We love hearing how Base's training helps develop disciples outside the sports camp opportunities. That is the point after all. It is not just to have a good sports camp (although that does happen) but to partner with churches in moving their disciples towards more-prepared ministry leadership. We want to share a story about one of our sports missionaries who served at six different churches and had a marvelous experience shortly after returning home.
Ellie was our soccer coach, and from the start of the summer, she did an incredible job learning and preparing for ministry. Many people talked about her great ministry at sports camp. For five weeks, she served churches as part of a team of sports missionaries. She did a great job at leading sports ministry away from home. However, her development was not just for the weeks of sports camp, but for what happened after her time with the team ended.
In a follow-up conversation with Ellie and her family, one of our teammates, Bekah, sent us this report:
"I got to visit with Ellie and her family and they had some really cool news to share. Tuesday night Ellie used the gospel bracelet (one of the tools we use at sports camp) to share the gospel with her youngest sister. Bethany (her sister) was reminded from a previous VBS that she had seen her leaders with a gospel bracelet but couldn’t remember the meaning of the colors. She asked Ellie and Ellie took that opportunity to share the meaning as well as her testimony with her sister. Then Ellie and her parents sat with Bethany and she invited Jesus into her heart for the first time!
I just wanted to pass on the good news! It was so cool to witness how the Lord has worked through our team to train Ellie, how God has moved in Ellie’s life to give her the boldness to share the gospel and now to see God moving in young Bethany’s spirit."
Your support of Base Ministry goes towards young Christian leaders like Ellie. Not only are they engaged in good programs, but they are being prepared for ministry outside of those programs. Thank you!