Today is our last day at soccer camp. We have a great leadership team consisting of 9 Czechs and 7 Americans. Eight guys from our leadership team have integrated into the camp as players with the Czechs. This has been a great way for them to develop relationships.

We have an interesting group of campers/players at camp this week. The majority of them are from Tomas Nevrela's (below) soccer team that he coaches 9 months out of the year. Some are very open and interested in getting to know us and others are more distant. Each day, we see the Czechs becoming more and more open to our American team.

Daniel (pictured above) from our Czech leadership group asked if he could share his testimony today. He is the Captain of the team and has recently recommitted his life to Christ. He is Pastor Martin's nephew. He has been a Christian his entire life, but went through a period of about 6 years where he lived a sinful life and was far from God.

He did an outstanding job of sharing his testimony. Think of the courage it took for him to do this with his teammates who are not Christians and some who are hostile toward hearing the Gospel. I wonder how many American Christian teens would have the courage to do such a thing.

Ondra, and elder of Elim church, (pictured above), followed Dan's testimony with a Gospel presentation. He used a tool from Josiah Venture. It is a black rubber bracelet with 4 symbols on it and scripture verses for each symbol. The symbols are a heart representing God's love, an X representing our sin, a + representing Christ's sacrifice on the cross and an ?. He ended by inviting the soccer campers to ask anyone from the leadership team about our relationship with God. He also invited them to church on Sunday and let them choose an American who's story (testimony) they would like to hear at church on Sunday. The Czechs unanimously selected Sean Typher so Sean will share his testimony at church on Sunday!!!

Sean (above) has an amazing testimony and I am so excited they chose him to share his story. I believe this is the sovereign hand of God. Please pray for Sean as he shares on Sunday. Church is at 9:30 am which is 1:30 am your time so you may want to pray before you go to bed or if you feel so inclined, you can set your alarm to wake up and pray.

We cannot thank you enough for your support and prayers. We are tired and some of the team have been fighting a head cold, but God is sustaining us. It is through His power and not our own, so thanking for standing in the gap for us.

Blessings,
Power of One Soccer Team