The Alabama State Board of Missions (SBOM) is seeking volunteers to help with the construction of a wall to enclose Camp Carabobo, the national Baptist camp in Venezuela.
Tommy Puckett, director of men’s ministries with the SBOM, said 100-150 volunteers are being asked to help with the construction. Twenty to 30 people are needed weekly for five weeks, beginning April 21, according to Puckett.
“It is urgent,” Puckett said.
The SBOM’s commitment to seeing the wall constructed is part of Alabama’s partnership with Venezuelan Baptists. Puckett said teams will work from Sunday to Sunday.
Alabama Baptist executive director Rick Lance explained that the land is located adjacent to the site of a major battlefield in the nation’s struggle for independence. If no wall is constructed by the property owners- Baptists of Venezuela- then the government can claim the land as a national memorial.
A second threat to the site is Venezuela’s laws concerning “squatters,” Lance said. In that country, an individual can move onto land not bound by a fence or wall and claim it as one’s own.
Puckett said the SBOM is seeking help from anyone, regardless of their age or previous experience.
“This is a great opportunity for high school and college students to be involved with missions work during their spring break,” he said. “Skilled and unskilled people are welcome.”
Puckett said work on the wall must be done before the first of June so that is completed before both the beginning of Venezuela’s rainy season and Camp Carabobo’s summer program.
For information on the project and costs, contact Puckett at 1-800-264-1225.
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