Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Camp California visit


The WorldVenture South Brazil team held it's yearly field conference this year at Camp California (named for a church in California who bought the property for Restoration Ministries, also part of WorldVenture). I was last here in 2001 with the first short-term church team visiting Brazil, and at that time we built the 'Minnesota Tree House' and a zip-line. Both are still in place today!

It is a beautiful camp located outside the polluted city of Sao Paulo, and Restoration Ministries uses it to bring street kids here for weekly camps. This is a huge treat for these kids, as they don't get to see so much 'green' space and areas to play in the city.

There have been many improvements made to the camp as well. Three new cabins have been built, and overlook the beautiful valley below. Another building has been added for a worship and meeting space. Playground equipment has been built. Plans are to continue adding cabins, to allow bringing as many children as possible to enjoy this beautiful facility.


The Minnesota Tree House, new cabins and worship center


















1 comment:

mnhyrkas said...

I'll bet it's been fun seeing projects in action from a previous trip. Cute pics of you and the Riley kids too- looks like you had a fun day.