McKinney, Breno, Mathias Hagewood, and Francilayne.
 
 
1st Division: 1st Place: Franciele, Samuel McKinney, João Vitor, and Gustavo.
 
 
2nd Division: 3rd Place: Vinicios, Mariana, Kamilla (1st place individual score), and Tais.
 
 
1st Division - Individual Scores: 3rd Place - Mathias, 1st Place - Samuel.
 
More important than any trophy, the children discovered that God's Word is fun and meaningful.
We thank God for Daniel and Janaina Palk, who imported Bible Bowl from his hometown, Cookeville, TN. 
 

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