Salvation on the Football Field

Ethiopia, Thursday April 2nd 2009

The mission base on the Horn of Africa always do sports on Saturday mornings. This time the team gathered on a local football field and took out bats and balls to play some baseball. While some were putting out stones to mark the field, curious youngsters were gathering to see what was happening. Some just wanted to watch, while others were eager to join the game. Bats and shoes were flying through the air and the dust cloud grew as the bases were rounded. This day a new sport was born in Harar.

When the last round finished, everyone gathered curiously around the referee to hear who had won, but there was one important thing left to be done first. A dusty and sweaty field director entered the core of the expectant young people gathered, everyone was pushing around to get close enough to hear. In the middle of a local football field in Harar, on a perfectly normal Saturday morning when the team was out to do some sport, salvation was preached and 7 people chose to give their lives to Jesus.

We want to take every opportunity we get and continue preaching the gospel everywhere until Jesus comes back!

Katrine Drevon
Mission SOS Horn of Africa