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.
The following are some items that we hope to acquire for the camp in the months to come. If you are interested in helping us with any of these projects, this page explains how to make donations. These items are listed more or less in order of urgency. All price tags are approximations, and subject…
Since our last update we have made many trips to camp, usually spending two days at a time and performing various maintenance tasks as well as preparing for our major undertaking for this year – the renovation of the house into a dormitory. Here are some of our latest projects: Benches One of our local…
If you were present at one of the churches where we gave our ministry report in 2021, you remember that we had two prayer requests that we shared having to do with our camp: provision of funds to build much-needed dormitories, and provision of a pickup truck that would allow us to haul materials and…
Not quite so many as last time, but here are some random pictures from the last week: The main ministry event was our first trip to camp since returning. Point of interest: The hat I’m wearing in this picture is made entirely of cork, was acquired on our trip to Portugal last September. View this…
One of the main reasons we took a shorter furlough this year (ten months as opposed to the traditional twelve) was so that we could participate in this year’s meeting of all our BMM missionaries in Brazil. These times are always a blessing, and this year was no exception. The Setting The conference was hosted…
While we are on furlough the camp development team we left behind has been hard at work. Building on the success of last year’s event, they organized and pulled off the second official teen retreat at the Mount Zion Baptist Camp. Here are some pictures and videos. ______________________________ Did you enjoy this post? Consider making…
Last week I reported here about the retreat being held by the First Regular Baptist Church in São Luís at the Mount Zion Camp. At that time, the retreat had just begun and I only had a few pictures. Now that the entire event has happened, there are more, and I share some of those…
This week the First Baptist Church in São Luís is holding their annual church retreat at the Mount Zion Camp. Their pastor, Geandro, is also part of the camp development team. Today was their first day at camp. Here are some pictures: We’ll post more updates as we receive them. Stay tuned! ________________________________________ Did you…
If you have been present at any of the numerous churches we have visited since April, you know that we have been sharing the urgent need for dormitories at the camp. The amount needed for this construction was $30,000. And yes, I mean “was”. I am pleased to announce that, based on a message I…
We just received some great pictures from Pastor Geandro, one of the members of our ministry team. He and his wife traveled over the weekend to camp, and painted the floor of our pavilion. This has added a whole new aspect to the activity center. It also is encouraging to see our development team take…