Sports Day

 

Last weekend the Youth Team and I had our annual Sports Day Blowout. This is huge in African youth ministry because these kids live to play. It was an extremely successful day drawing in around 300 young people! Basically, we rented out a sports field in the middle of the city of Manzini, brought all of our youth group students from the care points, and threw down in soccer and chair-ball. We also packed the main stage with speakers and I deejay’d the event. We had dance competitions and played music so loud you could hear it throughout the city. Also, seeing as we had all of our care points in one place, we had them perform there group dances and dramas – this I their favorite thing to do! Lol

It continues to amaze me to see their passion. This young people have nothing! Most of them wear the same clothes everyday, barely eat and can’t even afford to go to school. 45% of the children are orphans and majority of them are sexually abused. Everything in the world tells them to loose hope…Yet these young people, smile bigger, play harder, hug bigger and have more fun with life then I have ever scene. Their smiles produce so much truth in to Gods heart that it can bring you to your knees.