Friday, September 7, 2012

Passing along Hope to Haiti

On Wednesday, Sept. 5 Chris Campasano from Passing Hope and two of his friends named Ken and Steve arrived in Haiti. Chris' organization helped get the Amputee Soccer team to Argentina for the Amputee World Cup in 2010 and Chris went there with the team.

This is Chris' 8th visit to Haiti, but the first for his two friends. Ken is the founder of an organization called Givengogear.com, and Steve is active in youth soccer in Dallas and helps run a league with 7000 players. He also works with Miracle League of Frisco that works with handicapped kids in the Dallas area.

On Thursday we did a coaches clinic with 24 AIS Haiti coaches from four different areas of Haiti. We also watched an exhibition game between two U-13 teams involved in the AIS Haiti program.



At both the coaches training and game I had the opportunity to tell them about how I was shot and the miracle of God saving my life. We never know when our life will be over, and the most important thing in life is knowing where you are going after death. My story illustrates this truth and really connects with my audience.

Then on Friday, we worked with the coaches of 6 amputee teams and had a great time.

We'll do another training with the Amputee team on Saturday, and then meet with the board of the Amputee soccer Federation on Sunday afternoon.




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