They came from the North, they came from the South, in all, Haitian representatives came from 6 out of the 9 “departments” around Haiti. On Wednesday, December 26, 2007 about 45 Christian leaders and school teachers came to Port-au Prince to participate in a 10 day intensive training program on how to start and in some cases continue evangelistic soccer teams in their churches and schools. 
These men made great sacrifices to come to this training: First they gave up most of their Christmas & New Year’s holiday to come to this training, and second, most of them paid their own way to come. In one case, 3 coaches left the north coast of Haiti at 2 AM and arrived in PAP at 6 AM after traveling over the roughest (and dustiest) roads imaginable.
The seminar kicked off with two special guests: Ian Moore, the founder and president of the Association of Christian Athletics of Haiti, and his friend Georges Edeline. Georges Edeline is among the elite coaches in the US who have the USAF’s “A” license. He has over 40 years of coaching experience, and has helped many Haitian players get scholarships to play in the US. Among them is a well-known Haitian economist that has a radio program named Kesner Farrell who was one of his first recruits at George Washington University.
Since Georges was born in Haiti, he is fluent in Creole and loved being back on the soccer fields of Haiti where he grew up. Our coaches benefited greatly from his vast coaching experience, and his jovial demeanor that immediately attracted them to his style of teaching. Thank you, Georges!
These men made great sacrifices to come to this training: First they gave up most of their Christmas & New Year’s holiday to come to this training, and second, most of them paid their own way to come. In one case, 3 coaches left the north coast of Haiti at 2 AM and arrived in PAP at 6 AM after traveling over the roughest (and dustiest) roads imaginable.
The seminar kicked off with two special guests: Ian Moore, the founder and president of the Association of Christian Athletics of Haiti, and his friend Georges Edeline. Georges Edeline is among the elite coaches in the US who have the USAF’s “A” license. He has over 40 years of coaching experience, and has helped many Haitian players get scholarships to play in the US. Among them is a well-known Haitian economist that has a radio program named Kesner Farrell who was one of his first recruits at George Washington University.
Since Georges was born in Haiti, he is fluent in Creole and loved being back on the soccer fields of Haiti where he grew up. Our coaches benefited greatly from his vast coaching experience, and his jovial demeanor that immediately attracted them to his style of teaching. Thank you, Georges!
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