Missions through Sports

 

Missions through Sports

For just over a week, the Sports Site ministry team has been serving local schools running sports clinics in various towns such as Magdalena, El Tablón, San Miguel, and Santo Tomas. Aden Cuellar, Matthew Bollman, Luis Rosado, and George Adamou (me) have been collaborating with Byron, the Sports Site Leader, and Sydnee, the Girls’ Club leader, to organize, plan, and run different exercises playing volleyball and soccer.

The age groups of the children we are serving are between the ages of 9 and 13. We typically finish each day of sports clinics with small group discussions—this is an intentional time of getting to know each other and praying over the children, which is led by the LIFT students. We have been partnering with the LIFT girls who are part of Girls’ Club—Abigail Munson, Lida Hanson, and Kimberlee Collins.

As a Sports Site team, we have been starting each day studying the book of Philippians and sharing thoughts and insights before closing in prayer. We are so encouraged by Byron’s stewardship of his leadership role and his investment in the LIFT team that is supporting the sports site. We have been empowered to lead devotionals and share messages from the Gospel to the teens throughout the week. Additionally, we have had opportunities to memorize scripture with the teens, which is a practice that LIFT does throughout the year.

The Sports Site ministry would appreciate prayer that the lives of teens can continue to be impacted and that they may see Christ in Byron’s work and through the sports activities. A touching piece of wisdom from Byron is that “even if hell didn’t exist, I would still love God for his goodness.” We, LIFTers, have been blessed to serve alongside the SI staff and Byron, and we ask that you support this ministry through prayers.

- George Adamou