Project Fortaleza 2014

A group of 18 staff and students from our Belo Horizonte ministry ventured to Fortaleza, Brazil in January to work side-by-side with a Christian orphanage and, also, to use this time as a training project for the students.

Alan Andrioni, our UFMG campus director, led the project and has sent us numerous messages about how well it has gone. All the components - from working with the orphanage, to Bible study with the students and even building vision for a hurting world by participating in a campaign to grow awareness of child sex tourism in Brazil - have really been encouraging to our staff.

The team is finishing up already and heading home. We thank God for this opportunity and for what He will do through it in our student's lives.

We are trying to raise a small amount, $1500 to help off-set the student's costs. Would you consider giving above and beyond to this project? If so, you can send any checks made to Campus Outreach, and 1599 Brazilian Summer Project on the memo line to:
Campus Outreach
PO Box 43737
Birmingham, AL 35243

PDF 2012

Our annual Summer Project was a bit different this year, in both structure and content. We started our project in Belo Horizonte in the evening so that hose who were working could participate more than just the final weekend. This year we invited graduates to join us because we knew content would be great for everyone. The content was fruit of the 2011 Campus Outreach National Conference (CONC) held in Chattanooga.

Our team took the videos from 4 different speakers at the CONC and worked on translation and subtitles for our Projeto de Férias (PDF). Each speaker is from a partner church that hosts a Campus Outreach "franchise". You can see the videos at this link: http://vimeo.com/album/1852780

The speakers are:
JD Greear: The Summit Church; Raleigh, NC
Matt Chandler: Village Church; Dallas, TX
Trip Lee: Capitol Hill Baptist; Washington DC
John Piper: Bethlehem Baptist Church; Minneapolis, MN