What if he grew up on one of our Sports Friends teams?

When I read about the 23 year old young man from Nigeria on the Northwest flight recently I just couldn't stop thinking about our Christian Coaches in Nigeria and our church centered sports ministry teams. Our coaches seek to impact the hearts of young men through the platform of sports by becoming "Life Influencers." This Nigerian who attempted to blow up a plane that was about to land on US soil admitted he was lonely, depressed, and basically down on life. How many other Nigerian young men feel the same way? There is a epic battle between christians and m*****;s being being waged in this country (in the capitol where I just came from 2 weeks ago there is a huge huge Mosque and a huge huge church right across the street from each other....that says it all!) for the hearts of the youth, the lonely, and those down on life looking for a life purpose. Let's involve as many youth in our CCSM movement in Nigeria as possible so we can wholeheartedly attempt to positively impact their hearts in the name of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit for the Kingdom of God. If we don't then our enemy will. The enemy will use these man/woman for evil purposes, but God can transform their lives for our Heavenly Fathers purposes on this earth. What if our coaches, who are trained to be life influencers, had this young man on one of our teams over the past 6 years? Instead of trying to blow up a plane and now facing life in prison or worse he could have been a vibrant witness for Christ in his own town, city, nation or to the ends of the earth. What a difference one SF trained coach can make in one life. Pray for our SFN coaches who work in these type of villages and for the youth they have a chance to influence for the cause of Christ. May this young Nigerian man come to Christ in the prisons of the United States of America. To God and God alone be the glory. PS If we Christians don't find ways to reach these youth outside the doors of our church I promise you others will. Ck this out: link http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2010/01/07/purefoy.nigeria.child.cnn