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GO INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOOD NEWS TO ALL NATIONS
A PUBLICATION OF
SPORTS OUTREACH INSTITUTE
FEBRUARY 2006
CHRISTMAS CRUSADE
CHRISTMAS CUP PLAY BY PLAY REPORT
T hanks to all of you
for your prayers,
encouragement and
National Stadium had to be moved to another location
or cancelled. We prayed, and we felt you praying for
us, and the obstacles ‘that could not and would not be
financial support of moved’ fell by the wayside, and the match was held at
the 2005 Christmas the National Stadium. The result: thousands heard the
Cup Football Crusade! Gospel and many responded to God’s call in their life.
As you know the
Charlotte Eagles
Soccer Club teamed
up with Sports
Outreach Institute to carry the Gospel to people in
Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya. As always, God was faithful.
He protected. He directed. He provided. He nurtured and
He blessed. All praise to Him! It was a powerful experience,
filled with joy, hardship, celebration, tears, worship,
frustration, and learning.
Since our return we have all been asked, “What
was it like?” and “What did you learn?” I cannot speak for
everyone who took this amazing journey, but for me, the
lessons learned and experiences shared convicted me of
the following. I am convinced that God longs to put His In Byumba, Rwanda the National under-Twenty
fingerprint in our lives, to act on our behalf and surprise Team, which we were scheduled to play, informed us
us with His magnificence. Whenever we respond to just a few days before the match that they would not be
God’s invitation, our need for God becomes heightened. able to honor their commitment. We needed a quality
Whenever we take on a God-sized challenge, we realize replacement team--and we needed it quickly. We prayed
the greatness of our need for Him. and you continued to pray for us. God responded, and an
This crusade was a God-sized challenge and all upper division team was found--one that would draw
of us learned that we need to depend not only on each many to the match. The result: a jam-packed stadium,
other but especially on God. In addition, we experienced filled with people from the local refugee camp and
the power of the prayers of God’s people--your prayers. hundreds upon hundreds were welcomed into the
family of God!
An emergency election was called in Kabale,
Uganda--the same day as the match we had scheduled
nearly sixteen months earlier. Officials also designated
the stadium where we were scheduled to play as the
polling place. We faced another God-sized challenge
when we were told that the stadium and date were no
longer available. Our prayers joined all of those being
lifted up by you and the ‘impossible’ happened. We were
Blessings,
Rodney Suddith
Executive Director