Today I met with a few guys from Ambassadors In Sport. AIS is an organization that has been around a while, and is using soccer as tool to reach people for Christ. I first became aware of them as a college student when I almost went on a tour with them. My little sister-in-law, Lauren, actually did an AIS tour of South Africa when she was in collge.
When we were here in 2008 we met with Ambassadors and it was good, but not like today. Mark and Bruce are two great Englishmen with great hearts. Mark has been here a while, but Bruce has only been here about 6 weeks longer than us. They are doing a whole host of things. They to a lot of coaches training to raise up well prepared Sports Ministers. They do great prison ministry where they have all started a soccer academy. AIS has a women’s professional team, and they have teams playing in a local league from U11 through adult men. So, they have their hands full. They will be hosting lots of teams during the World Cup.
Ubuntu Sports Outreach and AIS definitely share a similar heart for training up local leaders and providing opportunities for the best kids. I know that we will be doing ministry in some form in the future. They are much further along in this process than we are. (And have offices around the world.) And, thankfully, they want to offer their wisdom and experience to others. I’m excited to have AIS as a partner, and mostly to have them as friends with similar hearts to see the Kingdom advance.
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