When we first arrived at the reserve in 1995, an Evangelical church was already there. It was small, made of wood, coordinated by a Portuguese lady who lived there and a German pastor who showed up every now and then. This church was extremely important for the community. It was the place where they found nurses and medical assistance when Funai ("Fundação Nacional do Índio" – Indian National Foundation) neglected them in this and other areas.

All of them had a respectful relationship with the Church, specially with the Portuguese missionary, a certified nurse. These missionaries were also the first ones to translate several prayers and Christian chants to the Kadiwéu language.
Nearly 20 years later, the current situation is quite different. Virtually all Kadiwéu consider themselves Evangelical, and there are five churches built in the reserve. Some of them fairly conservative, forbidding dances and any ritual. The first missionaries' Church is now a masonry building, and its pastor is one of the characters of the movie (Hilário Silva), who was responsible, together with Reinaldo (also interviewed) for a translation of the Holy Bible to the Kadiwéu language.

"I'm lost in the past, because I can't control myself. Whenever I find beer, or even cachaça, I drink it. I can't deny it. All I have is gone. And now thank Goodness I'm clean. In the past, we used to hunt and work in this world to survive. Everything quiet, no bank accounts. I'm not saying there was no beverage, there was a little. Not as many as today, though. In past days, the city of Bodoquena didn't exist. Only the Kadiwéu indian hops on a horse and heads to Mirand to go buy things. He passes by the Guaikurus, stops by the road and takes the train in the next day. Now he brings two bottles, there was no liter before, only bottles. Now he brought two of them, got here and it's over. Nobody wants to go on foot to get at Miranda. And now it's easy."

"Those who have cars, motorbikes. But thank Goodness the children drink and nothing happened so far. Many times I've thought to myself about ancient times. I, for my part, wouldn't like to see the Indian tradition coming to an end.I'd like it to remain. Maybe some time we can see a lawyer here, but he is an Indian. But we always see the tradition."

"The most important thing, the Indian speaks a language, but goes to meetings in the city and shows himself as a PhD. But he is still an Indian. With this I agree, I think it's very important. 'Cause we can't leave this tradition. Absolutely not. For as long as I'm alive I've always told the youth, we can't. You can do stuff, study whatever. They pass the exam for the university, someone passed the exam to the university, but they are still an Indian." (José Marcelino)

"In Portuguese, it's a very small sentence "New Testament" for us to translate, it comes with many of them.... So you can see: New Testament in Portuguese for us to translate. Look how many words. This excerpt here addresses a bit of liking, loving, not ourselves, but one another. So he said, 'cause this one is the story of Paulo. Bible. Here he's gone, he was in the city of Corinthian. He went to Seret, another city. He headed there. It says... I don't know if maybe he had a long hair, and then Paul cut it - it says to show... that he made an agreement with God, cut his hair, showed it to his brothers, and that he loved them."

"And with his heart open to show that he did what God requested of him, he made the prove, he cut his hair to show he had done what God asked him to do. This excerpt here is very important for us to know this, 'cause we have to like, not only ourselves, but also one another. And we have to learn to love one another. That really speaks to me 'cause I like doing it. There's no difference for me. No difference: dark, black, white, whateve." (Reinaldo Marcelino)