Thank you for praying for the Football Outreach!
What an exiting day! How can I keep it short?
Even before we got to the field we could sense God working.
Here are a few highlights:
When I first walked in to our church building I saw several ladies of our church already busy preparing tables and decorations for the dinner with the football players in the evening.
As we were waiting for the bus with the Christian NFL players to arrive, Daniel and I were able to share the reason for our faith with some journalists that had come to do a documentary on the event for NFL films. One of them in particular asked many great questions. Pray that God would use God’s Word in her life!
We had several teams from different cities in Italy participate in the training and outreach with these Christian Pro Athletes. The enthusiasm was in the air.
We were able to give away several Bible calendars, Bibles and books on the Gospel.
In the training huddles the players shared their faith as well as their skills. In particular I enjoyed listening in as Jeremiah Sirles share quite clearly and the players were quite engaged. Being a hopeless Buffalo Bills fan since the Superbowl days I was doubly excited to see him here.
After the training, another player, Justin Simmons shared a testimony about how God has worked in his life.
We concluded the evening with Daniel sharing the Gospel. People were quite engaged and even applauded at the end!
After the camp we invited the team of NFL players and their sponsors from Olive Baptist Church to have Pizza with the Perugia team at our church. More fellowship ensued until almost midnight!
Needless to say, our hearts are full for what God did here.
I am sure God used your prayers. Many of you told me you were praying before, during and even after the event!
We serve a mighty God!
Pray that the seeds that were sown will blossom into an amazing work in the hearts of the many who had never heard the Gospel before.
Thank you for your part in this adventure!
Eventually I’ll have time to tell you more about Foligno and everything else that is happening!
