Friday, September 5, 2008
Who's On the Lord's Side?
As stated in an earlier entry, what we saw and participated in at the Ecclesia church was quite an experience. This video clip was taken at the end of the service. I should have taken one earlier, but I was hestitant not wanting to be disrespectful. The 75 pictures are representative of what we did at the Seed of Hope. My son, Michael, put this together, and we showed it during the offetory for the service where we did our mission trip presentation.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
What a Few Soccer Balls Can Do

This story begins 2 years ago on our Buckner vision trip to Kenya when Naomi took a few small balls to give to the children we would see. They were the type that if you bounced them, they would bounce high. We're talking small balls, about 1 inch in diameter. But instead of bouncing them after we gave them to the children, they placed them on the ground and started kicking them like soccer balls (or football as they and the rest of the world calls it). Fast forward a few months. Todd Pridemore, Minister of Recreation and Outreach for Memorial Baptist Church, asked Naomi what they do as a mission project for the 2008 Upward Basketball program. Naomi, remembering what had happened with the small balls, suggested giving soccer balls. She was thinking a few balls, but by the end of the season every team had collected at least one ball and had the children sign them. In total, they collected 46 balls! Also, Christian Chapel Academy had donated about 50 small Upward Soccer balls. In order to transport that many to Kenya, they had to be deflated.
I videod Phil while at the lodge and Phil later provided the photos and the short embedded video clips. My son, Michael, a film editing major in college, put it all together.
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