Trip to North-West Haiti went well!

Trip to North-West Haiti went well!

In spite of my Toyota truck taking more punishment than they show on a Ford truck commercial, we made the long treck from Port-au-Prince to the North west department of Haiti without incident. The trip was so rough that it took chunks out of our heavy-duty truck tires.

But it was worth every minute of bone-jarring travel to meet our players and talk with our leaders about what God is doing through our teams. In total there are now 8 girls and 5 boys in the Haitian talent development program of the Haitian Soccer Federation that formerly were part of our teams. In addition, we were able to distribute Christian literature to encourage our chaplains in their work with our players and also give out badly needed equipment. Some of our teams did not even have balls. (This is always a need, so please collect as many soccer balls for us as you can!)

Some of our leaders have been volunteering with us since our first training in December of 2008. They continue in the work because they see God working in the lives of their players and in their schools through Ambassadors Football Haiti’s programs.

In addition to encouraging our leaders, another purpose of the trip was to take pictures of the players and have the schools, churches, AFH volunteers, players and parents be aware of our strategy and have them sign a document that makes them aware of how we want to help spread the Gospel together with them in their communities.

By the time the project is done, we will have taken more than 1,800 pictures of players and volunteers.