Thank Church at Charlotte for Hosting "the boys" yesterday!

The CAC did a wonderful job of hosting Ephraim and Berhanu yesterday....THANK YOU PASTOR JIM, RALSTONS, HEFNERS, Lloyds, Hardings, and so many others that played a part in yesterdays "hosting initiatives" at the Church of Charlotte! The evening sharing time was well attended by our "friends" from other churches in the Charlotte area who have participated in partnering with the Sports Friends Ethiopia ministry. Over 150 people from outside of CAC came last night including 2 couples from SandHills Church in the Pinehurst, NC area which is 2 1/2 hours a way. It was a blessing to visit with so many Sports Friends "friends" last night.

Thank you to all of you for your partnership and encouragement in The Lord's Work in Ethiopia through the mission of SIM (last night it should have been mentioned that new SIM USA President Bruce Johnson was in attendance along with SIM USA's deputy director Fred Ely with his wonderful wife Grace....thank you for coming). Remember Sports Friends is not the only ministry you can get involved with in Ethiopia through SIM. Hope for AIDS is a powerful ministry that is looking for partnership assistance from both individuals and churches as well. You would be deeply blessed by getting involved in that ministry. Yvonne Mildred who also was there last night can be contacted through the SIM Int'l number 803.802.7300 for those who want more information on how to connect with this ministry. Moreover, there are 15 unreached or limited reached people groups in Ethiopia that SIM has a burden to reach with the Gospel. Along with a funding need for M**** ministries in the country. Want to help? E-mail me at brian.davidson@sim.org and I will get you connected. Check out SIM.org for more news on the Global ministry of SIM.

WWW.Sports-Friends.org has new prayer requests for your consideration. Please be willing to be an intercessor for our ministry. Last week Daniel from Nigeria was in prison because of a vehicle accident that led to a death of individual. He has been released now but we need your prayers for our ministry around in Africa and Asia. Don't forget SF Asia, we have an amazingly gifted staff there launching church centered sports ministry in that part of the world.

Finally if you attended one of the times yesterday and heard Berhanu and Ephraim's testimony and sharing time you were probably impacted in your heart. God has done a great work in their hearts but guess what? God has done a great work and paid a huge sacrifice for each of us. Don't live your life through them, but do follow their example. Be obedient, faithful to God's commands in His Word, listen to the Holy Spirit for guidance for being actively involved in your Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and to the ends of the earth, then be willing to sacrifice and suffer for the cause. Your desire to sacrifice and your willingness to commit wholehearted obedience to the purposes of the Kingdom of God on this earth with be in direct proportion to the faith your have in your Heavenly Father, His Son Jesus Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit. God is in the business of using the weak and ordinary people of this world who love Him and Him only to do extraordinary things. The one catch is it won't be about you because it's all about HIM. To God and GOD alone be the Glory for the GREAT THINGS HE HATH DONE in ETHIOPIA and will do in the future.