This photo is of a group of young Aboriginal men getting baptized in a lagune in the Paraguayan Chaco. Notice that the baptism service is led by Aboriginals. The first Aboriginal preacher to be ordained in the Paraguayan Chaco was Sepe Lhama in 1976. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 120.
This photo is of a baptismal service hold in the Neuland refugee tent camp hold by Rev. John Plennert and Peter Dyck officiating. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 74.
This photo is of the group of seven young Lengua males that were the first Indigenous people to be baptized by Mennonite missionaries in the Paraguayan Chaco in February of 1946.
This photo is of the first Indiginous baptismal group in the Paraguayan Chaco, consisting of seven young males belonging to the Lengua nation. Used in the book" Garden in the Wilderness", by Edgar Stoesz p. 56.