Costa Rica 2011 Super Sports Week

We had 3 teams with players from 8 states travel with us July 25-29 to Costa Rica. We all stayed in the Score Villa just outside San Jose. We played games in Naranjo, Los Guido, and San Ramon. We played all of our games at local schools. This gave us the opportunity to walk around on each schools campus and interact with all the students prior to playing our games. The girls team had the chance to play against some of the players from the University of Costa Rica. Another great thing about playing at the schools was the fact we were able to eat meals in their cafeteria. The players got a real taste of Costa Rican food. One of the neat "God" moments happened at the market. We took up a collection of money from the players so that we could go to the market and buy food for a church and a single mothers ministry. We were able to collect 410.00 dollars. The next morning we took the team to the market to purchase the food. We gave some instructions on what we needed and the quantity we would need. Upon checking out, the total for all our food came to 410.19! How cool is that. The players did a great job sharing the gospel at all of various ministry opportunities. We were able to do 3 basketball clinics as well as visiting the orphanage, the church day care, and the single mothers ministry workshop. God did some amazing things in and through this diverse group of players.

Dominican 2011 Super Sports Week

We had over 35 basketball players and coaches involved in our Super Sports Week in the Dominican Republic July 18-22. They partnered with other athletes in baseball, softball, wrestling, and tennis to share the life changing message of Jesus Christ and share the love of Christ through serving the people of the DR. The teams had much success on the court as they played teams from Santo Domingo and the surrounding areas. The highlight of the games may have been getting the chance to play the U16 National Team. But, the greatest impact was made following the games. Our players had the opportunity to share brief testimonies with the players and fans about the difference Jesus makes in their lives. We were then able to offer an invitation to join God's "Team". Our most memorable moments came during our ministry opportunities. We were able to play with the kids and the players provided toothbrushes, soap, and other essential items as well as some shirts, bags, and hats. We also gave out a lot of candy!. But most of all the players gave of themselves.
As the bus would pull up to the places we were visiting the kids would flock to the it just waiting for the guys to get off. As the kids waited they would say "Es Mio" meaning this one is mine. It made me glad to know that as Christians we have someone waiting for us saying"this one is mine". His name is Jesus.