And the Winner Is.....

Today Hawane CLC held it's second soccer tournment. Thirt-five teams competed in three age brackets, with the 18+ age group having the largest number of teams. It was a warm and sunny day. Close to 500 people turned out for the event. David, Brandon, Joe, John, Charles and Andrew officiated all of the matches while the other members of team assisted with preparing teams to enter the pitch, took pictures and video, bagged and packaged meals and provided general support to the Teen Challenge staff.

All of the games were played on sand pitches with 4-6 players on the field at any given time. Each game consisted of two, five minutes halves with a one minute half-time. The skill level of these kids, with any training would handily beat any U.S. team - children or adults. We would love to bring some home with us and form our own teams, but we're not sure we can get them through customs.

The day ended with a message from Pastor Augustine and an altar call. About 15 people responded.

Once again it was a long day for the team, yet we were energized by our interactions with the Hawane CLC community. It has been such a blessing to spend time at our ICBC and it gives us a renewed passions to fulfill the church's mission of changing our world. We look forward to the opportunity to share with all of you about our experiences.

We shared dinner with Kevin, Helen, Ashar and Joshua Ward. It was a great time of fellowship and relaxation. Tomorrow following services at both Potter's Wheel and Hawane CLC, we will visit some homesteads. We look forward to meeting some of the adult members of the Hawane region and hope to distribute some of the rice meals that were packaged by the church just one month ago.

Two members of the Potter's Wheel staff, Jared and Musa, have been with us all week. Jared works with the youth of Potter's Wheel and Musa leads worship. They are both tremendous guys and it has been awesome to have them as a part of our team. Jared will be coming to spend a month at CLC Dayton in August to learn more about youth ministries. We look forward to meeting him again. Musa, well we might just stick him in one of our suitcases, but he would probably be detected by the customs folks because he is always singing and praising GOd. He has been a wonderful example to us.

We have been tremendously blessed by our participation on this team and God has taught us so much. In the couple of days we have remaining, we anticipate more revelations and growth!