1) In the past couple of months we have done lots of training in soccer ministry all around Haiti. Our training focuses on preparing our teams to participate in a National Futsal Tournament and Bible Contest that will start in the fall of 2014.
We are training our coaches in how to coach and referee Futsal (5 a side soccer on a field the size of a basketball court).
Our chaplains are being trained to prepare our players for the Bible contest which will be based on the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Then our administrators are gearing up to run the first stage of the tournaments with local four teams.
But the best part of the training is that we are connecting with our volunteers and players and helping them be better equipped to minister.
2) The Goat project is moving forward with lots of baby goats being born and our players and leaders, for the most part, taking good care of their mamma goats. We have hired an administrator who is going out and meeting the players and leaders participating in the program. Please pray as she gets adjusted to her new responsibilities.
3) A little over a month ago Jon Ortlip, the Executive Director of Ambassadors Football (AF), Aaron Treadway, Director of Professional Soccer Ministry and Jon's son, Henry came to Haiti.
They came to accomplish two things: a) Present the idea of a "Center of Hope" to Quisqueya Chapel and b) For Henry to interview me for "Risen Magazine", a Christian Magazine that features interviews with various Christians in the news. Well, the issue came out, and you can see the picture they chose at http://www.risenmagazine.com/spreading-gods-love-through-soccer-rich-mears/. If you subscribe to the magazine, you can also read the article.
Quisqueya Chapel is now considering allowing AF to build a "Center of Hope" which consists of an artificial turf soccer field and possibly locker rooms and offices. This Center would not only become the headquarters of Ambassadors Football Haiti but also has the potential to support the ministry through a soccer school, soccer camps and night leagues.
4) Please pray for our Haitian leaders Rochenel Pierre and Lucasse Henrilus will get their US Visas so they can attend an Ambassadors Football training from the end of June to the beginning of August. This training would not only help them spiritually and professionally, but would also help them meet Ambassadors staff from all over the world.
Rochenel Pierre Lucasse Henrilus
5) We have been invited to a training in the US being held by the US Youth Futsal Association from June 9-14th by Keith Tozer, the coach of the US National Futsal Team!! Please pray that God would provide the Visas and resources for us to ba able to attend this training.
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