in 2012 God provided us with property for the development of a Christian camp. The Mount Zion Regular Baptist Camp is located roughly two hours from São Luís, near the city of Morros. We are excited about the potential impact of this ministry.
What follows is our latest newsletter, send out to friends and supporters of this ministry via email. If you would like to receive our newsletter in your inbox, leave a comment and we will add your email address to our list. Dear friends, When we began our new ministry at Ebenezer at the beginning of…
In June of this year Marcus Baltich, a student at Faith Baptist Bible College in Ankeny, IA, spent a month with us here in Brazil. What follows are his impressions of that time. For those curious about what a one-month mission trip entails, I hope to provide an accurate picture and encourage you through my…
Here are some of the pictures we have taken over the last few days. As always, you can get these in real time by following us on Instagram. ____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation to our ministry in Brazil. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This means that…
Last week we spent a couple days at camp, taking care of a variety of tasks. Here are some pictures from our time there. Not pictured: I took our weed whacker in for repairs, and checked in on garage-style sliding window being made for our kitchen serving area. ____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider…
It’s been an eventful two weeks since our last Snapshots post. As always, you can keep up with what is happening in our lives and ministry by following us on Instagram. We have a few video clips this week. First up, some lovely butterflies Itacyara filmed in our yard: Last Sunday I played one of…
“Pastor, what our camp needs is a BBQ pit.” I’ve heard those words several times over the last months, coming from Pedro, a 79-year-old retiree in our church. Once when I was at his house, he showed me his homemade BBQ pit. “I could make one like this at our camp.” So on Monday we…
Here are the most recent snapshots from our life and ministry. As always, you can see what is happening in real time by following our Instagram account. A snipped from the prelude at Ebenezer last Sunday. _____________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making a donation to our ministry in Brazil. As an Amazon Associate…
This was a good week for snapshots! As always, you can see these in real time by following us on Instagram. A couple videos: Nathanael kicking the ball around with some of the kids from our Wednesday soccer ministry. Itacyara doing some “essential quality control” on the camp water slide. _____________________ Did you enjoy this…
Our activities over the past few weeks provide a pretty accurate snapshot of what “normal” life looks like for us. As always, you can see these events as they happen by following us on Instagram. And now for a couple videos… We often “race” the train going out of São Luís while on our way…
Dear friends, As the first months of 2024 have passed in a whirlwind, we are constantly reminded of the words of our Lord, spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are…