We are currently in the city of Fortaleza at a conference, but the camp construction work continues. While en route between São Luís and Fortaleza, I received these pictures showing the latest progress.
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We’ve been sharing updates on the preparations and asking for prayer for several weeks now, and today we are excited to present our report of the very first official camp youth retreat to be held at the Mount Zion Baptist Camp. Rather than bore you with details, let’s jump straight into the pictures and video,…
Several months ago our camp development team decided that the time had come to schedule a teen retreat. We’ve been building the camp, little by little, since late 2011, and now it is time to put this resource God has given us to good use. When we made the original plans, we were counting on…
Today is a national holiday here in Brazil (Corpus Christi), and since our camp work day had to be cancelled, we pastors and missionaries decided to get together with our families at the beach. We had a lovely picnic and great fellowship. Itacyara and I count it a great privilege to be able to work…
Earlier this week Michael and I went out to Mount Zion Camp to set a couple construction projects in motion, and inspect some work that had been done. Upon our arrival, we discovered that there are a couple issues with the electrical power at the camp. First, the transformer that serves the camp property is…
A friend recently visited the Mount Zion Baptist Camp with us, and brought his drone. What follows is some of the footage he got, as well as some other scenes he took with his iPhone. Some points of interest: 0:04 An overview of the camp, with the kitchen/activity complex on the right, and the dorms…
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