Language of Sports

Hazy waves of heat rise from the concrete field that is crowded with the noise of children at play. Little people of all sizes are shouting, laughing, collaborating underneath the scorching sun to play a game of soccer in an abandoned city lot. You might notice the lack of uniforms, but the children don’t. Their faces gleam with the sweat and determination of competition. You might be unaware that the sticks on either end of the lot are the goals, but the kids know exactly how to score and have a strategy to do it. The kids don’t notice the poverty, the age differences and the lack of hope looming overhead; instead they see one afternoon of freedom. In this afternoon, in this desolate lot, playing with and against their friends, they gain the freedom to run, to play, to be. Without your help, this is the only freedom some of these children will ever know.

SPORTREACH Abroad is dedicated to these kids, finding freedom that will last after the sun sets and they walk off the field. It is our vision to join local and international churches, in an innovative outreach. We are missionaries who like to play. Put us on a field with a ball in our hands and we will go to work. By walking into the game, we develop relationships, and using those relationships we are able to invite the kids to a week long sports camp especially suited to them. Whether their skills and interests are in soccer, basketball or volleyball SPORTREACH has a program to meet the kids where they are. Language barriers diminish where the common language of “Sport” is spoken, and you might say it levels the playing field. It is on this common ground that we can then begin to reach the youth and their families with the message of Jesus Christ. The gospel message is presented in both word and action throughout the week of camp and in the last three years over 300 youth have accepted Christ as their personal Savior and 75 families have joined their local churches for discipleship. The SPORTREACH team is effectively sharing the importance of being a total athlete; mind, body and soul complete in Christ.

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