It is Wednesday here in the Caymans and the Sport Ministry Team has one of the longest days today. We found ourselves back at George Hicks to minister to 3 other schools out of the 7 that are housed here. I did my 3-minute testimonial today and I witnessed some interesting things. I had asked the boys, “How many of you believe in Jesus?” Everyone’s hands rose to the sky. Then I asked, “How many of you read your bible?” Slowly hands started to drop and some showed some embarrassment on their faces for doing so. Finally, I asked, “How many of you live your life for God and according to God’s will?” With that, everyone’s hands drop to their side. This reminded me why God called all of us to do mission work in this country. There is no question that the Cayman Islands is “paradise.” So why should anyone seek God if they have “everything” here? Based on what a pastor told us the other day, he said that mostly everyone on the island believes in God, goes to church, but at the end of the day it stops there. No one is doing anything more. I believe that our mission is to unite all the churches together and help them establish a platform to “Do Something More.”
On the other side my teammate Bre shared her childhood testimonial in the girls locker room. Bre’s story told a very heartfelt and touching story that left a very lasting impression on many of the females who had their attention locked in on her. Some shed tears, while others were just in awe, and some even consulted with her after her talk eager to know “how was were you able to forgive?” It was a very blessed day for Alan as well. Alan led altar call for some of the schools saving over 38 students. In addition, at First Baptist Christian School, he experienced 5-minutes of fame for not only having the most popular sport all the kids wanted to play, but at the end of the session the kids surrounded him wanting to talk to him more, asking him for his autograph, definitely our most improved player and a well deserved round of applause back on the bus.
One of the biggest highlights of the day would be when one of the boys in one of our classes had a pink backpack with holes in it and malfunctioned zippers. So Cody told the boy to take out everything in his backpack and traded him with his newer DC backpack so that the boy would be able to “fit-in” with the other kids. Other significant things I can say have been happening are numerous prayer circles, kids really starting to engage with us and remembering our names, and the feeling of impact from the presence of 12 foreigners that walked through the schools to demonstrate discipleship. Tanya our prayer leader mentioned to me today that a student came up to her and said that he was a Christian and had asked to pray for her! It was such a great day for the Sports Ministry to take it up a notch.
- Marlino, Sports
