Applications are now open for summer of 2018!
“Regardless of where you are in your faith journey, this experience is one of the most transformative and eye-opening experiences that you can get involved with as an athlete.”
– SEED Zambia Team Member, 2017
To apply, visit travel.hope.edu and search “SEED” program.
Please submit an application to your first trip preference, but recognize that you are applying to the SEED program and selected applicants will be placed on a team according to trip preferences.
As part of your application, you will be asked to rank your level of interest in SEED trips in order of preference.
Interested student-athletes need to only submit one application for summer of 2018.
2018 Trips
Ghana with Sports Friends, May 2018
- We will serve with their sports teams in various cities and villages that consist of boys and/or girls who are 14 years and younger. These teams are led by a coach who has been trained by Sports Friends to use sports as a tool for evangelism and discipleship. Water filter demonstrations to local families connected with Sports Friends will also take place throughout the week.
Costa Rica with Push the Rock, May 2018
- The team will split time between ministry opportunities with Push the Rock. Part of the trip will be dedicated to running sports clinics and water filter demonstrations for boys in the Juvenile Prison where PTR staff has been serving on a weekly basis since 2010. The remainder of the time together will be spent serving with the PTR Regional Program where the team will run various sports clinics.
Zambia with Poetice, August 2018
- Team members that participate in this trip will have the opportunity to use sport to seek transformation in the community. Through various clinics, you will practice, play and pray together. You will share your love of the game, teach about teamwork and introduce new sports. You will spend time building relationships with the athletes, and have a chance to share your life and your story to encourage one-another. Water filters will be distributed to local families.
Uganda with Sports Outreach, August 2018
- We will serve with their soccer training program and sports programs in local schools. Our team will also have the opportunity to partner with their various slum projects in Kampala which include a feeding program, chess program, discipleship, and sports activities. Water filter demonstrations will take place throughout the week to local families connected with Sports Outreach.