Thank you so much for your prayers and support for our second annual leadership training seminar.
The training started on Dec. 26th with the arrival of over 35 delegates from all over Haiti. This year we are training two groups of people: Veterans from last year that we hope will be able to teach the courses next year, and about 25 rookies who we are training to start soccer ministries in their schools.
So far everything is going well, and the participants are really excited about what they are learning.
However, sometimes I forget just how poor most people here in Haiti are. In spite of the fact that we told the participants that they would be trained in coaching techniques by experienced US coaches, they came to the seminar with only sandals. When we asked them why, some of them said they do not own sneakers or soccer cleats! So today, we had to go out and purchase 20 pairs of sneakers so they could fully participate in the training!
We are also setting up local and regional committees to help us better administrate the ministry. These are exciting times as we look forward to what God is going to do through these trained and equipped leaders in 2009!
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