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.
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…
Every year our Baptist Mid Missions missionaries gather for a conference, and in the course of the conference each family brings a report of their activities throughout the previous year. In keeping with custom, here is the report we presented at this year’s conference. As we contemplate this report on our 2023 activities, we have…
This week’s snapshots include a little taste of the week we spent in conference, and some interesting things we saw along the way. There will be more extensive posts about both in the near future. As always, don’t forget that you can see these posts as they happen by following us on Instagram. ___________________ Did…
Last week marked yet another milestone in the life of Mount Zion Baptist Camp. Up until now, our churches have each held their own retreats (or simply done nothing) during Carnaval season. This year, however, at the urging of our pastors, they decided to pool their resources and have a joint retreat at camp. This,…
One of the main reasons we began this blog 20+ years ago was so that we could keep you informed of what is going on in our ministry here in Brazil. And usually there is no shortage of things to report on. Indeed, most of the time there is a backlog, and I end up…