2012 End Review Year

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Sports Friends leaders gathering in Thailand in January

10 YEARS IN THE MAKING

Ethiopia,theministryhasgreatly expanded,andGodisnowtouching livesinmorethan10countries aroundtheworld.Tensofthousands ofyoutharebeingreachedonadaily basisbygodlycommiLedSports Friendstrainedcoachesand mentors,andmanyoftheirfamilies andcommuni9esarealsobeing reachedforChrist. Therearesomanythings forustobethankfulforoverthese Thepastyearhasbeenan past10years.Godhasbeenfaithful exci9ng9meofgrowth,change,and andgivenusmanytalentedand developmentforourministry.We commiLedSportsFriends arenow10yearsold!SinceSports missionariesandsta,wonderful Friends'foundingin2002,its na9onalchurchleadersaroundthe amazingtoseehowGodhasused world,passionatecoachesand thesimple,yetpowerful,plaJormof sportsministers,andastrong churchcenteredsportsministryto supportbaseofpartnerswhohave transformlivesandstrengthen decidedtofollowGodscallingto communi9es.Fromourbeginningin PRAY,GIVE,orGOwithus. Withoutyour partnershipoverthelastyear(andthelast10 years),thisministrywouldnotbepossible.We hopethefollowingstoriesandsnapshotswillbe anencouragementtoyouasyouseehowGod hasbeenatworkthroughthisministry.

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2012 HIGHLIGHTS
Impac:ngYouth
SportsFriendsisnowimpac9ngmore than95,000youththroughweeklysports ministryprogramsacrossAfrica,Asia,and SouthAmerica!Eachoftheseyouthhasa uniquestoryanduniquechallenges.Whata privilegetobeabletoloveandmentoreach one!Godistransformingthelivesofmanyof theseyouthandtheirfamilies! than1,500scholarshipstosendyouthto campwheretheyhadtheexperienceof alife9me!Intotal,3,400youth aLendedcampin2012,wheremany maderst9medecisionstofollow Christ.

ExpansionIntoNewFields
Godhascon9nuedtoblessand growthisministry.ThisyearHe enabledustoexpandoureortsin GhanaandKenya,aswellasbeginnew eortsinMalawi,Zambia,andPeru.New

Youth playing at a day camp in Kenya

10YearCelebra:oninEthiopia
Morethan150Ethiopianchurchand missionleaders,sportsministryleaders,and friendsandsupportersofSportsFriends gatheredinAddisAbabainOctobertogive

eortsarealsoplannedforIndia,Senegaland othercountriesin2013.WethankGodforthe wonderfulleadersHehasgivenusforthese neweorts!

Interna:onalLeadershipGatherings

Wearethankfulformul9pleopportuni9es thankstoGodforHisfaithfulnessoverthepast 10years.Morethan2,000churchesare in2012tobringtogetherourSportsFriends

Coaching
Trainingand equippingcoachesfromthelocalchurch con9nuestobetheprimaryfocusofour ministry.ByGodsgrace,wenowhavemore than3,500SportsFriendstrainedcoachesand sportsministersservingaroundtheworld.

teamfromaroundtheworldforgreat9mesof fellowshipandlearning.InJanuary,our interna9onalleaders(seecoverphoto) gatheredinThailandtocelebrateSports Friends'rst10yearsandtoplantogetherfor thefuture.Manyofourleaderswereableto reuniteduringatwoweekCampingTrainingat

currentlyministeringthroughsportsministryto 62,000youthinEthiopiaalone!

Thesemenandwomensacriciallygiveoftheir CampLanganoinEthiopiathissummer.In October,Ethiopiaalsohostedagroupofour 9metolove,mentoranddisciplethenext genera9on.Wearesothankfulforeachof them! newestSportsFriendsleaders(represen9ng ninedierentcountries)forthreeweeksof trainingfocusedonini9alministry developmenteortsforthesenewcountries.

Camping
ThroughourCamperScholarship campaignthisyear,wewereabletofundmore

"AsaChris*ancoach,Ilearned fromSportsFriends'trainingthat sportisnotjustawaytobuild friendships,butitcanbeabout ministrytoo.Ifyouwanttosee youngpeople'sliveschange,you mustbeclosetothemandteach themthentheywilllistentoyou. CoachKruuJed,SFThailand

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trainedcoaches andsports ministers

churcheswith sportsministry programs

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NEW FIELDS

SportsMinistryMovingForward inMalawi

girls.Thewomenareonenoverlooked,soit wasahugestepforthechurchtoorganize somethingforthemtoo!Theyfeltdeeply byLukeVoight,SFMalawi lovedandcaredforbythelocalchurch,andthe churchleaderswhoorganizedthetournament InNovemberseveralchurcheshosteda said,Manyofthesegirlsareunchurchedand sportsministrytournamentforsixteamsinthe unreachednowbutwillsoonbereached villageofMpembajustoutsideofBlantyre.The becauseofthisministry.Wewishyoucould wholevillagecameouttowatchfootballand haveseenthesmilesontheirfacesallday. netballandlistentotheWordofGod.More than300peoplewerepresentduringthe9me TheHolySpiritwasverypresentandit whenoneofourtrainedsportsministry wasawonderful9me.Wewereexhaustedby leaders,Wilson,preachedtheGospel.This theendofitbutdeeplyencouragedbecause areaisknownformuchspiritualdarknessand wereallydidntdomuchinthisoutreach.It manytradi9onalini9a9onprac9cesthatare wasthelocalchurchdoingitfrombeginningto evilandplacepeopleinbondage.Therewere end!Thisisthegoal!Thattherewouldbea Chris9ans,tradi9onalanimists,andmany na9onwidemovementofchurcheswhoget othersofdierentreligionspresentatthis thisvisionandrunwithit.Pleasepraythat tournament,andthosewhoorganizeditwere morechurcheswouldbelikethechurchin focusedonmakingthenameofJesusknown. Mpemba.Also,prayforthosewhoheardthe Itwassuchanencouragementtoseehowthe messageatthetournamentandthattheLord churchesreallytookownershipoftheideaof wouldnotleavethemaloneun9ltheynd sportsministrytoplanthisevent.Manypeople theirrestinHim.TheWordofGodisliving weretherewhowouldneverstepfootina andac9ve.Sharperthananytwoedgedsword, churchbuilding,andtheyhadachancetohear itpenetrateseventodividingsoulandspirit, aboutthegreatnessoftheSavioroftheworld. jointsandmarrow;itjudgesthethoughtsand artudesoftheheart.(Heb.4:12)Allglorybe Theladiesnetballwasahit.Allthe toGod!Heisdoinggreatthings! coachesoftheseteamswereleaderswhowe havetrainedinsportsministryandare Readmorestorieslikethisat strategicallycoachingtheirteamwiththehope www.sportsfriends.org/blog ofsharingthegospelwithanddisciplingthe

Peru, Malawi, & Zambia 2012hasbeenanexci9ng yearasourministryhas con9nuedtoexpandinto otherpartsoftheworld. Pleaseprayforcon9nued growthineachofthese elds,andspecicallyfor upcomingrstBasicTrainings inPeruandZambiainearly 2013.

Coaches singing with youth at a Basic Training in Malawi

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Financial Review
$158 k $221k
Ethiopia Camp Langano Development Kenya Nigeria Other Africa SE Asia Training & Support Services

$95 k $11k $101k $29 k $21k

Aboveisasummaryofourtotalministryexpensesof$637,262 forthescalyearendedSeptember30,2012.Noneof thecostsofsuppor9ngourSportsFriends missionariesareincludedintheguresaboveas eachmissionaryisresponsibleforraisinghis/her ownnancialsupport.WepraiseGodforHis provisionin2012! Wearealsohumbledandcon9nuallyamazedas weseeGodusingsportsministrytoimpactmany peopleslivesforalleternity.PraiseGodforhowHe isusingthissimple,yetpowerfulplaJormtotransform livesandstrengthencommuni9es.

Thank you!

Itisourprivilegetoserveinthisministry. Again,wewanttosayThankYou!toyouourfriends andsupporters.Wordscouldneverexpressour gra9tudetothosewhoprayed,gavesacricially, encouragedus,andvisitedourelds!Thankyou forstandinginthegapforSportsFriends. Forthisreason,sincethedayweheardabout you,wehavenotstoppedprayingforyou.We con9nuallyaskGodtollyouwiththeknowledge ofhiswillthroughallthewisdomandunderstanding thattheSpiritgives. Colossians1:9

Pray
Prayforwisdomanddiscernmentforour SFteamasweareplanningfornextyear. PrayforGodtotransformthelivesof youthpar9cipa9nginsportsministry programsandforwisdomfortheir coaches. PrayforpeaceandGodsprotec9onfor thoseministeringinvola9leareas. Seecurrentministryrequestsonour website: www.sportsfriends.org/pray

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Therearemanyopportuni9estoserve withuseitherlongtermorshortterm! Weoervisiontripsandcampingministry tripsforthoselookingtoserveforafew weeks. Asagrowingministry,wealsohavemany longtermopeningsthatneedtobelled. Formoreinforma9ononservingwith us,visit: www.sportsfriends.org/go

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