As the calendar has turned to August, we can’t wait to launch our SEED team to Uganda on Sunday, August 12. While in Uganda, the group will partner in the on-going work of Sports Outreach and distribute Sawyer water filters. The mission of Sports Outreach is, “to recruit, train, equip and deploy committed Christian leaders in …
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Off to Costa Rica!
Our SEED Costa Rica team left campus bright and early this morning and is excited to serve alongside Push the Rock for the next 10 days! Thanks for your prayers and support for the team! Mitchel Achien’g – Women’s Track & Field Luke Beckhusen – Football Mason Dekker – Football Amie Hixon – Women’s Lacrosse Nick …
SEED Costa Rica Prepares to Serve with Push the Rock
We’re excited to send out our second SEED team of the summer to Costa Rica on Tuesday, June 5 to serve alongside Push the Rock (PTR). It is their mission to use global sports ministry to proclaim the life-changing message of Jesus Christ through the pursuit of excellence in sportsmanship and athletics. View the team calendar …
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Hard Goodbyes
After a much-needed night of sleep, we woke up early to begin our last day of camp in Ada. We headed straight to the field where we began with Joey and Ryann sharing a piece of their story. From there, we kicked off a camp-wide futbol tournament. With five fields, each team was able to …
Farmer’s Tans and Full Hearts
As we are reflecting on our day, we can’t believe that we’re almost done with this trip!! Today was a *long*, sweaty, challenging- but rewarding- day spent loving on the children in God’s kingdom that were at the camp. We started off at 8 a.m. being extremely welcomed back into the camp- even kids that …
A Day at the Beach, and the Start of Camp
The day started off with the team loading up in vans and heading towards a resort down river from the ocean. Peacocks and horses roamed freely around this luxurious oasis. It seemed like we had stepped out of the country and into a paradise with the contrasting quality of the surrounding villages and the luxury …
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Rain, Delays, and More Rain
This morning we had the opportunity to visit another village. When we left our temporary home, we expected a typical hot and sunny day in Tamale. However, the further we drove the darker the sky became. Within seconds, the wind picked up and it began to pour like crazy. We made an immediate stop to …
A Long, Rewarding Day
After miles of rough, red roads, today’s first stop was a small village of clay huts just outside of Tamale. As our vans pulled up to the village school, kids ran in excitement to wave out the windows and greet us. We toured each classroom, which were split up by ages, and high-fived and sang …
Tuesday Travels to Toasty Tamale (tah-ma-lay)
We got off to a good start today with everyone making it to breakfast on time and ready to go. After breakfast we had some time to be with the Word and reflect on the trip so far. Some people spent this time in the heat on the deck and others chose to stay in …
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Off to Tamale!
The team is off to Tamale this morning (Tuesday), a city in the northern part of the country to run a day camp and connect with local coaches and churches. Internet might be limited while we are away from Accra, so we will do our best to post to the blog and keep everyone updated …