Balls and Bibles

What do sports have to do with Jesus?  Everything!  Well, that's what the good folks from Uncharted Waters will tell you.  For the third year in a row, we hosted a week long sports camp facilitated by Uncharted Waters.  Uncharted Waters is an equipping ministry that enhances the vision of the Church by providing sports related resources for the effective communication of the gospel.  They travel throughout the United States and the world showing the gospel to children through love and biblical messages.  With their knowledgeable and effective coaches, UW coached sports camps for us in basketball, cheer leading, and soccer. 

But it's not all about sports.  Mixed in with sports and competitive exercises are fun songs and dances, magic tricks that help illustrate the gospel, and stories of sports stars that have overcome obstacles to become great.  The week-long camp got our kids wide-eyed and knowledgeable of Olympians from Michael-Phelps to Sanya Richards.  Many of the youngsters can even tell you where Beijing is now!

At the end of the week, and the end of our summer, the coaches from Uncharted Waters gave a very effective gospel message to which many of our kids responded positively.  Continue praying with us that true and real change takes root from this in the hearts of our children!